Cubicle.. daily soaps..

People seem to have different view points when it comes to open cubicles vs private cabins. I personally have mixed views on this. If not for open cubicles I would never have had encounters with so many characters. 

It kind of always fascinates me how people can be so comfortable talking on phone in public. Especially personal matters. I have witnessed so many lives going through ups and downs. Some voices are annoying, some conversations are irritating, some topics are boring, some characters not so fascinating. But then why cubicles would be an exception, we get all these in television daily soaps as well. I listen to these conversations regularly (almost daily) and story starts forming in my head. I have found myself even guessing what actually has triggered this conversation and was lucky to validate my guess in coming days phone calls.

Earlier I used to get really mad at all these people. But then as they say "If you cannot stop them join them". I gradually started feeling; these daily soaps are better than the ones that come on TV. The beauty here is you are always listening to only one side of the story. This gives me liberty to guess who might be there on the other side of the phone line, what that person might have said. I can actually form the story the way I want, the way I like it to be. 

I have even given my own names to these characters. "Mom" to the guy who keeps on calling his mother up every afternoon to discuss family issues; for obvious reasons. "Mavshi" to a guy who everyday informs his wife that he has reached office safely; because the way he talks. "Sud" to a person whose conversations are hilarious; mainly because of his voice, it resembles with the 'Sud' of Radio Mirchi. "Gajajhampa" to this girl; who keeps on conversing about typical family matters and advising people around her on how to wear a sari and stuff like that in really high pitched tone. "ChaTNi" to a girl who accidentally dropped chaTNi (Chutney) on her colleague in the cafeteria.. and so on

When these people have moved either out of company or somewhere else internally; It felt like you are following a daily soap and channel takes it off air for TRP reasons.