Busy or Pretending to be Busy?

At our workplace, I guess it can't be helped if people keep saying "I'm busy" or "Sorry I can't help you coz I have something else to do" whenever we ask for this and that. And then it hit you, you saw them chatting on FB and busy tweeting. Are they really that busy or that they simply don't wanna help you?

Sometimes I wonder, what do people actually do in the office/at work? What kind of work do they do when they say they're busy with work? Do they religiously do their work all the time or do they skip doing work once in a while? Even as a teacher, a job in which a lot perceive as relaxing, it's busy, busy, busy whenever we're in school as we allllllways have things to do, be it teaching or doing administrative work. In fact, sometimes we even have to bring work home simply because we don't have enough time to finish it at work. But of course I'd be lying if I say I don't take long coffee-breaks or go on Facebook to escape from work for a lil while. Hehe.

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As mere human beings, we can't work all the time, after all we're not robots who have been programmed to do just that. But then again, even a robot needs a break - switched off, rebooted, upgraded, oiling or the like okayyyy... 

So why is that whenever we do take a break (in our own way), we're labelled as lazy and unproductive? If there's one thing my family has taught me, it is not to judge the book by its cover. Just because someone is playing games on the computer, it doesn't mean he/she is not keying in some data at the same time, vice versa. I guess all we need is a diversion. A balance between work and play (the 'all work and no play makes bla bla bla' thing). After all, spending too much time on the computer can strain the eyes, eh?

I know some people do take advantage of the freedom given to them to work in the office at their own pace but under certain circumstances, there are also people who work their ass off to finish their work, assignment, project and presentation so I believe they deserve the break.

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It's really challenging to work with people who scrutinize every single thing we do - coz apparently whatever we do is never good enough for them. This is why there's a widespread of hypocrisy among workers - we tend to show what other people (our superiors, most of the time) expect us to do or be just because we don't have the liberty to show that we don't have any work to do, despite the fact that we're already done with our work. Pegi lah mana-mana office pun, it's like a big no-no to be seen not doing any work.

I find it to be suffocating, actually. How can I be myself, enjoy work and not judged at the same time? Do you face the same situation?

p/s: When work is pleasure, life is a joy. When work is duty, life is slavery.

p/p/s: Monday blues~