The famous Dalgona Coffee and WFH
Life in lockdown (2020–2021)
The year 2020 was a total fiasco. Useless of all. Or shall I say worthless? Coronavirus kept spreading like a wildfire. Lockdown was imposed to break the chain. I am not going to lie. That made me happy initially! To me, this meant waking up late and start working comfortably in pajamas, eat maggie during meetings and watch Ross screaming “MY SANDWICH” on the other side. Could I be any more daydreaming?
While people on social media were busy portraying cooking skills, I was finding out spot with maximum internet bandwidth.
These freaks were combining equal amounts of instant coffee, sugar to prepare this fancy-ass Dalgona coffee. I was googling different versions of “Am I audible? “ just to sound innovative.
Next Step - Adding boiled water into the sugar-coffee mixture. <-> My colleagues and I were trash-talking about our client.
Rigorously whipping the mixture <-> My team started negotiating the requirements for the upcoming feature.
Whip! Whip!! <-> meanwhile, the client started throwing tantrums about the deadlines.
Whip! Whip!! Whip!!! <->I lost my network again. Perfect. When I joined back, the meeting was over.
Finally, pour whipped creamy coffee on top of cold milk ( simultaneously taking infinite photos from different angles) <-> I was emailing minutes of the meeting with thousands of action items on us. ( Damn! That long it takes to make Dalgona coffee with f****** hand beater. )
What is the point? You will ask. The end product ( or shall I say the entire process) of both these activities is never pleasurable even when we publically proclaim it to be. Let’s face it. “We will get back to you” is like rebound sex. Just to save the game and feel better. No strings attached.
Is working from home that bad? Yes. Absolutely. You have to stay awake the entire afternoon after slurping 3+ bowls of Aam-ras in summer (without AC). Attending late-night calls becomes a routine. You start noticing the irony of life. There is always an urgent delivery planned whenever Sony Max telecasts ‘Golmaal’. Fortunately, when the daily stand-up meeting is canceled and you turn on the TV, there is ‘Suryavansham’ going on.
Overall this is the real world now. It sucks. Do we dare say we love it?
