Tuesday, July 7, 2009
S-whine flu
Due to the recent H1N1 virus pandemic, everyone at the office's whining away at the various preventive measures that have been drawn up by our superiors.
Over the past few weeks, the number of reported cases have been escalating like a thermometer placed in boiling lava. Basically, one can say that the pandemic is widespread and ravaging out of control. Till date, there's still no sign of a cure or vaccine to stop it from rampaging down a path of mass destruction.
Hence, to keep it's spreading to a minimum low, our superiors came up with a geniusproof idea of pure stupidity by dividing the entire office into 2 cohorts. Okay, that might actually sound feasible but hear this -- we're still working under the same roof albeit in different rooms. Furthermore, it's an enclosed air-conditioned workspace we're talking about. What good would it do if one of us was infected and the virus managed to spread via the air vents? Another problem with this planning is that Team A is supposed to arrive 30 min earlier than Team B. 30 min!? Come on people, it's an arduous 10 min walk from the entrance to our office and everyone depends on the minibus for that matter. F.Y.I., the minibus isn't very punctual either. If you're from Team A and you miss the bus, you're more than likely to bump into people from Team B. Besides, both Team A and B would be sharing the same minibus since there's only one. What are the chances that you wouldn't get infected if someone infected was on board that same bus earlier? Pfft, we're all sooo gonna be infected.
Last and most definitely the stupidest idea of all, they stationed a few 'liabilities', aka. people without much use, outside our office to keep visitors from setting foot inside. Should anyone not from our department wish to enter our office, the 'liabilities' are to have them sign in a logbook and state their purpose of visit. Then, they'll issue the visitors a mask before allowing them entry. *Jaws drop* Seriously! That's it?! A mask is able to keep the virus from spreading? Geez, what gives?! I mean, what are they trying to accomplish with this? Even if you have that guy sign-in before he enters, what are you gonna do to him if he did spread the virus to us? Charge him? Put him on death row? Sanitize him? Gawd, is it redundant or what?
I bet by now, anyone reading this would be facepalm-ing in horror at their stupidity. Most of you would also be asking, 'How on Earth did someone who came up with such a foolprone idea manage to get a superior position?' Well, honestly, that's what we'd like to know too and until then, it's something for us to whine about too.
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