I went to Cebu last September 10 to be part of the 6th anniversary celebration of the branch after not having visited them for a long time. In theory, I am supposed to be there for a visit every month but I have decided against it after having a dialogue with my counterpart. His insecurities led him to say that my presence would not be needed in the branch and to make things simple for him, as well as not to further damage his ailing ego, I gave in. I did not go there for several months nor did I care about their concerns. That is to give my counterpart ample time to win over the support and the loyalty of his people… or so I thought.
During the celebration of the main office of our 8th anniversary, my counterpart tried his best to talk shop with me where I tried my best to avoid the conversation simply because that wasn’t the proper time or occasion for such a conversation.
I remembered when we were both in Manila way back and we’d spent a lot of time talking shop with mostly myself griping and him interpreting the Chairman… looking back, it was a waste of precious time and gasoline, specially since we talked in the car for hours on end. Not because I do not care for him, but rather that the conversation tended to go round and round without resolution with mostly his opinion and mine coming from opposite directions.
Soon after, he was assigned somewhere else with the usual case of me not knowing the exact reason of his departure. This year, the Chairman asked me if it was okay to have him back and I said of course it was… he is still my friend, and to be honest, he seems reformed… or so I thought.
A couple of weeks back, an employee calls to inform me that he was terminated because he posted a fight scene at the back stage in youtube. The penalty later was retracted and he was instead demoted to the lowest category possible. It was a sanction way too much given the offense but the Chairman told me to allow him to rectify the situation but my counterpart refused to heed to further explanations.
I haven’t called him yet because it would be futile knowing his personality. And perhaps I also want him to see his (might be) mortal mistake on his own. I do hope that he finds his sensibilities soon enough… for his sake… or before he realizes it the harder way.
"the measure of power is not when one can do things simply because he can, but
rather when one does things because he has to..."
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