There is been some event called 'GALAATA' going on in our office and they asked me to write an article for their newsletter. Something in English is new to me and here it is..
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THE GOOD NIGHTS
Intro
People say Bengaluru never sleeps. But how the population is sky high.
Well, that was on a lighter note. For some it may be a little strong dozer for a start
of an article. Let me come to the point, Bengaluru never sleeps because of many nocturnal creatures like me who does work in night for the welfare of many American companies.
Title Build up
See, night shift is fun. Even if it is not, you have to think that it is fun. For the running of IT Industry it is inevitable as it is designed in that way. So as a great saying goes “You cannot alter the events that has happened, You can only change the attitude towards it ". So we will have to act accordingly and take night shifts in a positive way. Of course, everything has its own pros and cons. Life is unlimited philosophy and same does this write-up. I am more than optimistic about night shift life and hence I call them ‘THE GOOD NIGHTS’.
The Realization
I was all excited about my first night. I knew that i would be asked to work during night. I happily agreed to it as I was and still a bachelor. Bachelor!! Oh God, Did i write something awkward? Yes I think. Sorry I will reframe my first sentence of this paragraph. Yes, I was all excited about my FIRST NIGHT SHIFT. I did not feel sleepy. That’s all I wanted because never in my life before, I was awake throughout the night, even during my engineering days and Mahashivarathris. On that day I realized that i could still live without a good night's sleep. That was a 'Realization' for me.
What you get during night is what you don't get during day
I am not talking about the sleep. I am talking about the 'peace'. Believe me; the 9 hour work you slog in the day could be completed in mere 6 hours because of the kind of silence, concentration, freedom you get. Hope my manger takes this in a sportive way and does not ask me to give more coverage for the extra 3 hours.
the biological cycle
I have seen people struggling to stay awake in night. There was one guy who had health issues whenever he was asked to come during night. Unfortunately, he could not figure out what exactly that health issue was. It’s the mental health. That is the one which causes you all the damage. As soon as you say you are working in night shifts your uncle, dad, niece, neighbor etc. start worrying and talk about the biological cycle and all the medical terminologies that makes your mental health shatter in seconds. There is also minimum one article in a week in any of the newspaper supplementaries about the graveyard shifts. All these make these night shifts a terrible affair.
But it has lot of good things about it. One is the extra three hours. Next is the complimentary snack which you get for 50 rupees. May be it’s a bad thing too because we get only unhealthy chips, aerated drinks. The last and definitely not the least, it is the extra bit of money you get as the night shift allowance which you can put for a monthly recurring deposit.
fictional love story
One of my friends suggested me to write a fictional love story which happens in the night shift backdrop. I laughed at him. Yes, I can only write fiction because you hardly get to see girls. I do not even wish for it. Girls should not come in night shift. But I seriously miss Fridays. That is the day of the week. The Fridays where you see people in casual colorful wear with a bright smile on their faces which makes them look more beautiful than another day in the week. That is the only thing you genuinely miss during night shifts because technically we would be working on a Saturday (post 12) on Fridays.
My onsite supervisor and the rats
Thanksgiving
There are couple of times, where my alarm did not work and I was sleeping till morning 9. People have been kind enough of tolerating the shock of seeing someone lying under their desks, yet they wake me up and say sorry for disturbing. I would like to thank them.
First day first shows
I have been a film fanatic these days and credits go to my shift timing as i get to watch all my favorite films first day first show. There are people wondering how come this guy posts movie reviews in such quick time. In fact, my engineering lecturer asked whether i left the job seeing my first day first show posts.
Last Punch
Night shifts have been at times weird, strange, toiling, pain, fun, monotonous and many more adjectives. One thing is for sure. Night shift has no 'GALAATA' in it. That is how it is!!
