Have you ever been in a situation where you will be left more confused than ever? That was the case of a certain Cryril, a father of three. Cryril lost his job on a day his third child was born. He had reported late to because he had to take his wife to the hospital. Prior before then, he had been reported absent from work on two consecutive occasions. His position in the job is delicate and requires punctuality.
When Cyril was handed the brown envelope he anticipated what the content should be and true to his fears, it was his sack letter. He digested every word written therein and swallowed hard enough to suppress the anger and bitterness already boiling within him. He thought of what to do and came up with the idea of approaching the head of personnel for a review of his sack. That is the only person who can reverse this 'unjust' punishment metted out to him. Salary deduction should have been the appropriate punishment instead of this harsh and brash decision.
Cryril is not in good terms the head of personnel. How will he know approach him for this kind of favour? For thirty minutes, Cyril kept thinking of other possible options he can explore instead of facing the head of personnel. None of those options seem plausible. It became a do or die moment for Cyril. It became clear to him that there is no other way.
Cyril braces himself up and sauntered into the office of the head of personnel to plead for leniency in the approach adopted by the company in handling his truancy. Once he came in the head of personnel looked up from whatever he was reading. He too became inquisitive to know why Cyril had to come to him. He already knows about the travails of Cyril and felt that this was a nice opportunity to get back at him.
For about five minutes Cyril stood and was watching him. He does not know where and how to begin him plea. Both men kept looking at each other with the head of personnel breaking the silence: "what can I do for you gentlemen?"
"Well, sir, ummm, emmm, goodmorning.....as Cyril tried very hard to fashion the best possible way to begin. But unfortunately his morale failed him....
A Five Minute Freewrite: Do or Die.
