It's 2:00 am currently in this part of my world, and yet my eyes are still wide open, and my mind is still busy reflecting on life and its happenings when I should be sleeping and relaxing my nerves after my busy day. But then, I thought of putting my thoughts together in this write-up since I am having difficulty sleeping in this midnight hour.
You know, sometimes, I wonder why some certain kinds of humans treat their fellows without conscience or considerations. No form of empathy at all; it's terrible. I also wonder why some persons think that they can use their position to oppress others and still sleep comfortably at night.
Characters differ indeed, different people with different personalities and approaches to life. It is what it is. I have been battling with drivers in my new business, which requires a good driver to operate effectively. Some of the drivers working with us so far have been very, very reckless, with lots of unimaginable troubles they bring back day by day.
Somehow, my marketer ran into this new driver working with me currently since two weeks ago, and the guy indicated serious interest in working with us. I interviewed him, and a discovery was revealed.The young guy told me that since January this year, he has been working with one transport company as their security personnel without salary.
Each month, the manager tells him stories after stories. The worst part is that he is new in Lagos and has nowhere to run to. Each day he feeds by begging passengers for money. He tried everything to plead with the manager of the transport company, but all he got was promise upon promise until he finally developed an ulcer. Now he has a family outside Lagos, which he hasn't sent money to for one day since January. He came to Lagos due to his past terrible job without salary, he was ready to switch job.
All these and more were revealed to me by this young guy. At the end of the day, I decided to hire him. It's over two weeks now since he started working with me, and he has sent money twice to his wife, who is nursing a new baby. The wife shed tears of joy over the phone and prayed that God would bless us for paying her husband for the work he has done so far. It was as if she won a lottery, lol. The young guy too said to me, "Madam, this is the first time I am sending money to my wife and my two children since this year." I felt for him; he was very excited. And that get me inner peace she fulfilment.
However, I couldn't stop overthinking on how people can be wicked to one another. If the manager of his previous job could withhold the meager salary of this young guy for no reason, why then are we shouting of bad government?
It makes sense that we don't use our position to oppress anyone because the world is not static. The person we are looking down on today, treating unfairly, might turn out to be in a position that we or our children need his favor tomorrow.
Life is not hard; it costs nothing to treat people fairly and be alright.