Fresh from my weekend trip to Resorts World, I entered the new work week feeling refreshed and confident that I could take on new challenges. Well, be careful what you wish for!
Monday was hectic: someone failed to do her job and left me with no choice but to rush over to meet foreign clients at the last minute.
When Tuesday was about to end and the thought of enjoying a mid-week holiday was just making me smile, another after-office-hours email buzzed on my smart phone, signalling the more challenging issue that I was about to face: extending someone’s visa that was about to lapse that day! Really?!
It’s a Friday and I managed to accomplish all the urgent tasks with satisfactory results despite the time pressure involved. By 5:15 p.m., I decide to relax and unwind by ordering Mongolian food take out.
My three orders of piping hot food arrived and I excitedly opened one to savor the aroma of spicy seafood noodles. Mmmmm. I don’t care if I end up fat tomorrow; I earned this!
And then— ta na na…my phone rang! It was an unknown number. Great!
Something told me it must be urgent.
Ignoring my policy of not answering calls from numbers that are not listed in my phone book, I took the call and my heart started to sink…..slooooowly.
On the other end was the voice of another lawyer asking me to deliver important documents to an adverse party. At 5:30 p.m. on a Friday right before a long weekend. Wow. Just wow.
So, here I am whining about how the best laid plans always seem to go awry— for me, that is. Couldn’t I just ignore the phone call? Couldn’t I just say NO? Couldn’t I just go home early like the rest of the lawyers here? I could do those things. But that would not be true to my character. Some people can live without worrying for others. But that’s just not me. So, quit whining. Eat your noodles. Pack up in a bit, and GO HOME!
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