Telling the truth - it's always the right thing to do

Kinley AD

Hello readers!

This post is about a story from my life where I stood for what's right and followed it up with being truthful to my family and did not hide the truth - it is not the easiest thing to do but it certainly is always the right thing to do. 

In life we face many odd situations, where we're on the crossroads of choosing what's right and choosing what's beneficiary - what's right is not always beneficiary instantly but surely for the long run, it is definitely more beneficiary and the right thing to do.

This story is of the time when my marriage was fixed with my wife and I had to go to my village for the marriage, I needed 7-8 days off from work and obviously I expected this to be an easy task - after all, who on this earth would reject a leave plea of an employee whose seeking leave to get married. 

BUT

when I went to my boss, gave him my leave application with a smile on my face - I handed over the leave application to him and he with a straight face said "NO". If you've watched the horrible bosses, this is WHY bosses are horrible (pun intended)...

I stood there for a minute in utter shock. Was I actually being told NO to go to my village? I was feared to confront my boss and ask him the reason BUT I wanted to speak up. I came home and told my father everything and he told me that he'll go with me to my office the next day and we'll confront my boss.

My father and I went to my office the next day and straight away went to the office of my boss.

The story continues with my boss truly being an inhuman individual who didn't have any remote sensitivity towards me and didn't even care for the fact that he was telling me NO to go to my village and get married.

And that's no it...

He in fact talked rudely to my father and I couldn't take it any more.. No, not me.

Every one has the fear of losing their job, every one has the fear of the day when they need to confront their boss with what's right - and that's so important, sure your boss has the final word on important issues but it's important to at least stand for what's right..

I told my boss very bluntly "sir, here is my resignation"... I'm about to get married and I'm willing to give away a job that doesn't even care slightly for it's employees. If an organization like this cannot have even a slight sympathy towards an employee like me whose been with the organization for year now, if I'm even reject 7-8 days of leave to go to my own marriage - I rather be unemployed than be part of this organization.

My boss looked at me in complete shock and my father looked at me with a smile.. Being an ethical man himself, my father, told me after I came home "you did the right thing".

After this incident, my father and I did not hide the truth from my wife’s family and told them everything in detail and that currently I do not have any job – it sure was the right thing to do.

After marriage, I told my wife the truth too and she was proud to know that I stood for what’s right and that’s why being truthful is always the right thing to do.