Tuesday, October 19, 2010

The Impact of SEO and Logos on Billy Boy's Personal Life

Remember our Social Media Specialist Billy Boy? Yes, the same Billy Boy in our logo design office with small eyes and chubby cheeks.

We recently found out that he was 120% dedicated to his work. How? Well, because logos, blogging and SEO are now affecting his personal life. How do we know that? Let me explain…

Just yesterday he was sitting and staring at his monitor. It was obvious that he was daydreaming. As I am a nice person, I got worried that what happened to my good friend.

So, I went to him and asked him politely, “What happened Billy? Why you look so worried?”

Billy Boy said, “Nothing mate! I am cool.”

I said, “Billy, you can’t hide your emotions, something is not right. I hope your father didn’t beat you up again as you are now a grown-up and married man.”

Billy Boy sighed and said, “No, it’s not that. It’s just that I concentrate so much on my work that it has affected my personal life.”

He continued, “For example, my sister asked me to write an application for her and I ended up writing a blog post.”

I felt sorry for my good friend Billy Boy because of his mental condition.

Billy Boy continued, “Then my little cousin asked me to nicely write his name on his notebook and I drew a logo of his name.”

“Even worse…I told my father that his distant cousin was not a good man, so he should be tagged as NoFollow and let’s make a list of NoFollow and DoFollow relatives.” Billy Boy then took a deep breath.

I realized that Billy Boy was mentally stressed and too much work had a negative impact on his brain.

I said, “It’s all good Billy Boy. You are normal. It’s just that you have been working too hard.”

Billy Boy said, “Let me tell you one more incident. I went to Sainsbury’s and there was a long line at the counter. So, I started talking to people one by one and started moving forward. People got angry and told me not to be too smart and go back to the end of the line. See, I was doing link building so I could optimize myself to secure the first position in the line, but my strategy was probably not good.”

Now, I realized that this is a very serious matter and I may not be able to help Billy Boy.

As I am a nice person, I thought about consoling him.

I said, “Just relax buddy. I suggest you take a few days off and go out of town with your family to relax. Just try to meditate for a few minutes every day to clear your mind. This will give rest to your mind and it won’t affect your personal life.”

Billy Boy looked down for a few seconds and then said, “You are right mate! I should start meditating. You are indeed a life saver. Thank you very much mate, thank you very much!”

I said, “Mention not Billy Boy. I am always available for counseling. Let’s get back to work now.”

Let’s hope Billy Boy starts feeling better soon.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

S.Z. and Pain - A Sad Story

Remember how our ‘once Affiliate Boy, now Assistant Manager’ S.Z. was sad a few months back because he was getting older and was still not married and to turn his sad day into a happy day I had told him that how Ars Alan was not married either in our department?

Well, I don’t have words to share what is going to happen soon. It will be a great event for Ars Alan, but it will increase S.Z.’s pain even more now.

Yes, you’ve got it… Ars Alan is getting married now and even though S.Z. has done his Master’s, he is still a Bachelor.

This has not only affected S.Z. mentally, but it has affected him physically as well. He is so sad and stressed that he even strained his back muscles in the gym.

“How? What Happened? Did something happen in the Logo Design Office?” You may wonder.

Well, S.Z. has been telling us some technical things about his back, but to be honest with you we could never understand his technical explanation.

The only viable explanation we have is that while working out, he was sad and he lifted more weights than he was supposed to and he strained some back muscles badly.

He is unable to walk straight now. As S.Z. is engaged, I wonder how his Father-in-Law will react when he sees him walk like an old man. Let’s hope and pray that this secret is never revealed and S.Z. gets better soon.

When Billy Boy sees him, he always laughs with his eyes closed and mouth wide open. I think this is not good. He shouldn’t laugh like this (in front of him I mean). This may hurt S.Z.’s feelings more as he is already going through a lot of mental and physical pain.

Let’s hope and pray he gets better soon.