On Friday we had a superior celebrating their birthday in our department and i finally got the chance to ask Aba questions about her behaviour. ” Why are you at everyones beck and call, and why do you allow the others to treat you like a servant and not an intern?” I asked her with a little bit of anger in my tone; I was indeed ready to give her a lecture on self respect and standing out for ones self. ” I do not come from a home like yours, Sika. I am from a background where we had to toil for all we have. Never have i been handed anything. All I have known is to work and earn whatever i own. And my reason for being this way is because this is the only way i know to find favour or receive help in a place where my skills or voice is not loud or strong enough to influence decision making. You may have family members in authority who will stand with you and pull the weight of their influence behind you in a dire situation but i do not have that, all i know and have are God and my educational training as well as the up bringing of my folks and grandma, I cannot afford to let them down and this is the only way i know how.”
Her response had me dumbfounded for a minute. Could this be a persons life? i thought to myself. ” So does it work?” i asked in curiosity. ” Most of the time it does. I know see most of the workers seem to take a liken to me so hopefully the end result will be something to write home about.” She said with a smile. “Do you take their eargerness to send you on errands as a sign of them liking you?” I asked in disbelief. Isn’t that a sign of hatred and them not wanting you to be better?”
She let out a quiet laughter with her right palm over her mouth and said ” Oh Sika, grandma says to not wish for such but I wish i had your life. Their eargerness to send me on errands is a sign that i am becoming a part of the inner circle.
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