It was a bright worky worky day in the office. Joy and I were surfing the net looking for something Iron had asked us to find in 10 minutes. We heard the door slam and we all looked up in shock. We saw Mr. Calistus brimming fire, literally.
He walked up to iron’s table and stood above her.
“I don’t know who you think you are? Do you think you are God? You sit down there and command everybody. You are not sensitive. You are a shameless woman. You ….”
Iron sitting in her chair rested back and looks at him and calmly says
“Calistus, is there something you would like to discuss with me?”
“Oh yes there is! You knew how inconvenient it would be for me to come back to the office. You were the one that sent me to the island yesterday and I called you and told you there was traffic. Very heavy traffic. My car also broke down and I told you. But like the bad person that you are, you insisted that I came back to the office. How am I supposed to go to the mainland and the island with that much traffic and still go home? And then on your insistence, I came back to the office. I got here at 10pm and you had left! And you then sent me a text message that you are not pleased with me. That I did not submit my report yesterday. How will I write a report when I got back to the office at that time? You are a woman o. Is this how you treat your husband and children at home? I wonder how they are coping with you sef.”
Iron-“Calistus, are you shouting because I asked you to come back to the office or because I am a woman? Tell me so I would know how your query will be written.”
Calistus-“Let me tell you. You are not God. That’s the worst thing you can do. Give me a query. And if you try that, I will go to the MD to report you. I will tell him the terrible person that you are. Even these interns can testify to it.”
Iron- “Joy and Miss Yarn. Stand up. Go ahead, testify.”
Joy and I jump to our feet. Look awkwardly at each other.
Joy-“We have nothing to testify to ma.”
Iron-“Joy speak for yourself. Miss Yarn, what about you?”
Miss Yarn-“Nothing to testify to ma.”
Iron-“Are you sure?”
“Yes ma.”
Iron stand up and moves looks straight at Calistus.
“Calistus, get out of my office! Now!”
Mr. Calistus has been given a query and he reported iron to the MD. A meeting was held, I do not have details. But I know Mr. Calistus wrote a formal letter of apology to iron. He sent a mail of apology to the MD, he sent joy and I a mail of apology for dragging us into his wahala. And the next day, he came in a very sober mood to apologise to Iron. Fight yaff finish.
I feel bad for Mr. Calistus, but i also think he should have used a better approach to address the issue with Iron. But What i know? I'm just an intern.
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