Work from home: Yes or no??

While I'm writing this, I'm working from home... :) This is one good thing about working from home. I can do other things in between... I can chat with friends, be on Facebook and I can love what I love doing.. Blogging.. :P... I wouldn't have been able to do it had I been in office, working...

But is working from home always fun and convenient or the age-old tradition of working in an office more productive? Let's analyse both the sides of the coin... Work from home or work from office.. ??

Let me first give you the plus points of working from home... and the opinions expressed are clearly of my own.. :-

• I can choose my own work station. Example, I can work while being on my bean bag, my bed, my TV room, my balcony.. The options are unlimited... you can come up with your own creative work station.. :P

P.S: It applies only when you have a Wi-fi connection.. :P

•  You can choose your own work timings. Well, this won't apply to people who have a deadline to meet and depends on your work profile. For me, I can work anytime I choose to but I only have to complete it before 9pm IST which isn't rocket science.

• I can take as many breaks and anytime I want to. I can take small unlimited breaks and small naps of course, in between... :)

• I can watch TV while working, listen to loud music and work. Yes, I can concentrate better while listening to loud music.

•  I can save up on the commuting hours. I need at least 2 hours to get ready before my cab picks me up. So, I save up at least 3 hours bearing in mind that I get picked 1 hour before my shift starts... :) 

• I don't have to take bath when I'm working from home because I won't be going out anywhere.... :) No no, it's not that I don't like taking bath or I like being unhygienic but I can take bath after completing my work and if I chose to go out with friends for a coffee... Then I freshen up ... :P 

• I can go out with friends for sometime if I get too bored working.. :P 

So, as of now this is all I can think of about the benefits of working from home. Now let's talk about the not-so-good things about working from home:

• You tend to get lazy and might end up not working at all or not being able to complete your work.

•  If most of your best friends are in office, you will miss on going out for breaks with them.

•  Your principle of "you should not bring work home"  will be lost. If you are married, your spouse would not appreciate if you work from home.. :P

I would like to conclude here saying that you should work from home only once in a while. Otherwise, you will end up being lazy....Too much of convenience at your side can be harmful... :)
 

Honey, can I have your password?

The answer to this question should be "NO".... 

I was just reading an article about youngsters signalling their devotion to their bf/gf by sharing passwords....be it Gmail, Facebook, Twitter or other accounts...Some reason it by saying "it's a sign of trust"... really?? If sharing passwords mean trust then what a Lame Lame world...!!!

Think about this, you and you bf/gf are sharing passwords with each other, say a Facebook account password. For some reason, you guys break up and consider it was a break up which involved heated arguments which turned out to be really bitter....Before you even realise anything, your bf/gf could login to your account and post something which can be shameful and disgraceful. Can be any intimate pictures, messages, anything....By the time you could change your password, the harm would have been done...

One more example of how sharing a password can hamper your relationship....Imagine, there is this random person who sends you a friend request and you accept it seeing that you had one or more "mutual friends". I'm sure you don't think too much before you accept a friend request. What harm could it cause me? is what you'd think.... So, without thinking much, you accept it. And then this random person sends you a dirty message on your inbox or say, posts it on your wall. Your bf/gf happens to login to your account and sees the message... Do you think he/she will consider you innocent, even if you are?? 99% of you would say "No"....

Some time back, almost 6 months ago (maybe more) I had read a true-life incident that had happened in Bangalore. A newly married lady on her marriage night receives a text message on her phone saying "I enjoyed having *** with you" from a random number. The groom happened to read it and he filed for a divorce the very next day even after the lady begged her innocence. 

When the number from where the message sent was traced by the Police, it came to light that the guy who sent the message was a Psycho who kept forwarding such messages to random numbers... and the poor lady had to pay the price....

My take on this is- when you are in love, you don't need to share your passwords to prove that you trust each other but rather proved through your actions and the care you have for each other... If you share your passwords it only means that you are insecure and so, there is no point of being in such a relationship....

So honey, please don't ask me for my password and don't give me yours... I trust you and I love you....is what you should be telling each other... :)

Those Farmville Days...

"Sweetheart, I'm alone at home tonight, will you please stay back"??

"No, I can't"

"Why?? anything important that you have to do??"

"Yeah, I have to go. I have to water my plants and harvest my crops. Otherwise, my plants will dry up"

"Oh, I didn't know you started gardening"

"No, stupid. I'm talking about FARMVILLE...Your internet connection is down so I can't stay back. I really have to go....otherwise my crops will die... "  ..saying this, my boyfriend left......

This is a real life incident that happened to me. My then BF was addicted to Farmville. Nothing was more important to him than Farmville. The first thing that he did before he went to work and after he came back from work was to login to Facebook and subsequently to Farmville and then his harvesting, ploughing and selling his crops starts... Gawwwddd... I had started growing jealous of Farmville, he paid more attention to it than me...

Every time we went out and if we happen to meet any of his friends or mine, all he used to say was "hey, if you play Farmville, can you send some gifts out to me? I shall return the favour by sending you one"...

He had even opened up 5 more Facebook accounts (with weird names) so that he could send out gifts to himself...Heights..!!! He even set alarms so that he could harvest his crops in time...

The days he smiled more were the days when he moved one or two levels up in the game.....He definitely suffered from "Obsessive Compulsive Farming Disorder".....

Do they really "like" when they "like" it on Facebook?

Hmmmm... I've always been "active" on Facebook, to be honest.... I love posting status updates, putting up new pictures, etc etc...c'mon let's be honest, we all love doing it isn't it?? The first thing that comes on my mind when I get my picture clicked is "will it look good on  Facebook ??"

Facebook has become such an integral part of everyone's life these days. Just a few days ago, I read in the news that a girl from IIM-B committed suicide because her bf posted some remarks about her on his wall....Sad..!!! .I think it's time that people understand that  Facebook is a virtual world, it is not meant for you to share your personal things. 

No offense but I have seen people saying "I love you" to their husbands/wives on Facebook.. I mean, they can say that in their bed room too, isn't it?? Unless if he/she is away from you and there is no other source of communication other than Facebook?? Why do you want the world to know that you love him/her? I think the only person who should know that you love him/her is he/she....

I personally use Facebook for fun and yeah, when I have some nice pictures to show off..:P... I love posting funny (sometimes inspirational) status updates, some of which are my own and some of which are googled..:) and is only intended to make your day.. :P  ..I know, I know..too much of self praising here..

I'll also be honest in saying that I like when people "like" my pictures or status updates on Facebook...Normal human tendency...

What I fail to understand is when people do "like" your posts or pictures, do they really mean it?? I mean, I have seen people having sooo many "likes" on their pictures even when it was not so good or not even good at all... I have also seen people having more than 2000 friends in Facebook and none in the real world.... This is maybe what people call the "FACEBOOK WORLD".. .In this world, everyone is a star, everyone is pretty...everyone is famous.. :)

There was also this certain joke doing rounds over the net where a girl posts a status update saying "have a slight cold" and there were over 50 comments. When a guy posted a comment saying "had an accident and broke my leg", it had more than 50 likes and zero comments... I pity you guys....!!!!

I sign off here saying... Use Facebook for networking and entertainment but don't make it so important that you lose touch with the real world...Happy Facebooking till then.. :)