Why is a must to have a clean desk? Does having a clean desk portray the “Organized” side of you? Or does having an untidy desk showcase the amount of work piled on?
It is once in maybe 20 days wherein I get to see the color of my desk (It is another story that I don’t like the Brown & Black combination, it reminds me of a woodpecker)
Various people perceive it in varied ways. But it amuses me to body-read their expressions… My x-colleague to impress me in his earlier days would once a week come & clean my desk….stack the papers neatly, throw the numerous scribbled sheets of paper & arrange the CD’s apart from other things…. I smiled for 2 weeks & thanked him, but subtly ensured that my message of “Do not touch” was clear to him….well it wasn’t! The following week, the same “Disaster” led me to forget he was a new member of our fraternity & my tongue lashed out! End of story…no more clean desks for me from him (Yipppee!!!)…. My boss walks in my cabin & while talking to me eyes the “Shabby” desk……asks for some info…..I pull out a particular scrap of paper within seconds from a heap of shatter & lo!..its there with him! Impressed? Ahem Ahem!! Yes, the smile on his face depicted it & so did the “Oh God, I lost a Chance to ask her to clean the desk” smirk on his face!
Then comes my receptionist who just loves me as my desk is used as a scapegoat to “I kept it on your desk, but it must have got mixed up” issue when I need something urgently while I am stepping out..
So the question again…. Is being organized depicted by a neat desk? I do not know your answers, but I personally do not agree to it!! It could be laziness; it could be over work, could be being burdened, could be a style statement, or could be ignorance. But whatever the “Could be” is… kindly do not judge a person by his desk….Please judge him by the clutter!! J
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