First Day of Work

Impeccable white shirt, ironed grey trousers, shiny black belt, neatly combed hair, polished black shoes,clean shaven face-I'm all set for the first day of work. T-shirts with messages, low waist faded jeans, unkempt hair will soon become a distant memory. As I stand on the threshold of City Group's site office, waiting to meet the HR manager, my mind journey backs to my college days. The funky Fastrack watch on my wrist seems like a keepsake from my those carefree days. I remember the time when its hands made me run behind schedule. And today, here i'm, ready to enter the corporate world. A great advantage of getting recruited through campus placement is that you dont have to go through the "starting mein toh struggle karna padta hai" phase. Even before you get the degree certificate , you'd have already pocketed a month salary. With a campus placement, i've stridden across the puddle, the muck, (i mean the the very popular starting-mein-toh-struggle-karna-padta-hai stage )leaped on to the drier ground which is comfortable to walk on.

Waiting for my turn to meet the HR manager, I do not have much to do except glance around the room, talk to my colleagues (who're as edgy as i am), and pester the receptionist with the question "How much more time would it take?". This queston elicit the curiosity within each one of us. I'm the first one to go in to meet the manager. She looks at me, smiles at me, i greet her, she greets me back, i pull out the chair and rest my derriere on that very comfortable seat (no wonder why people spend so much time in the office). She asks me about my family background, my priorities in life, the kind of job I would be intrested in,where do I see myself in the next 5 years and the offer letter lands on my palm. I'm done. I'm in. Is it the time to discard the low waist jeans? Hell, no!I love those jeans...