Imagine That

Imagine That

Imagine this, you’re a journalist and 
you accidentally stumbled upon a case 
of corruption happening in your alma mater
Students were paying a guy in the central 
digital room to manipulate their results
You actually spoke to the guy who was 
doing the manipulation
A student scored 
D, the D is sent by the dean to the 
admin office, this guy changes it to a C
D will be on the board outside the 
Department but C will be on the official 
record
The guy didn’t know you attended that 
school, he was just talking to a fellow 
guy in his opinion
You engaged him and he decides to show 
you proof
H gives you the list of the names of 
students he has helped
In his opinion he is helping their 
destiny so that the school fees they 
paid wouldn’t be in vain
You checked the list and you saw the 
names of many people you know
This is a story worth pursuing 
but then you had a rethink and decided 
not to pursue the story
You told yourself many lives will be 
ruined and the school may not recover
You are also sure most people will call 
you all sorts of names for doing the story
You turned a blind eye
Years later, you find yourself in a 
meeting at a bank
You went there to pursue a story but then 
you were told there is an opening in the 
bank’s PR department
The manager offered you the job on a 
platter but you will have to go through 
the formality of an interview
The manager says “The job is yours, just 
come in 
for a chat next Monday and we can discuss 
the offer”
You get there on Monday, the chat was a 
success
As you were leaving the bank, you saw an 
old school mate
He is a staff of the bank
One of those on that “fraud list”
You chat for a while and told him you 
would be working with the bank soon
Your old school mate congratulated you
Later that same day the manager calls and 
asks “Did you and so and do attend the 
same university?”
You said “Yes”
“We’re you in the same class?”
You said yes
“He has some strong misgivings about you 
working with us and I wonder 
why”
You kept quiet, you didn’t know how to 
respond
The manager says “He came in right after 
you left and the things he said about 
you are not flattering in any way”
You kept quiet still
The manager says “Give me some time to mull 
over this situation”
You said “Okay sir”
You wait 
One week
Two weeks
One month
You call the manager
He was suddenly busy
You go to the bank, you see your old 
school mate
You wanted to approach him to have a 
discussion
He “forms” busy and disappeared into 
an office
You didn’t offend this guy, never had 
a spat with him
Wow! 
You somehow got this old school mate’s 
number from another old school mate
You called him and asked him why he said 
whatever he said about you to the manager
Your old school mate says “It is nothing 
personal, I only told him that you’re a 
“holy holy” person who can’t bend his 
principles
You’re too rigid for my liking and banking 
requires flexible characters
It is up to him to employ you if he wants 
to but I owe him that much information. 
No hard feelings”

And that was it.

You didn’t get the job and you didn’t get 
another juicy opportunity like that