In summer, the workplace changes. With the winter, goes the cold formality in office behaviour. Pin stripes, suits and coats give way to floral skirts, sandals and tie-n-dye prints. It's like being on vacation, at work.
Summer time also brings new members into the office. Little heads start appearing from behind cubicles. Everyday there's atleast one kid in the office, walking and playing around in the office. Its like the entire office baby-sitting the kid...sometimes it's little Katie, sometimes Georgie, sometimes Lizzie..sometimes all of them together. You never know when a new one is going to pop up, from right behind you, standing peering into your monitor so that when you turn around, you're shocked out of your wits. And when he/ she sees your shocked face, he/ she giggles and runs away.
Then of course, there's a task that you give them, to try to keep them busy and off horsing around. So that's when the architectural office stationery comes into use. Out come the colour pencils, sketch pens and different kinds of papers. "Now sit and draw" you instruct them. And they sit and draw, among giggles and running around office to office, saying their hello's to everyone and talking to everyone. Giving everyone that momentary transition into an informality which only kids are capable of inducing in any environment. It's incredible to watch even the oldest member in the office talk to the little one, trying to communicate in the "kiddy lingo"..and you're left staring at your senior, who is possibly your grandfather's age , transform into someone you could have never imagined.
Kids have this knack of bringing out their subordinates from within all of us. And that's when we cross over, not caring if we are at work or at home, we just become like them..innocent, unaware and care-free!
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