Usuku lomsebenzi oluxinene, ihhovisi ibijongeka kumphunga omnandi, edeskini umphakathi uphakathi kwabanye abahlobo, bejolise ekudleni okuthokozisayo. Ngaphansi komsebenzi onzima osukwini nosuku, lezi ziqu ziqhubeka zingekho kuphela ukudla okuhle, kodwa futhi izinto ezibalulekile zokukhulula ingcindezi nokwakha ubudlelwane. Leqela labahlobo likhethe ukudla ngesikhathi sokudla, bekhumbula ukudla okuningi, beqala ukuxoxa ngokungalindelekile abakubone emsebenzini nakwi mbono ezayo.
Ngalesi sikhathi, etafuleni bekukhona ukudla okunhlobonhlobo. Kwakukhona iMediterranean salad evela ezindaweni zaphesheya, i-pizza ye-Italian esanda kuchithwa, kanye nezitsha ezimnandi ze-sushi. Lezi zinto zombala ezikhanyayo zaziphumelela ukuthokozisa umphakathi wonke. Ama-tomato abomvu aphakanyiswa nabafana abawenze bakha isithombe esihle, kanti i-pizza yagcwala kashizi ophola, inemihuzuko umnandi, futhi ikwenza ungenqikazi ukuyidla. Eside se-sushi, kwanikezwa izinsuku ezahlukahlukene ze-soy newasabi, okudlula emaphethelweni akhe.
Ngalesi sici sokuthula, laba bonke abahlobo baqale ukwabelana ngezindaba zabo, bejabulela, futhi kwesinye isikhathi bahlala bezama ukucabangela. Isihloko sokuqala bekuyi indemfundo eng abadlali bemisebenzi, njenge "Ungabhalisi izindaba zakho zomuntu siqu emsebenzini." Bakhuluma ngokuphuma kwezinkinga, nokuphendula bekubukeka sengathi kulungile, kodwa empeleni, imizwa yomuntu siqu nekhwalithi yokuphila yokuhlala kuholela emsebenzini ophumelelayo, ukwabelana kahle kuzokwenza imvelo yokusebenza bibaluleke kakhulu.
Omunye wabahlobo ufake okuthokozisayo, wathi uthe namuhla benze i “Day Sharing” eceleni komsebenzisi, ekhuthaza bonke ukuba balethe izimfihlo zabo noma ngokuzenzisa, kungakhathalekile yiziphi izinto ezihlekisayo, impumelelo, noma izinjongo zokwelula, ukuze bathole ukufunda nokwazisa. Le nqubo ikhulisa isixhumi phakathi kwabayizimbali, futhi ithuthukisa umoya wokubambisana, okwenziwa kube nzima ukubona. Omunye wabangani ubhale umqondo wokubheka impumelelo, wathi impumelelo akuyona ukuphela, kodwa iyungxenye edlula imiphumela ewusizo.
Njengoba nendaba ibhujiswe, kwelela umqondo ophikisayo—ukuthi "umsebenzi yinto ethile, akufanele kube khona imizwa." Balwa nombono wokuthi lezi zenzo zingathandwa, futhi omunye uthe, umsebenzi odinga ubuhlakani akuphumeleli ngenxa yokuhlonza ibhange. Ubufakazi basinikeza umusa, usizo, ekhuthaza umqondo wabantu emikhankasweni yabo. Waqoka, "Thatha izinto ozithathayo, ngenxa yokuphila, njengesithombe esithakazelisayo." Lokhu kutholakala kwemibono kutholwa ukuphawuleka.
Bebechitha ukudla, baqhubeka baxoxa ngenkinga ebalulekile emsebenzini—ukuguquguquka kwezobuchwepheshe nokuthi kuchayisa kanjani ubuchwepheshe. Omunye wabangani uthe, ngenxa yokusheshisa kokusebenza kobuchwepheshe, imisebenzi izomvela ibe lynhle, ihambise kakhulu kumasebe akhulu emhlabeni. Ukubhalwa kwempilo kwelivela, uthe abanye baye bahlola imiphumela eminingi ngokuhamba phambili ebonisa ukuthi amaqembu aphephile nabasaphila empilweni bangase benze okuningi kakhulu. Lokhu kwakhe kumqondiswa omunye wabangani, ethe ukhumbula ukuthi udlale emncintiswaneni oyidlangabuya, athi: "Abantu abasha abanaso isithuthuko, mhlawumbe imisebenzi yesikhathi esizayo izobukeka kahle, kahle kakhulu."
Izingxoxo zabo zashintsha zaya ezithokozisayo zokwenza uhlelo olusemthethweni nokukhuthaza umoya wobuchwepheshe nokudala. Ukudla etafuleni kwayeka kube uphiko, uklamuthwe zecalculi. Omunye wabangani uthe, “Uma ubuchwepheshe busemsebenzini buhlangene, kuzokwandisa umuzwa wabantu kuwo.” Ngesikhathi lapho gengeze okuthokozisayo, ukwakhiwa kwabezuk, ubukeka kahle, nengxoxo yezehlakalo zezehlakalo.
Ngebanga lokuphela, bakhuluma nokuqagela ngeziqondiso zomsebenzi wesikhathi esizayo. Kukhulunywe ngokuthola isimo esivukile, okuzobunjwa kusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe, ukuze abasebenzi bakwazi ukulungisa uhlelo lwemisebenzi ngemiphumela yeqhaza. Nakuba usemnzila ophakathi kwemisebenzi, bazi ukuthi ngaphansi kokuphila nemisebenzi kuzodingeka bazihlanganise, baqonde that isiword esimsulwa, akuyona.
Ngesikhathi sokuphola, izivakashi zabe sezidlule phezu kwebhande, beshintshe uhlelo lwakho. Ukuxabana kule midlange, uphinde wathela isikhumbuzo sabalimi, bhefety yonke iminwe, nokhuthaza ukuba baphume ngaphandle, baphinde basebenze, benze konke okukhona.