Author: Reenu M.
It had been Sethu’ first day at
the new job.
Till last night, his worry had
been that HR of the new company would send him a letter saying that in view of
the Covid scenario that had escalated, they were in a midst of a hire freeze so
he need not join today. His last employer had even waived the notice period and
let him go off early so there was no chance of going back there. His worries
were unfounded. He joined today without any event.
As he was thinking over the
events of his first day, he could not help but worry over meeting the
expectations of his boss and getting along with his team. His boss had been
pleasant but firm in letting him know that he was quite result-oriented. His
team was in the midst of a delivery crisis especially since 3 out of them were
on sick leave having contracted Covid. He was expected to learn fast and do the
tasks assigned to him at the daily team meeting online from tomorrow.
His daughter Preeti brought out
the tea since his wife Parvati had not completed her workday yet. Looking at
his pinched face, she said, “What happened Appa? The new company is not good?”.
He shook himself out of his reverie and said, “No da, they were quite pleasant.
I am just thinking whether I will be able to meet the demands of this new job”.
She laughed and said, “Oh Appa! You are always worried just that your worry
changes from time to time. Till last night, you worried they may not hire you
and since you could not go back to your old job, you would have to hunt for a
new one. Just last month, when Covid outbreak started, you worried about us
contracting Covid and how we would manage during lockdown without our maid and
cook Nachamma. On New Year’, you were worried about whether you would be
promoted & that is all you wished for. Just few months back, you were
worried that so much travel in your previous job was hurting your diet and
sleep. Where are all these worries now, Appa?”
Sethu looked at Preethi &
wondered where his teenage daughter got so much wisdom from. Not him for sure!
Zinger for the Day:
You won’t always have the worries that you have now.
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