How irritating is it to get a phone call when you are in that last hour of your sleep on a Saturday morning? Worse, if it turns out to be your mobile service provider wanting to confirm if you would want to upgrade your 3G plan (which in any case sucks with most providers in India!)
Even worse, what if it turns out to be someone important, like your boss? Now you don't want to sound totally sleepy - do you? What would he/she be thinking of you if he were to ask, "Were you sleeping?" at 11 am in the morning? (And, this is judgmental attitude is especially true of older white haired balding bosses!)
Well, here are a few tips to sound all alert & morning crispy when actually you would have killed him for ruining your sleep on a Saturday morning. They have worked well for me, hope they would for you too!
- Take a deep breath, let the phone ring for a few seconds so that you get a chance to clear your head (hope you did not have much alcohol last night). This clears your thought process and you can think of what he wants to talk about.
- It is equally important to sound awake. Just mental alacrity won't help. Clear your throat once or twice during next couple of seconds. Grunt out a throat clearing sound if you must.
- Take the call, and cheerfully say," Hi! How are you doing?". If you manage to dispel doubts about your ability to talk with the greeting - half the battle is won!
- Already start updating/discussing the issue for which the godforsaken-boss-you-wish-had-died-and-died-again was calling for. This would definitely take his attention off your state of rest and back to the world of issues/troubles.
You - 1. Boss - 0.
Practice makes a man perfect and a sleeping man needs even more practice. Good luck!
Wait till your current boss reads this!
ReplyDeleteHe is not an oldie! :)
DeleteLoved it :) Life is Fun
ReplyDeleteThanks Juggy! :)
DeleteHaha!...Good post with nice tips....
ReplyDeleteThanks Sri, works for me - hope it works well for you as well. Keep visiting!
DeleteLol!!
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked. :)
DeleteThanks for the advice! Really liked it.
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked it. :)
Deleteyeah. that diversionary tactic is the killer punch. allows u to yawn in-between the conversation ;)
ReplyDeleteExactly! And helps to clear your head further :)
Deletealternative option : ask your spouse to pick the phone up and convey you are out in market and forgot phone at home :P and most likely spouse will be ready while you are still sleeping till 11 am.
ReplyDeleteNope, it is not good to presume that spouse will wake up by 11 am after her week's tough work too!
DeleteBut yea, this is a gr8 diversion as well :P
Haha... liked this piece a lot! :) Keep writing.
ReplyDeletehaha .. Good one... Cheers.
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