Please dont talk Work here!

Hello people. I am some damn software engineer (some thing an Indian becomes, when he discovers that he is unfit to do anything else). And what is a home to such species? A very proud answer comes - Cubicle. For me it was not just ONE Cubicle - a cybercafe type set up during training, one cubicle after that, and the one I am sitting in presently (which actually belongs to a guy on-site, so my Cubicle Home number will increase by 1, once the actual Owner become off-site!). What ever! And what is it that we do in our so called Homes, Work is the word I must take usually. But since I don't have much of that word these days, I will say, Blogs.

So, people do all possible things with work, (don't jump the guns), they eat work [meaning they talk about work during lunch], they drink work [cafeteria], they sleep work [that is, they dream about work and the possible solutions like benzene and all..] etc. They also talk about work in almost all parts of the workplace, starting with Cubicle, Lift, Lobby, Cafeteria, Passage ways, and any other place where they can stand and stare into the other person's eyes - inclusive of TOILETS*.

Man, there must be some limits to the places where the code can be taken. There must be some limit when people have to put your work aside and just 'relieve' them self of all other responsibilities bestowed upon them. This is the last place where i would like to discuss work. I mean, just imagine -

2 people are standing some 2 feet away, doing their regular business, but are also talking work [heights of multitasking]. And as a norm or some thing, I would make my character look at each other as they multitask -

First Guy: Man this hardware failure pop-up is taking a toll on me!

Second Guy: see, the hardware fail pop-up might be coming because of blah blah blah,

FG: Ooh yeah, excellent. This never struck to me. How did you even think in that direction?

So, the SG starts explaining him some funda [must be a very good one and so a long one, which struck him in a toilet!]. But, before the funda gets completed, one/both of them may be done with their business. So, what do they do? Does the one who is done pretends like he is still in business? Does he zip away and step back and listen to what the SG is saying? Will they both carry the discussion to the wash basin area? Will they both understand, and give the discussion a break and continue later?

Cant they just stop their urge to discuss work a little longer till they both come out of the sacred area and talk work then? Strike out this one place out of the list where you can talk work. Or for that matter, maintain silence in every regard in that area. I mean, do you have to say a "Hi" to your friend only in a toilet? if, you really care, drop by his Home (cubicle), and say "Hi". And if you have not said "Hi" in a long time, it means, you don't care (neither does he), and its fine. Just drop your head once you enter toilet, don't give any chance for eye-contact with anyone, just mind your business, take some time for yourself, wash you hands properly, use ONLY ONE tissue paper only (common people, you can wipe of your hand with one tissue and if you feel like you need more, take out your hand-kerchief) and get out. The time you are in rest room, forget all your worries, all the code, all the commenting, just forget that, you are a software engineer. That would do it all.

OK, lemme take a leak!

* Actually, people who talk work in toilet must be awarded. See how dedicated they are towards work. I mean, they just don't want to waste time even when they are relieving themselves. DAMN! And yeah, all the content is specific only to gents restroom.