Employees work 12-13 hour days in the call centers and have little time to meet people outside of their job. It is, perhaps, natural that they would look to the workplace to explore romantic relationships. And consummate them right then and there. BPO [business process outsourcing] units are slowly becoming hubs where inter-personal bonding takes place. And it comes as little surprise that many also give vent to their sexual urges in the office space, says The Indian Times.
And if you're guessing that this is only the case for a few employees, Alkesh Dua, a call center worker, will set you straight. Women come to work with condoms in their handbags. Everyone is doing it. You're together all night in this cool, hip atmosphere, and you end up getting intimate. While I've never thought about a 4-by-3 space semi-surrounded by corkboard partitions (and that's only if you're a senior supervisor!) as a cool, hip atmosphere, I suppose it's better than the backseat of my Hyundai Accent...so, what the hell, go git 'em, Alkesh!
The higher ups at the call centers are, of course, concerned about this developing trend. Cameras are being installed where there once were none in an attempt to quell the cubicle carnality. My prediction is that this may do more for Indian voyeur porn online than it will to clean up problems of employees doing the dirty. I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that we all hope I'm not. Nudge nudge wink wink.
Honestly, I think it's probably more blessing than burden. When you call India for technical support, do you want to talk to someone who has spent the last nine uninterrupted hours in a cubicle listening to people bitch about their problems, or do you want to talk to someone that just unloaded all their pent up sexual frustrations? Personally, I'll take the latter if I get to choose.
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