The Colorful Work World
Ch. 108 Back WFO 6

The next few days, the routine I did not change much. Wake up early for sahur, clean up the house, play for a while in the morning, go to the office, work, go home from work, play again, then just go to bed. So far more or less this is what I do during the working day and during the month of Ramadan. Nothing special has happened so far.

As expected, even up to this one week, Mr. Tian did not give shifts to anyone who had to work in the office. All employees are forced to return to work. No more WFH. It's true you can't believe this one guy's talk. It was just sweet in front but the reality was bitter.

Fortunately I contracted in this new place so I did not go back and forth from the old man's house to Tangerang. Could be the body of gout later. Yesterday I tried like that just one day the body was sore once. Surely slowly I also bought some items to make living in the rented a lot more comfortable. As the saying goes, my home is my palace. We must decorate and make it as comfortable as possible for us to live.

Unlike the time of college. This time the wall of the rented room was still like the initial circumstances I contracted. There are no modifications I made. The posters and other anime merchandise are all not installed here. Because this is not the main house, maybe later if there is a house, then I began to decorate the house as comfortable as possible. But for this contract, only the basic needs so that the rented life becomes comfortable and peaceful.

I remember the first time I contracted in this place, there are still many cockroaches who often paced. I was shocked at first, but luckily I bought a cockroach exterminator spray. After twice using the tool, the contract becomes free of them. It seems like this spray is powerful also to ward off cockroaches from appearing again.

In addition to work, there are other things that I had done together with Mr. Suharno. It seems he has the same trust as me. That's why on Friday he said something like that to me.

“Where are you praying on Friday, Ray?”

“Not knowing sir, still do not know where during this pandemic which mosque open”

During a pandemic like this, some mosques that I used to samperin when Friday were not operating. That's why I was confused about where to pray. Especially since I had no vehicle, I had to find a mosque that could be reached on foot. Hearing my words, Suharno casually replied.

“Just relax Ray, there is a mosque near here. Later departing with ya”

“Good pak”

when the Friday prayer time arrived, Mr. Suharno closed his laptop screen and then invited me to start walking to the mosque. I followed the steps of Mr. Suharno and closed my work laptop while carrying a cellphone and wallet. Although most likely I will not buy food (because it is fasting), but there is no harm in carrying a wallet just in case. You should also be careful not to lose his wallet or left behind.

We both got off the office building then crossed the People's Crossing Bridge (JPO). On the way, we saw there were also some people who were walking to the mosque to perform Friday prayers. A few minutes we walked, we finally reached the mosque that became our destination this time. During the trip, we also had a light chat of things that are not too important.

Arriving at the mosque, we removed the footwear we used then we parted after entering the mosque. Especially when heading to the ablution place, we started to separate from this moment. While waiting in line for the ablution, I saw that most of the men who came to this mosque were all wearing office clothes. Maybe most of them are office people who pray Friday in this place.

Beres took ablution, I made sure my luggage was still complete. Then I went to the place of prayer. The mosque I am in is quite large. In addition there is the main hall of the mosque. The terrace which is usually a place to walk is transformed into a place of prayer by using tarps, carpets, and other items that can be used as a base. That's why the capacity to accommodate this place becomes larger. Even this mosque also has a second floor that can be used for prayer.

Friday prayers I run as usual, there is nothing different from Friday prayers other than Ramadan. But if the month is normal, usually some mosques give snacks and drinks to the worshipers. Of course, because now we cannot eat and drink during the day due to fasting, there are no mosque officials who give takjil or the like.

Different when leaving earlier, I did not return to the office together with Mr. Suharno. I waited for a few minutes but I didn't see the nose either. Either he had gone back to the office or was still praying for a long time. Feeling that I had waited long enough, I returned to the office alone.

When he arrived at the office, it was true that Mr. Suharno had returned to his desk and was resting. My arrival made him wake up from his sleep. Seeing that Mr. Suharno had slept, I was tempted to do the same. That's why I went to my old office to take a quick nap. I happened to keep a pillow on the table.

After taking a nap, I went back to work as usual. That's more or less what I did while I was back at work. Of course, sometimes some employees are not WFO for various reasons. But my feeling says over time this WFO will not work optimally. Pandemic conditions are still like this.

In addition to work, sometimes Mr. Tian also come to our work room to conduct meetings. Just like always, what came out of his mouth was always sweet yet different from reality. Talk about krypto and so on. Indeed, this feeling is bad to keep, because when I met him, I said a lot of istighfar in the heart to avoid negative thoughts.

During my WFO job, I also felt a strange feeling that was starting to feel. It turns out that my feeling will actually happen when the month of Ramadan is over. But before you get there, there are new things happening inside the office.

First, it is now beginning to be enforced daily absences. So when we enter and also go home from the office, must fill out the attendance sheet provided. We should also include what activities we have done today. Just looking at the form I was lazy to fill it. But because this form is mandatory, inevitably I have to do it.

Second, there are some new projects that I have not intervened in at all. This made the bad feeling I was feeling even bigger. But fortunately during the meeting I was not asked to leave but still allowed to attend the meeting, even though I did not interfere in the project at all.

Thirdly, I felt that I had not developed at all in this place. Tools to make applications unpopular. I have never heard of any job vacancies specifically asking staff to use this application. I'm afraid that as long as I work here, there's no new knowledge I've gained.

The evidence was clear when Mr. Suharno asked me to make something. But because I'm less shrewd in live coding. I got a spray from this guy. Of course as a human being, I don't want to be blamed and throw mistakes at companies that don't provide training. But that reason he immediately refused. A bit upset too but I can only be patient, especially now fasting. Plus he's more senior, so I have to respect him in the office.

In addition to the three things above, there are also some things that happen in the office. Like Angel who is not too eager to say hello in the morning, as well as other small problems. However there was one big incident happened when I started working back in Tangerang.

Contract me…

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