Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Free Fruits in Office - Denmark Corporate Culture

In Denmark, most of the companies provide free fruits in office. Different varieties of fruits are available. In my office they used to keep fruits basket near our cubicles. Generally they keep one basket for one project. We are allowed to have fruits in any number and at any time, but only in office.

Also in my office they keep the fruits in canteen, so after your lunch you can take fruits from there as well.  But as there are lot of people and its difficult to manage, they have one rule that you can take only one fruit.

One day one of person(A) from my company from India took some 4-5 bananas after lunch. We have a kind of HR person there in client location in Denmark who look after employees and their behaviour and all. So here he saw that Mr. A has taken 4-5 bananas and he came and started talking to him.

HR - Hello Mr. A. You are supposed to take only one banana at a time.
Mr. A - Oh, Is it? Okie..

And then Mr. A just took one banana and kept back remaining bananas.

Now next day Mr A. took 4-5 apples with him and by chance HR saw him doing that. And here is the conversation -

HR - Hello Mr. A. I told you yesterday, that we should take only one fruit at a time and now you are taking so many apples?
Mr. A - But yesterday you told about banana, Right?

1 comment:

Avirup Dasgupta said...

Ek galti hain..Banana aur apple lene ka date ulta likha tune