Right Way

Don't follow the majority, follow the right way, I yelled to my silence.

Throwing frustration through the sweats of emotion, I walked on the lonely path, thinking that tomorrow, I would candidly tell everything to my boss.

Next day, taking morning reports of both the sections and instructing the operators and supervisors to perform the necessary and pertinent things required for the plant, I sent the data to my boss over WhatsApp. The beautiful WhatsApp had become ugly for me the day my boss had wanted everything on it.

Taking breakfast, I followed the routine job by reporting the boss in his chamber. 

Morning sir, 'I whispered from my half smiling lips'. 

Is everything ok in your sections, a hard voice hit my ears? Yes, sir, I nodded. 

What is your decision, do you want to follow my order or not? 

Yes, sir, I can't back a wrong decision, I sincerely request you to alter your decision, this will hamper the process parameters.

Do you know more than me, do you challenge my decision, this is the thing I have convinced to top management, I can't reverse my decision, you have to alter your decision, if you don't agree it's ok, but you have to implement it, in case you won't, I will implement it and don't worry, you will see your consequences and your Confidential report will show your performance, he angered his voice? 

'Sir, I don't disregard you, I don't challenge your knowledge, but my experience and ethics don't permit me,' I told with innocuous voice. 

'Get ready for the consequences, young man, your future is now directed towards darkness', he uttered. 

Side lining my views, he implemented those things and in consequence, nothing good happened, system collapsed and all the parameters got disturbed and wrath of top management preyed him and indirectly I was asked to rectify at the earliest else stern actions would be taken for both of us. 

Conveying wrong reasons for the failure to the top management, he played the dirty game. Without, poking my mind into nonsense, I endeavoured to bring things into normal. But still, his hypocrisy didn't take back step. He started to find problems with my each work and created unnecessary drama on several occasions.

Yes, time passed on and his one side cold war continued. List of promotion came and I couldn't find my name. 

With this little upset, 'I explained myself, don't worry, promotion doesn't imply your calibre, promotion doesn't speak of your real performance, you do your own work sincerely, you follow the right path.'

Suddenly a jab on my shoulder I experienced and I could see my boss telling 'Sorry young man, I couldn't do anything for you, though I had given for you good confidential report, the men on totem pole had different views'.Though his eyes were full of satisfaction, I reciprocated him an optimistic smile telling, 'sir, I don't follow the majority, I follow the right way'.