Are you a closet provoker?
There's at least one person at every office who specialises in harrowing co-workers. With Aishwarya Rai-starrer Provoked out in theatres this week, Life@Work gives you pointers to stop turning into the needler
reaction@work
Apr 03,2007
By: The Life@Work Team
It's a habit for some, a defense mechanism for others, a when-all-else-fails strategy for yet others. We all have probably been provoked, and, in turn, have provoked, our co-workers at some point. TV actor Juhi Parmar (Kumkum) has to deal with an on-screen daughter-in-law who is addicted to provoking her. However, in real life, it's quite another story. She is usually made to slip into "agent provocateur"mode by her co-stars. She recounts the Kumkum Holi party. "My co-stars wanted to rub gulal on our director, Ashish Patil's face, but none of them could muster up the courage to. They provoked me into provoking him; I got him to celebrate Holi with us," she laughs, maintaining that such behaviour is acceptable in case of fun-and-games, not otherwise.