Power

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It’s funny how we’re so quick to judge and insult politicians when they abuse their power as if we are a better version of them. The truth is, most of us will act just like them (if not worse) if we were given the same position and power as that other person.

I had gone to school today to go see my course adviser concerning some issues that I was having and after a lot of phone calls to the man, he finally decided to meet me at his office. I went there, explained my situation to him and he directed to the schools Bursary Department.

I immediately started walking towards there even though the sun was hot and I was exhausted. I wanted to get everything done and I wanted it done today. On getting to the Bursary department, I explained my situation to them and then got redirected to the schools exams and record department. Now you see, this issue is something that could have easily been sorted out by my course adviser but he probably was too “busy” to lift a finger.

On getting to the Exams and Record department, the search for a particular man whose name had been given to me by the course adviser after I called and told him I was being redirected began. Finally I located the man, explained my situation to him and told him how I ended up in his office.

The man said he couldn’t help me and that the only person who could do that was my course adviser, the first person I met before all of this walking began. I decided to explain to the man that I had already met with the Course adviser and he was the one who directed me here when all of a sudden a colleague of the man sitting right next to him flared up and started insulting me, asking me to leave the office even though that clearly wasn’t his own office.

I stood my ground because remember, I said I was getting this done today. When the man noticed that I wouldn’t budge, he decided to mind his business while the man I initially came to see explained to me that he didn’t have what I was looking for at the moment and only my course adviser could help me.

I picked up my phone again, called the course adviser and he asked me to start walking down to his office again. On getting to his office, he had already unbuttoned his shirt. The man was sweating profusely and I was sure he would give anything just to go for a swim at that moment. The only difference between me and him was that I was already swimming, swimming in my own sweat.

After finally explaining everything again to him, he calmly asked me to go back home and come back next week, promising me that everything I wanted would be ready then.

At the end of the day, it looks like I just wasted the whole of today, all for nothing.