I and Lily are good pals at work and one of the few lucky ones who are always in the good books of the boss (at least that is what I think!) And by being the spoilt brats we had taken a liking to enjoying our power.One misty morning, in my office I was sitting on my computer desk and glancing through the window outside the barely visible road. Initially I thought it to be the mistiness in the weather but fate had other plans. As both I and Lily were involved in the usual girlish gossip, in walks our boss into his cabin with a sly smile on his face. We both looked at each other and then towards his cabin. I started concentrating on the paper work lying on my desk in order to check my strong urge to proceed towards the boss’s cabin. I was almost done with it and out come the boss from his lair and signalled us both to come inside. Once we were seated he stood up and gazed outside the window for sometime and here we were seated with bated breath! And slowly the revelation comes out. Heck! Even the verses didn’t take so much time to be revealed. (Of course! I say this in my mind). So the speech follows somewhat like this:“Rubin and Lily you are not aloof from the fact that one of our institutions is closing down due to heavy financial losses. Given this fact the administration has decided to absorb one of the existing members of this organization into our department. So I was recommended the name of Helga by the top management. The date of her joining will be announced shortly. Hence I was looking forward to you cooperation towards her for the proper departmental coordination and achievement of our goals”.Both of us were spellbound for a awhile as if our feet were stuck to the ground. Helga – the problem maker! That was the name she was notorious for. She was the version of one of those unscrupulous corporate ladies who could stoop to any level to have her edge. She was famous for her practice of unhealthy office politics. The words such as morals, ethics and values were not a part of her dictionary. Never in our dreams could we imagine working at the same desk with her! Slowly, we gained our mobility as the truth dawned on us. In a jiffy way we were out of the cabin. Back at my desk I slumped into my chair hearing an enraged Lily swearing beside me. I said “Calm down babe”, there is a way out of every fix. “At the moment I cannot figure out any such way”, says she. Finally, after a long discussion we decided to explain out predicament to our boss. We expressed our dilemma and told him that we will not be able to get on with her. He reassured us that he would certainly look into the matter.During, lunch hour we sat down at our PCs and intentionally started updating our Resumes and browsing through the various job sites. At the same time our boss was passing by and happened to see this. After a while he again called us into his cabin and jokingly, remarked that we need not update our Resumes and quit our jobs and told us that since, he also happen to know a thing or two about Helga, he was not interested in appointing her also he could not afford to lose two valuable employees for the same.. Hence, he reassured us that he would immediately talk to the top management and get her transferred to some other department. On hearing this we gave a sigh of relief.Next day the boss intimated us that he had done the needful and we need not worry as Helga has been transferred to other department.
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