You can start by 5pm today his hoarse voice sounded,when I glanced at my wristwatch, it was about 2.30pm already, OK sir I replied and turned and dont forget to wear your protective kits during the night shifts he added as I walked through the door. As I walked out the yard, I was so excited that tears of joy flowed down cheeks. I wondered whom to call first, my mum, my dad or my friends? Maybe I should have included my girlfriend but as no one has filled that vacuum it should be ignored. As I screwed down my phone to search for whom to break the news to more tears dropped, the bad old days started replaying in my mind, the struggles right from the onset, dspz and their wahala the paper they finally gave to me as their compensation for the two terrifying years I spent with them....as my daddy picked the phone , I broke the news to him you dont mean it, you didnt even study electrical anything so why should a you be an assistant to the electrical manager there with your k legged result he teased. Diaris God oh, I fired back. And to me, it was a major victory, working at the headquarters of a telecommunications company would be another reason why the ego should radiate more. I had to plug in my head phones and play some soft tunes as I walked home feeling like... you know na. At exactly 5pm I walked into the yard. Introduced myself to the supervisor who put me through on how to on and off all the whatever, if you must switch off the LAN, or turn on the ups, make sure the nepa light is gone first. Then you put one of the mikano generators on automatic, and then..... but as he spoke, his voice was sounding hoarse, and I understood that this guy isnt happy, so I summoned the courage to ask him Whats going on. Did they tell you that you will be replacing someone? He asked. Yeah I replied without thinking twice. You are here to replace me I didnt wait for him to land before congratulating him on his upgrade and promotion , but instead, he turned quietly to me and in a low tone said. You seems not to understand me, I have been fired. The joy and happiness that has been inside of me suddenly disappeared replaced with a great pang in my heart. .. for the first few minutes,I couldnt fathom what to tell him...as he gave me the basic instructions, rules and regulations, his voice echos into my ears and I followed from afar not even knowing the machine he pointed as he spoke.....You know what am talking about. I felt guilty as I thought about my new status, not that this man am being replaced was only older than my dad, I believe he has got kids in school too whom needs the money more than me. Thats all you need to know my son,if you want to work here for a long time, be a fool for all and I believe you are doing this job for a reason, take all the mess you will pass through because of that reason He walked out, down to the last floor packed his things and crossed the road... I ran upstairs, went close to the window,there I could see him clearly as he produced his cell phone out of his pocket, and maybe answering a call... as he faded into the thin air, for the first time ever I noticed my strong stony heart melting, and gradually, as he faded away, my heart melted away... that was the last time I saw him and with few months to quit this job I finally realised within my heart that whether we like it or not our success is someone elses failure, our winning is someone elses lost. Our joy is someone elses sorrows, and I believe that as my friends and well wishers were drinking and celebrating that night, this man, in his small cottage maybe gloomy,dejected, tears may flow down his cheeks too, this time not tears of joy like mine but tears of agony, pain and dejection.I remembered my daddy telling me he was proud of me, this mans wife may tell him she is ashamed of him. As I screwed down the congratulatory SMS from my friends, I wondered the kind of text that this man must be sending and receiving. And though it wasnt my fault, I kept on feeling sorry for him. To me life is just too competitive, too wicked, harsh, composed with numerous heartbreaking news that rocks the airwaves, the sailments that attack people around us that we cant just halt, auto crashes, earthquakes, suicide bombings, the gunshots, the terrific scenes on tv.each day love ones depart us, some to the great beyond and other says its over between us and some just go away without us know anything about them. If you must visit planet earth, you should be prepared because we arent living in a peaceful place,if you must survive, its continual Hustling managing the hurdles and good news along. Our social status is a total negligence of of other people on their opportunity, if you are highly rated, its simply because someone else is not rated. If you were made a manager its simply because someone else wasnt made a manager, if you are at the top its simply because someone isnt at the top... the fact is that, other people sometimes act as the ladder that takes you to your altitude, their little mistake, their little ignorance, their little negligence, their little disobedience and your lifes whole dream is fulfilled. What does it depicts to you? Man is a looser while earth never gain nor loose. Earth stays for ever yet man dies, no matter the number of certificates, no matter thenumber of offices held, no matter the quantity and quality of cars and houses... six fit is sure.. and when you finally die, get fired or promoted, another person takes your place and call his friends and family and ignorantly they drink beer and celebrate forgetting that the equation will be balanced somebody, dooms day is sure..... just as king Solomon of the Bible puts it they are all vanity upon vanity.....and the song writer poised it... have you counted the cost if your soul should be lost, tough you gain the whole world for your own.........
Posted on: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 18:40:20 +0000
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