In a recent incident of a ‘Peak Work-Life Balance moment’, a picture of a woman from Bengaluru attending a virtual team meeting on her laptop while shoe shopping went viral on the Internet. Here’s how the WTF moment caught mixed reactions from the audience.
A photo recently went viral on ‘X’ (former Twitter) when a user named Karthik Bhaskara posted a ‘Bangalore is Bangaloring’ moment. The photo was of a woman shopping for shoes while seemingly attending a virtual team meeting on her laptop. This is not the first time such incidents have been reported. From traffic signals to cinema halls, people are seen working on their laptops at all the odd locations and all the odd hours. This trend has given birth to the social media phrase “Peak Bengaluru Moment” showcasing daily absurdities in the lives of people from the IT hub of India.
Seemingly funny though, such a bizarre incident demonstrates the hustle culture of the generation where there is a constant debate about work-life balance. In the image, the woman is also seen going ‘a bit too far’ while juggling with her personal and professional lives. She’s seen scrutinizing through the footwear while not refraining from participating in an online meeting on her laptop. This sparked a mixed reaction amongst the internet users. While some praised her exceptional work-life balancing skills, some criticized the unhealthy work culture of the city, and some even found humor in the whole situation.
People took to the comment section relating the situation to work ethics and toxic workplace policies. People expressed their concerns on how such overly ‘efficient’ employees have ruined the WFH policies by being present all the time while giving companies the impression that they have no personal life or work ethics. Some even wondered how ‘toxic’ the lady’s managers would be to put her through such a situation.
No wonder, this heel-arious solution to ‘quick meetings’ is taking business casual to a whole new level!
