The wise and the wiser

Here is a story written by my older brother. He is now preparing for the exam to be a Certified Public Accountant. Hope you enjoy it...

The Wise and The Wiser
by: Mark B. Cantong

There were six persons in any overtly exquisite room. Each has their own thoughts of how and why the interview is organized in such manner. All of them are on that room with two chairs on the center. Five of which are seated on the same corner and the other one on the center sitting vis-à-vis with the blank chair provided for the manager.
The manager entered the room and found his place. He sat on his chair with all ease, crossed his legs and called the first applicant. The interview started.
His studied all of them with his all intelligent brown eyes, logically engaging all their spoken thoughts, interpreting all their observable gestures. Something of which he must do good. Perfectly.
After exhausting all of the applicants, he left the room, living all of them wondering if he comes back to utter them a chaotic ending or fantastic beginning. Not long enough, He again came back carrying with him the listings of the newly hired employees. Everyone was hired except for a single person whom he named Jack, a jack-of-all-trade, a CPA, a Lawyer and a master in Business Administration.
Hearing and feeling everyone’s breath of relief was a turmoil for him [Jack].A downfall for a man who knows everything and a little of nothing. But he ain’t got anything to do, and with respect to all his granted professions and titles, he hesitantly flew out of the room with his questioning mind.


“What’s this appointment all about?”He asks the manager.
“Actually, this is a reappointment, it has been a year huh? You found your job?”
“No, not just a job but a high paying job, and really I thank you for failing me in front of those seven bloody idiots, choosing the no-good-single-mother over me? Great choice!”
They sat at the company café sensing a déjà vu as if the scene pre-existed a year ago. It was a serious conversation between two men who lives both in a cutthroat world of business. Onslaught after onslaught. Both of them silently agreed that there’s no reason for defeat.
“Oh, that woman? Umm...She needs a job so bad, so I guess she’s got no reason to screw everything up. Being a single mother is a core for her motivation, and I value it so bad.” The manager conveyed convincingly.
“Oh well.”He started again.”How about that fresh grad? I was so sure he was lying because I was with him during the first three interviews before your company. I hope you find the inconsistencies in his spoken statements.” He divulged. “He was lying, probably. That’s why I put him in public relations.”The manager replied.
“You have such weird standards in your company eh?”
“Nah, not really, it’s just the way we select our employees, and it works for us.”
The manager’s eye shifted through the café’s window expecting more skeptical questions from him.
“Well, how about the rest of ‘em, that ex-government employee, that fresh board passer, and IT student?” he asked while looking at the manager sharply as if he could outwit him.
“Hmm...” he began. “That IT specialist admittedly was a hacker, and security is a major problem in this company, and so I hired him, the work of perpetrators is suppressed by someone who had been one.
“You may wonder why I preferred to hire the other CPA in your group over you. He may had a conditional rating on the board exam, but the hell I care as long as he is honest in disclosing all known facts and he never lied to me about himself, he’s best to be this company controller.
“And oh, our internal auditor is a former government employee and I was so flabbergasted that she knows so much about fraud and corruption. So I preferred her. I know we both agree that business is politics.”
“Then why are you calling me now? He interrupted.
“I’m resigning and I want you to replace me.”The manager replied frankly.
“Hahahaha,” he laughed, “After what just happened a year ago? You want me to leave my job to replace yours?”
“Certainly.”
“And you think it’s just that easy?” he asked a little louder.
“I know it’s not, that’s why I’m making this your first test. A good manager always makes best decisions, and I am putting you on fire.”
“I guess I would have a better future in your company...I’d say yes.”He replied.
“Hahahaha!”It was the first time he heard the manager laugh.
“You know what? This isn’t a hiring session. The company that your working with today and my company that your working with today and my company are sister companies, and my boos asked me to have a loyalty check over both companies’ employees. And guess what boy, what I think of you is a really intelligent bastard, and this day is your royal fiasco. Congratulations...you have just been fired.”
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