So no one really likes waking up in the morning. But since a brand new film insists that all the 'Sids' wake up, we thought we'd do our bit and wake up six Siddharths from here and there... They cribbed, complained, made excuses, set alarms that didn't work but woke up finally. Here's reporting from Andheri, Oshiwara, Deonar, Thane, Worli and Pune! Yawn... can we sleep now?
So no one really likes waking up in the morning. But since a brand new film insists that all the 'Sids' wake up, we thought we'd do our bit and wake up six Siddharths from here and there... They cribbed, complained, made excuses, set alarms that didn't work but woke up finally. Here's reporting from Andheri, Oshiwara, Deonar, Thane, Worli and Pune! Yawn... can we sleep now?
Siddharth Pujari, 26
Marketing manager, Worliu00a0
This 26-year-old claims to have gotten lazier over the years and blames the people closest to him for it. He also credits it to the 'snooze' button on the mobile alarm clock. Siddharth is woken up by Coldplay's Politic whose booming drum nearly shatters his ears. His girlfriend calls him up too. "An hour and a half later, I'm finally up." Showers are quite a pain too though he repeatedly insists that he bathes every day. Except Sundays. "It's just a quick shower on Sundays because I end up sleeping for nearly 12-14 hours."
Once I was so lazy... I did this just once when in school, I made excuses to skip class because I didn't want to get up. And these days, I can't remember the last time I felt like getting out of bed. You know I once called a friend and asked him what's up. He told me I'm sitting around, doing nothing. I mean wow, takes a LOT to get there!
Sidharth Shukla, 28
TV actor, Oshiwarau00a0
His mamma calls him spineless but only because he'd rather be horizontal all the time if he could manage it. Sidharth admits that he tries not to be too lazy these days what with a new healthy lifestyle, but traces of the laziness remain. Back at school, he used to be so lazy, it would take mamma nearly an hour to wake him up. "I'd finish a whole banana in three bites and she'd feed me breakfast while I dressed. Dad would have to stop the school bus nearly every day." These days however, Sidharth's body clock has scheduled itself, so alarms aren't really required. When we visit him with a camera though, he doesn't have a shoot scheduled and so, is lying down.
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Once I was so lazy... Actually this has happened a few times in the past. I was called for the shoot of a commercial or a meeting and I was watching a movie on TV. I just couldn't bring myself to get up. I kept thinking I'd leave after a particular scene, and ended up missing the shoot altogether.
Siddharth Seshan, 24
Corporate lawyer, Thane
He says he's been lazy since he was born, probably too lazy to even cry as a baby. The corporate lawyer is quick to add that he isn't lazy when it comes to work. But waking him takes a lot of effort from the alarm clock, mum calling out from the kitchen below, dad bellowing out to him on his way to work and his Alsatian Simba, who barks by his bedside. As a child, Siddharth would often wonder whether his older cousin sister, locked up in her room to study for hours, actually whiled away time in deep slumber. Years later, he admits to have done that himself.
Once I was so lazy... when I was away in the UK for a year for a course, there was a time when I would consistently wake up every day at 1 pm. It was a fixed thing because I'd be too lazy to go to my dorm at night and would pass time chatting with my friends and when I finally fell asleep in the wee hours, I wouldn't want to stir. My five different alarms would ring every half an hour, waking up the guy next door but never me.u00a0
Sidharth Lodha, 26
Copywriter, Andheri
A minimum of four snoozes on his Wake Up Sid alarm tone which starts buzzing from 7.30 am ("Corny I know, but it's a personalised alarm. Works for me") and brushing his teeth are what it takes to wake up this 'Sid'. Coffee? Nope, he doesn't like it much.
Sidharth, who is required to be at work at 9 am, mostly gets in half an hour late. Sundays pass in a haze of waking up at noon, blending nashta with lunch, loitering around for the rest of the day and postponing bath till a point when "I figure I need to wake up and shower on Monday morning anyway, so why bother this late on a Sunday?"
Once I was so lazy... I'd recently gone for a conference to Delhi. Breakfast was scheduled for 8 am and the conference was to begin at 9 am. I woke up at 9 am. The rest isn't quite history though, because I rushed into the conference hall clutching my plate of breakfast. The CEO would have given me an earful but I got lucky. There were two other guys behind me complete with breakfast trays.
Of course, they'd just landed in Delhi, but, well...
Siddharth Patkar, 25
MBA student, Vile Parle
He's currently in Pune pursuing an MBA. If he feels like it, he wakes up early to brush up before exams though that means setting an alarm for 4 am and waking up two hours later. Siddharth remembers being late in particular for one of his college classes. "One professor would say we could walk in whenever we wanted into his class." Siddharth would saunter in at 8.45 am for an 8 am class.
Once I was so lazy... I was almost in a trance. I walked straight to the backbench during class when the professor suddenly lost his cool. He demanded to know what he'd taught so far and I wondered why the board was blank. Finally he figured there was no point and ordered me to sit down. On I went to the backbench and promptly fell asleep again.
Siddharth Gupta, 24
Car sales executive, Deonar
Siddharth Gupta is woken up several times every morning between 7.30 and 8 by his house help with a cup of tea. The executive who works in a car showroom at Belapur is so lazy that he doesn't like to get up from his seat when at work. "I try and stretch my arms and hands as much as I can to get hold of things, I don't like getting up." And if that wasn't enough, he tries as far as possible to call his colleagues over to his desk and uses his intercom to communicate with colleagues. "I call people to my work station if anything needs to be done. Much better than having to get up and go to them myself," he laughs.
Once I was so lazy... Hmmm, I don't know. Am too bored to think up an incident. Can I please go back to sleep now?
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