THE DANGERS OF WORKAHOLISM
You IT people,
Always on the phone,
Don't have time to eat,
Even when you're home.
Do you feel any remorse
About what kind of course
Your children are taking?
Whether they're into baking,
Reading, writing, or nothing at all,
Just sitting around waiting for the sky to fall.
Really, though you may find this very funny,
I wonder what makes you do this to us?
Is it the money?
Or is it so that you can satisfy your workaholic craving,
Of working all day, all night long?
Though the situation may not be so bad I confess,
Is it good for your health to be under so much stress?
When you sit and you work and you eat that junk food
My God! Look at the oil on that, dude!
When your back starts to hurt and your head starts to ache,
You may find that there is nothing to take
The place of a bed, soft and warm,
And then you realise that you are not in good form.
So I beg you all, please awake!
Workaholism is really no piece of cake.
Remember my warning, I'm ringing a bell.
Now the rest of the story, time and your conscience will tell.
35 comments:
A thought provoking poem - very well-written.
Great job, Aboli. You're really a witty, creative, modest and beautiful girl.
Aboli, who told you IT people work all the time? They surf on the net most of the time and then realize they have not worked till 5PM and hence start working in evening.
But, I agree with you that one should live a balanced life and too much work is not good for your health.
Great job with the poem!
you have captured the point very well; could not have worded it better.
great going kiddo!
Nice Poem! It's time to update your profile :)
hey thats really nice thought from you...keep it up :)
Aboli,
I thought you were a very talented girl that will make it big some day, till I saw your poem about IT people. Didn't your dad tell you IT people can't take criticism? ;-) (well, do not include this in the poem rev 2.0)
Anyways, keep it up. Good writing that I expect from a good (and voracious) reader like you. (check that spelling) I still believe you are a talented girl who will make it big some day (or you can think I am giving you a second chance) BTW, get that Omkar dude into reading and writing too. He is having too much fun troubling you all day.
-Sandipkaka
Hello aboli...nice one...can totally relate to it and thts why i am plannin to quit!!! please pray tht i manage to gather all my gutts and quit soon!!! :) :)
Keep up the good work!!!
Hi Aboli,
The poem is really good , not just the writing but the observations. Thats makes it close to heart.
Very good.
-Anupama
Dear Aboli
Your observations were extremely good. And i totally agree with your poem!
Love your friend Tanwi
Dear Aboli
I totally agree with you.
what a keen observations.
write more poems .I'll surely read them.
HI Aboli,
I am seeing a promising poet and writer in you. Keep it up!
Aboli,
I have just now read your poem and many other posts. I was completely blown away by your writing skills. Keep it up. I hope to read a few books written by you - with your autographed copy - when you grow up.
- Abhay.
Aboli, I'm speechless. You have captured the problems of working in the IT industry so well. You are going to make it real big one day. Trust me!
It's true that ourparents work very hard, more than anything, they do it for us. The problem arises when they forget that what we need as children is their time! And I loved the way you have put that message there.
I know how it must be like 'coz I was your mom's team member:)
Seema Gaurav
Wonderful Work! I did not know you wrote so well. I read all you blogs. I'm sure you will keep writing and all the best from me!!!
nice poem Aboli. I know both your parents work in IT :) I am eager to listen to your ambitions in your life - career path. Do you think you will choose IT ?
Aboli, I thought your father is a naturally talented writer! His junior that is you are even better! Wow, good poem and need of the hour!
- Radhakrishnan
Awesome blog...you have an inherent maturity, creativity (and vocabulary!) far beyond your age...keep up the good work and I'm sure you'll do India proud in the future!
-shaivya
Great job. May be you should send it to your Dad's boss and ask him to pass it on to his boss and so on.
IT is really simple, RAT race. Prize for top RAT(s) money, title...Ha! Ha!
Make sure you keep yourself engaged in literature and be the best .(otherwise you will put in Engineering college before you know! and will be part of the RAT race)
Good Luck.
That is a refreshing poem ... It is so prominent in IT world ..
But you know what, we have still not figured out the solution to the situation. We dont know how to get out of this mould with these 12 hrs time differences and late night calls etc. etc.. Maybe you might write the next poem to give a refreshing idea to change our work style....
Great work. Keep it up.
- Rajiv
Excellent Aboli !!!!! More than anything I got impresed with the thouths you have put together...Congratulations.... I hope you Bapus will take some time off for you, us and himself :)....
- Deepak Pare
Great poem, Aboli!
It's always the balance in life in pursuing multiple directions that's more difficult than going in one particular direction.
Keep up the good and creative work you are pursuing.
Bhavin Thaker.
Aboli - This is writen right from your heart and I can feel your pain and relate. It's your job as a daughter to make your father understand. When I was growing up, this was not possible but in today's world, the young people (especially women) are a force to be reckoned with. Keep up the prodding, your Dad will live longer for sure because of you!
A "Two Time Zone" Wife from Los Gatos
Hey Aboli, great poem ! Hope your Daddy listens to you :)
and keep up the writing.
Uma Aunty
Aboli, you should get your poem published in a newspaper. Working parents always feel guilty about the long hours they keep and wonder what their kids feel...but just don't have the time to find out :). You have eloquently given voice to all the kids out there and made us stop and re-think our priorities. Great job!
Aboli’s writing is fantastic, I am really impressed with the way she has rhymed the message across.
Kudos to her.
-Kedar Bapat (Cognizant)
We work and work, day and night
Keeping your future, well in sight
To give you more, than what we got
Comforts of life, and fun a lot
Ofcourse:
Hoping to do this, just short-term
Thinking it'll payoff, more long-term
Below were other lines, but then they just apply to me! ;) .. maybe your Dad as well.. ask him to take it up seriously.
[Work very hard, in our 'prime-time'
So we enjoy golf, in our sunset-time]
-Pramod Mulay
This is amazing. Please convey my best wishes to Aboli.
-Hitesh Parashar
Beautiful poem. And an hit on you and Pratima Ankush.
How much have you been working lately?
-Reshu Jain
Dear ankush,
This is really amazing and a touching poem!! Please convey my thanks to Aboli – is an eye opener yet again to all IT guys like me/uc J
Urging all workholics like me to take a serious cue from the poem and start acting at home..
-Uday Vipra
Fantastic – you guys should really consider keeping your laptops & cell phones locked away in your desks before going home….
-Abhikaka
very good.
dada
Aboli,
Very touching and real poem!!! good that you discovered your new talent... keep it up.
Did u see any change in ur dad (Ankush) after this poem?
Praveen D
Very Nice Job, Aboli... Keep up the writing... it's a great outlet and giving expression to your deepest thoughts will help you sort through life better, and make you a more centered human being!
Mind you this is the situation all over ...not only software guys. And not that they (rather we) dont realize....kaltay pan valat nahi!
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