As young teenagers then we do not know how powerful words are, especially words that we use for others when we are not in the right state of mind or when we are annoyed. Because constantly while growing up we have abused or cursed someone out of annoyance.

But this one incident I will never forget because I was already aware of how curse could affect someone and even sometimes exceed into generation. This happened in an office where I worked at the earlier days as a Receptionist before I went back to school .

A furniture company but the owner has some knowledge of international standards, so we are making sure to satisfy our customers with what they require.And making of furniture 🪑 in this standard, we have a workshop different from where we display our finished work called the Show Room.

At the workshop is where we have the furniture makers, most of them trained carpenters into upholstery makers. And I as a Receptionist is to make sure all paper 📝 work are in order, including attending to customers, forwarding and receiving mails.

And as month progresses, my Manager started cutting my salary, paying me In halves which was not benefiting me. He will pay me half of my salary at the end of the month and the second half after two weeks in another new month. I was baffled and could not relate this to anything.

So one day I decided to have some discussions with the workers at the workshop to know if they are experiencing the same issue of receiving salaries in halves. I could not believe how my Manager has been manipulating his workers. He was building a house from the profits he was making, treating us as people who does not have plans in their lives. The men at the workshop told me of their plans to leave the work when he least expect. I was shocked of how humans could act in such a manner.

However, I decided to start looking for another job with gradual process hoping to leave at the end of another coming month. Then decided to also told him that I will be writing ✍️ some exams so he should pay 💰 up my salary. My manager blatantly told me that for now he does not have money. If I can not accept the way he pays I should leave the job. I was so surprised.

This is the issue of working for a one man establishment I told myself. But I took it to heart and continued in search for a new job. And as God will have it I got another job I was to resume in another coming month. And at the end of my last month to leave the furniture company, I asked my manager to pay me my salary in full since I will not be continuing with the job. My manager flared up, shouting in the office that he can not pay me my full salary and that I can go to hail.

This was when I busted out to challenge him, told him all he did not want to hear and how he is using his workers for his own selfish interest. I told him how he has stepped on the wrong toes by trying to use me and that will be # “the beginning of his down fall “.

In fact I could not believe myself saying such but I have said it before realizing it. I quickly just said “am sorry” to him. Then I Immediately carried my bag, took few of belongings and left.

And that was the end of the job. However, I did moved on later with the new job that was on the way. And seeing this prompt I reflected on this incident.

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