Escapades of a PSU Executive - #Metoo.

Escapades of an Idiot - X
This is an imaginary series of the experiences of an idiotic PSU executive, working in a ‘Global fortune 500’ company. Please note that any resemblance to any person living or dead is purely coincidental.
In Teliya Oil there is an issue related to safety called “Near Miss”. In this, the officers are supposed to report incidents which although did not result in any major safety mishap was still a – “Near Miss”.
Today the Idiot will write about three “Near Miss - # Metoo” moments of Teliya Oil.
Incident–I:
One day two young officers – one male and one female entered a Head-Honcho’s room. Now that day Mogambo was in a good mood. He politely inquired about the health condition of the officers.
The male officer (Ravi) said he is alright except for some pain in the neck and the lady officer (Neha) said that she is fine except too stressed because of work pressure.
Immediately Mogambo became all helpful and sympathetic. He said “Touch Therapy – (TT in short)” is a new breakthrough in alternative medicine and in case done properly can be a cure for these problems. He also said that he had recently taken a course in TT and immediately standing up went near to Ravi after which he started pressing one or two fingers in a professional mood in the back of the neck of Ravi.
Now Ravi was a brilliant young man and could guess that Mogambo is more interested in applying touch therapy on Neha but he is first in the line because Mogambo wants to get Neha’s faith and trust on TT. So after a few seconds, Ravi started blurting out, “Sir, there is definitely a change in the pain of my neck muscles. I am feeling more better every second.”
After a few minutes of applying TT on Ravi’s neck, Mogambo stopped and Ravi thanked him profusely and said TT is the best thing and he shall remain every grateful to Mogambo for this grand gesture of applying TT on his neck.
Now Mogambo, once his credentials are established turned to Neha and asked, “Would you like some TT because it can cure stress too?”
Now Neha being a very smart girl said, “Sir, I would rather not. Actually, my boyfriend is already doing touch therapy on me and your treatment might clash with his treatment”.
Mogambo was appalled at Neha’s open and un-inhibitive reply. However, he maintained the fixed smile in his face although he felt demoralised. The meeting apparently ended pleasantly, but Mogambo internal mood cannot be gauged.
Maybe he did “Touch Therapy” with himself after he was alone.
Incident-II:
Once, a lady officer played a musical instrument in the evening get-together of an office function. The Mogambo on that day was a garrulous, old drunkard and by the time the musical recital ended, he was slightly tipsy.
He went near the lady and started praising her for the excellent recital. Initially, the lady politely thanked him but with time when the praise did not end she became suspicious. After a few minutes of praising Mogambo told her, “You are like my sister. I want to hug you”.
After making that statement, even before the lady could react, he started lurching (Walking) towards her like a masticating bull elephant in heat. Just before he reached her, the lady sidestepped and Mogambo fell down on her Boss who was standing behind her. The Boss was an intelligent man and he hugged Mogambo tight telling, “She does play wonderfully Sir”.
The Boss held Mogambo for a few seconds till the temporary moment of insanity passed and after that he released Mogambo. Although a #Metoomoment was avoided the Boss got a bad rating in his Annual Performance Appraisal.
Incident-III:
One day there was a meeting in Gopalpur in Orissa. The resort was near to the sea. In the evening party, a very interesting incident happened.
The hero was the same Mogambo – who was an Idiotic garrulous old drunkard. This Mogambo had passed out of IIT long back. In fact, he lowered the brand value of IIT before the Idiot and many others.
In the evening party, a young woman was sitting near to all and enjoying the evening songs, etc. Her name was Cleopatra. Suddenly after a few drinks, the Mogambo started as follows:
Mogambo, “Cleopetra, do you know that the cottage that I have been allotted has a beautiful view of the sea?”
Cleotatra, “Is it, Sir, it’s so wonderful. You will be having a nice night there. The organizers gave you that room because you are our Boss and the senior most authority in this group”.
Mogambo puffed up in happiness and pride and said, “Why don’t you come with me to let me show you around the cottage and enjoy the view?”
Hearing this Cleopatra stood up which made Mogambo quiver in anticipation.
However, Cleopatra who was an intelligent lady said, addressing all, “Friends, let us all go to Boss’s cottage and see what a fascinating view of the sea it has”. Many people joined them on the guided tour of Boss’s room.
It was apparent that the mood of Mogambo was not good in the visit to the cottage and back.
(Disclaimer:
The Idiot has never done touch therapy on anyone.
He has always done verbal appreciation of the artistic quality of his peers and never tried to hug anyone because of their excellent artistic performance.
He has also never called anyone to his room for a view of the sea or the moon)

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