STUPIDITY

stupidity is when you are thinking you know everything!

ALLY is the most stupid person i ever met in my entire life. He is a friend of my friend SUE, he worked as a Branch Manager of a local Pharmaceuticals in the Philippines. No doubt he has the most experience to manage the company.

I went in to their office to observe the system they are using and everything that made the company possible of being stable in the market despite of some economical challenges.

In my 1 week stay there, i observe the existence of the word STUPIDITY. who's stupid? wait until i'll tell you everything.

SUE my friend is their newly hired SALES AND MARKETING OFFICER. ALLY trained her because he was once an officer. So he kept on teaching and teaching SUE. Well, that was just SUE's story.

They are outsourcing an ACCOUNTANT and her name was SHE, well, SHE is good, nice and bubbly, but ALLY does not like her. So HE (ALLY) shows off his emotions to SHE, that he doesn't like her, he keeps on asking and demanding things from the files of SHE even though the task was just given yesterday. Well, SHE doesn't mind him, she just gave him that devilish smile and does not give excuse but rather says "pls. wait, its not easy to do those things"

But ALLY was so angry with SHE so he decided to end up SHE's contract and filed a vacant position of a FULL time ACCOUNTANT (ALLY knows that she wont even try to apply because SHE is a FREE LANCE BOOKKEEPER). But not a single applicant filed for the position. After that week, the main office is asking for the FINANCIAL STATEMENT of the branch and ALLY has nothing to submit because he ended SHE's contract.

(Now here's the stupid part)

Whole day, ALLY was so busy on his table scratching the pencil on some sheet of used papers, ticking and ticking the calculator and kept on asking to SUE, "what is a balance sheet?" "it's easy to make one right?" "what is a trial balance?". So the BOSS from the head office called. i can barely hear their conversation because the phone has a loud volume, i don't know if he can't hear right. But i heard the boss saying "ALLY, where are the Statements i was requesting since last week? didn't i told you to send it to me?" and he kept on defensing his side and telling lies about the accountant.

Prior to that. Here's the dialogue:

ALLY: Ahhhh... TRIAL BALANCE.. easy! not a single sweat

(he searched the web about it)

ALLY: Sue, you have backgrounds in accounting right? what really is a TRIAL BALANCE?

SUE: (nodded) combination of the BALANCE SHEET AND INCOME STATEMENT?

ALLY: Just give me the format, i can do it

(4hours passed, nothings done)

BOSS: ALLY, where are the Statements i was requesting since last week?

ALLY: I'm working on it ma'am

BOSS: didn't i told you to send it to me?

ALLY: Yes, ma'am im doing it all by myself

BOSS: Stupid boy, you should give it to someone who knows how to make it.

BOSS' words of wisdom sent to all:

That if you don't know how to do it, be honest do not compromise yourself for erroneous results.

Now ALLY didn't learned from that mistakes but he says' "STUPID BOSS, im offering my services and dedication and yet she'll treat me that way?"

What's wrong with ALLY? he thought because he is the manager, he can do everything? well, every one of us has our own expertise. Part of that expertise is being improved trough thorough learning from the degrees we earn during school.

And definitely, the BOSS is right is saying ALLY is stupid, though it's a joke, it's half-meant.