I was once opportuned to talk to someone I respect so well and has been a great source of inspiration to me and during our conversation he just posed and said to me that in all i do, I should strive hard to be influencial because it is one of the key among several keys that will save me from oppression. Even though I took his word at heart, I never imagined i'II see my self in such situation in such a short while.
While I was working at my former place of work, true we encounter lots of customers on a daily base both the rude and calm to the point that each and everyone of us had our favorite customers.🤣 Having a customer as your favorite can be so overwhelming like the feeling is unspeakable as each and every now and then you tend to receive tips from them. That's just by the way.🤣🤣🤣 On this particular day, I was on afternoon shift and when I arrived work I saw a colleague of mine in pains meaning she's been crying because a customer insulted her yet can't do nothing about it. My prayer daily when going to work is to avoid troubles from anybody but the more I run from it, it just keep coming but glad i was able to overcome not untill i collided with a very rude and arrogant rich customer.
Already a few of my colleagues have been complaining about him so I always try my possible best to avoid him. but on the day this had occurred, there was no how I could avoid attending to him and to worsen matters my supervisor was with me so I had no choice than to attend to him. On attending to him, something happened and instead of him to channel his aggression on the right source he rather face me. On trying to explain myself he kept shouting I should keep quiet, who I mine to talk when his talking? At this point, my supervisor on the other hand was trying to stabilize the atmosphere but I realized what others said about him was right all along very mannerless. Due to his constant rants the managing director came out to know what exactly is causing the noise. After hearing from both of us, could you believe the MD sided with the rich customer instead of defending myself and the supervisor all because he was influencial. I did not want to cry but I bleeded in my heart the only thing my supervisor told me just like my mentor once said to me was that "Destiny for this life just get money " he said it in Nigeria pidgin language and just went back to his office.
Literally what that man successfully did was to use his wealth to intimidate us and also won my bosses heart against us even though my boss knew the right thing to do or say but he just chooses to stay mute. Honestly that experience was indeed a painful one and it taught me that in this life I should never settle for less but ensure I strive even more harder to get to an influencial and powerful states because that's when I'll also begin to command things and they respond with no delay.
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