WHO STOLE THE MEAT FROM THE COOKING POT
WHO STOLE THE MEAT FROM THE COOKING POT
I know it can be sometimes hard, really really hard for us admit we are the ones who did the wrong thing especially when are in a really tough situation but then honesty is a virtue.
Does this remind you of a childhood game?
Very well, I suppose. It was a childhood game where we never saw who stole the meat from the cooking pot. Everyone kept passing the blame.
‘Oh me!’
‘Yes, you’
‘It couldn’t be, number 5 stole the meat from the cooking pot.’
On and on the search or interrogation for who stole the meat continues as different numbers are accused of it.
Who actually stole the meat from the cooking meat?
It is not surprising that this question grew up with us into adulthood. We hardly admit our faults.
'Who did this?'
'Not me oh!' with our two hands raised in the air. 'It can be Nonso oh, go and ask him'.
This reminds me of what happened in my friend's offic some weeks ago. It was a very Kafkaesque incident and according to her, she could clearly see disappointment written on her boss face.
Here is her gist about the Kafkaesque incident of 'Who stole the meat from the cooking pot' .
'We have a very strong microwave we have been using since time memorial. Then one day, in the evening to be precise, my famished boss wanted to heat his ice-blocked food and the microwave did not work.
Well, have you seen a living example of 'a hungry man is an angry man?'
Thankfully, I did not see it. I left the office early that day but my colleagues gisted me about the hails and brimstones that fell down from heaven that day.
We had a board meeting the next day and my boss judgement was that those who used the microwave that day it got spoilt will pay for it.
We moved on to the next stage; Who were those that used the microwave the day it got spoilt?
Omo...GBOGBO ENIA SALO
Noone including me admitted to using the microwave that day. Sincerely I did not use it that day. My boss was angry!!! The only way to get the truth was through the kitchen staff.
Even our angry eyes alone on the young lady, the kitchen staff, was enough to make her deaf and dumb. My boss asked more than twice and she did not provide any answer. Finally, she was given a paper and she wrote down the 3 names.
That brought us to the next stage; DOUBLE WALALA.
They suddenly became fierce at the kitchen staff and my boss came to her rescue.
Last, last, they admitted to attempting using the microwave but they said they did not find it working when they got there so it's probably the day before that the microwave spoilt. My boss was simply frustrated. He made enquiries of the microwave and it was about N45,000.
Ha!!!
That is like N15,000 naira from each of their salaries. In this kind of economy!!!
My boss was sure to keep his words.
Somehow, the end of this story will shock you.
The microwave did not spoil.
A staff who probably did not know how to use it pressed the wrong buttons that made the microwave to malfunction. That was what we out found when we wanted to repair it. We also found who did it. '
Have you had a Kafkaesque incident of ' who stole the meat from the cooking pot' How did it turn out? Did blaming others save you? We will like to know.
I know it can be sometimes hard, really really hard for us admit we are the ones who did the wrong thing especially when are in a really tough situation but then honesty is a virtue.
Abeg, this one is a really important one.
STOP PASSING THE BLAME OR RECOMMENDING SOMEONE TO BE BLAMED.
JUST
Hope you learnt somthing from this?
Thank you for reading. I super duper appreciate.
Yours sincerely,
Munu Ogheneochuko
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This is so hilarious. Nice work
ReplyDeleteWell said Ogheneochuko, we need to take responsibility for our actions for a better society at large, thanks for sharing.😁
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Unknown 1 and Unknown two. I appreciate
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