Wednesday 26 October 2011

Balancing christainity and work

I was to raise a payment claim for one supplier that did a job for us. My boss had signed the claim form and i was waiting for the head of accounts to append his signature before i take to the paying cashier. My boss suddenly called me back asking if i had gotten the 2nd signature, ignorantly, i said no. He then instructed me to add 30 thousand naira to the actual amount to be paid out to the supplier. Because, according to him, we  were owing another supplier who did something for us in the past. I wondered. Why do i have to raise payments for the 2 suppliers in 1 when i can raise the other supplier's payment seperately. i wondered. I then went to ask one of my collegues why we had not paid the other supplier who did something for us about 4 months ago. My colleague looked at me funny saying we had long since paid the guy. That was when it dawned on me (yeah i am slow, i know) that my boss just wanted the 30k for himself and was using me as a foot soilder to get it! If u see this boss eh, BIG BOYYY. With swag and all. Why will he want to steal 30k 'koro koro' like this??? Didnt his tiny brain tell him it will take me less than 5mins to find out that the 'supplier' he wanted to pay had been paid already?
How i go do na? An order is an order. I waka go accounts go give the claim. I was asked why the amount had changed from what it was yesterday. I confided in one of the accountants. This accountant is a pastor in his church. After i told him what i noticed, he just shook his head in shame and sorrow. All he said to me was 'am i really a pastor'? I asked him what he meant. He was like all the corruption and theft by senior officers in the company all pass through his table and he gets to know about them, but that he neither speaks up nor does he do anything. He says he knows he is partaking in their sin even though he isnt partaking in their booty (stolen loot) He was just lamenting, asking what he could do as his conscience was killing him. Even the head of accounts is also a BIGGG thief! Siphoning money into phony things and this guy knows all about it. Thing is, it now looks like the account head, seeing that he cannot get this pastor guy to join in, is trying to frustrate him out of the system.
How do u balance the teachings of your faith with what is going on in the work place??? Do u up and leave each time u see atrocities being committed? Or do u speak up risking everything??? Cos as far as we can tell, the MD should have been smelling a rat. Why he has chosen not to do anything about it in this work place beats the crap out of me.

I am so sorry for my long absence, i have been tackling one challenge after the other in this office.Hardly keeping up with the crisis that seems to be ensuing on a daily basis.
Men!!! K'o easy ra ra

Monday 17 October 2011

Business ideas - Oh, how i need them so bad!

I really need a business idea to help me get an alternative source of income. This '30 days make one month' thing isnt werking for me. I am somewhat interested in the exportation business. Thing is i dont know where to start from. Maybe i should think of something else, something small. But what?
A brief history about my enterpreneural journey so far: I tried selling custome jewelleries, bought from Jos and sold wherever. i made good profit but couldnt sustain it as i gave out a lot of the stuff free! (can be stupid like that). I then went into selling male leather footwears during my NYSC period. this i did just one time and didnt go back to refill my stock cos i felt it didnt move fast enough.
That goes to tell me that i might not do well as a retailer, selling stuffs one one, cos if i dont dash them all out, i might lose interest if i dont sell them out fast enuf.

I need help - Business ideas, Anyone???

Lovely week to y'all

Thursday 13 October 2011

An awful day at work!

Mehn, today at work was just so messed up! I got tongue lashed by my boss on more occasions today than i have recieved in like 8months. And i cant say i blame him. I dont know why, but lately, i have been kind of absent minded. Though most of the errors i got tongue lashed for didnt originate from me, they all passed through my table and i should have at least cross checked and raised alarm. Funny thing is, one the most major of the errors i got shouted on for was actually commited by him! But he asks me why i didnt go through and point it out to him before sending to client. Hmmm, thats the life of a non-management staff - you make an error, u get shouted at. Your boss makes an error, YOU get shouted at. Your subordinate makes an error, YOU STILL get shouted at!!! If e pain u, pack ur load and go - SIMPLE.

I am so mightily glad today is over. let me go home and lick my wounds and massage my bruised ego. Hopefully, tommorrow will dawn brighter for me in the office.

God help me!!!

Wednesday 5 October 2011

Dating your boss. Safe?

What happens when the love turns sour?
I have always thought that is a big NO-NO. i mean, knowing myself, any boss i date is in soup cos i will generally (not intentionally though) not see him as my boss who should give me orders. I mean, how can i go to bed with u tonight and have u give me a memo d next day no matter what i do?
Well, some people feel its the easiest way to get noticed and approved of in the work place. She is barely 2 months old in my organization, and already, she is on first name basis with one of the big guns! I mean, u enter his office almost on tip toe to see her lounging on the seat in the office reading a newspaper with legs crossed, with all the deadlines we have to deal with. she laffs and hits him playfully in public and always runs to tell him at every slight discomfort she feels work wise.
Thing is, the guy she is dealing with is known as 'green snake' around here. He is very very cunning. He has been known to slander people in front of the MD if he feels u are slighting him any way. He is the kind that victimizes people if he doesnt have his way.
Now this girl probably dosent know she is dining with the devil and noone is ready to tell her cos she has, in her short time here, succeeded in making very few friends with the way she runs off to report people.
Anyway, we will sit and watch how this pans out at the end.

She should however, watch it with me ooo. If she steps on me more than is acceptable,i will buzz round her head till she faints from the discomfort

Tuesday 4 October 2011

Just farted in the office!

I HAVE OFFICIALLY BEEN KILLED BY EMBARRASEMENT!
How could i???
We were speaking very intelligently-one of my colleagues and i, giving and taking ideas. discussing issues on a particular project we are currently working on and trying to find solutions when suddenly 'puuuuum'. that was from my ass! Chei! if u see how the guy just calmly paused, looked at me, and continued what he was saying! such a gentleman (God bless his soul)
The stench sef didnt help matters. even i had to hold my breath for a while. the guy just maintained like say nothing (knowing myself,i wouldnt have done same for anyone)
How do i cellotape my torn 'ajebo' certificate???? Me, with my lovely shirts and cute shoes (so i have been told). how could i have farted in public? And i was on my way to the loo when the guy stopped me and the gist started. why didnt i just excuse myself and go ahead? but i had to stay back, talk and end up disgracing myself. (i am hanging my head in shame right now)
Since the incident, i havent spoken much and the guy is acting as civil as possible (which makes it somehow worse for me sef)
cant wait for the day to end make i run go house. is there anything i can do to redeem myself in his eyes??? i will have to give this yeye ass some real warning. make im no try this kain thing ever again. kilode!