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AT times, people do not quit jobs, they quit their bosses!
This is the sickening trend unfolding in many of our workplaces around our beautiful city.
We all know that bosses are not voted for, perhaps more than half of them would not be in their current positions, but surely there is no harm in having good working relationships with subordinates.
Most of them, with an exaggerated sense of self-importance, they quickly forget that they are employees too and just like their underlings, their time to leave will surely come, either for the streets or for better opportunities elsewhere.
For those who are wondering what exactly Yours Truly is blabbering about, there are some extreme cases that we have witnessed in some of our local companies where managers are treating employees in a way reminiscent of the master-slave relationship of the colonial era.
If you think Blabber is lying, check what is going on at this other supermarket, right in the middle of our Central Business District.
This supermarket has been part of our everyday life since time immemorial.
Its two-letter name and its blue trademark colour have been an embodiment of quality service delivery for generations.
Little had we known that at some point in one of their branches we will have a female social misfit managing a department that has something to do with deli (consumables).
This uncultured lady is making every employee under her department feel her presence by needlessly harassing them and at times in the presence of clients going about their shopping errands.
Blabber is informed that one of the employees recently threw in the towel after he failed to put up with her tantrums.
This other well-known company which trades in timber also has a male manager who has become a monster to his subordinates after he deliberately masterminded the transfer of one of his assistants to a rural branch of the company so that he could open a gap for his married girlfriend.
The girlfriend’s marriage is actually on the rocks as the affair with our big boss is now a public secret.
In all fairness, this case deserves its own time and space on this widely read column.
We all know how a bad boss is more of a disease of the soul, given the lengthy periods we spend at our workplaces, but after all is said and done, never waste a good opportunity to learn from a bad boss.
On this one, I rest my case!
By the way, make no mistake dear reader, Blabber is fully aware of the sad passing on of this other well-known veteran wholesale staffer.
Blabber is also aware of his shenanigans when he was still walking on the face of Mother Earth.
Blabber is also aware of the skeletons that tumbled out of his closet after he breathed his last during his funeral.
Simply because Blabber is humane, we will let those in mourning do so in peace, but you have my word, the story will not be killed.
After all, it is in the public interest.
Watch my space!
Online Reporter