Chapter 4

Workplace that doesn’t worth it

I noticed in very long time that when people try to be your friends at workplace; that’s

a chance you give them; so that they could uses you in name of friendship, when

someone Convinced me of use-friendship I simple told them’ when they trying to be

my friends’ I said friendship is best thing humans should have to practicing as

usually, but if anyone looking forward to be my friend; it's fine we could meet after

work ' hangout together' having fun, I didn't do friendship at workplaces, I have works

in so many companies with controlling myself of being uses in name of friendship not

because I’m bad guy.

Hell no! that's how workplaces should be in order to stopping some dramas, it was

once in while I happened to join a company, I enjoyed working with a company until

a certain guy join a company too that am working in, the guy came in his first day in

workplace, as of suddenly as he saw me; he asked some of my colleague about my

names' so instead of coming to me and greet me and then we could also know each

other better, he rush in asking my name somewhere and then;

He came cross calling my name as if he knew me before' I was like oh! how was that

possible? So I response hey!' how are you doing? yeah I'm Mr. James, can we get to

know each other better' he introduces himself and we start to have little conversations;

for some few seconds before I went back to finished my duty, not as longer I noticed

the guy is not normal person and maybe turn to be dangerous person {miserable}. I

keep myself as like before; since I only go to work and works, get pay and go home

without involved any type of business. The guy also trying to convicted me to be his friend at workplace, I simple replied" if

you need Friendship" you could meet me outside the workplace, and having great

friendship not here, the guy trying so many times to convicted me; however, that's

something I blocked since I went to so many companies.

At that point> the guy starting misbehaviors, every time he sees me' he always trying

to uses me' then I asked him; Is that friendship you were looking for? when I never

tolerated those activities, stay away from me right now" my job is different from what

you're doing here, the guy never listens and kept misbehaving.

Every time; he sees me' he starts insulting me and sometime talks bad behind me, I

recognized he is not normal person and very dangerous.

May God save us from hands of miserable people at workplaces especially those who

go to works to get pay and go home.

Workplace that don’t worth it, In Khartoum Sudan' I first got job where I work with

Egyptian- Sudanese, I was working in three apartment skyscraper' the owner of skyline

was London based Egyptian- Sudanese who has built his skyline in Khartoum for

business purposes, for rent' I was working in progressing of building it until I got

completed and the owner ask me to work with him as security guard to provide him

with all information about how his building goes like' I was very pleased to work with

him' he was great person; we use to talk on phone or chats on WhatsApp, he praises

me for great job done on his business' all people who rents his building are very happy

to work with me too, if there's electronic cut' I went to bring electrician to operate

the electricity in the building' doing great performances to make his business on track'

not until someone who wants renting start disturbing me' once first old with his

children got into drama with me and we had fight, they told me you are here collecting our money while you're doing nothing' I told them I'm not doing nothing I'm the one

responsible with all of you' who are renting here' since the owner is in London' another

second old man who was renting second floor, unusual bring to me an empire and

convinced me to eat but I said' I don't want food" I bought my breakfast and meals

from chickano the Syrian restaurant in Khartoum which is known for delicious foods.

I working with them for three years and I plan to quit working with them' I told the

owner who was in London on WhatsApp' I have to quite working here' I have to

looking anything that might places progress in my life somewhere' the owner was not

happy with my leaving trying to convince me to stay' telling me I will bring an iPhone

to you soon' I'm coming to Sudan in summer' I told him; I'm so sorry I can't' I have to

leave' everyone was surprised to learn Deng Jimmie is leaving them, If I didn't leave

their skyscraper I will never get single progress in my life, there are some workplaces

design to benefits few individuals and left out some people.

There was this old called Georgia’ he was so disturbing and bothering me at working

gossiping or sometime told people to delaying my salary; Georgia was there

interrupting anything he heard about James’ when people said they provided daily

meal, he interrupted that he will provided food to James in which he uses to bring

boiled eggs sandwich and eggs without yellow embryo’ he made sandwich with white

cover of and embryo, and still telling everyone he provided food every day, he repeats

again and again bringing a sandwich made of white cover of egg embryo’ one day he

come again care the same sandwich, so I ask him” Georgia is the eggs bought and

boiled every day do have an embryo.

I’m very surprised to see an eggs from you every day without yellow embryo; and at

that moments Georgia laugh loaded telling me’ you had an open eyes; I told him this

reality, anytime you trying bring eggs sandwich there yellow embryo or I will not

collect it from you, Georgia loves spent time have fun with me’ he sometime called

me to go for walk or collect some foods items from grocery store, Georgia love cracked

jokes, however I was busy while play in teen football club with EL Merakh Sudan,

Georgia need me stay around but I was practicing football, Georgia turned against me

for I don’t lives according how he expected, I also involved getting into Omdurman

market.

Become independent distributor, he came to skyscraper late night, going to chikano

restaurant to bring his meal and enjoys’ over the weekend I open my little shop where

I sell white goods to people of area; everyone was please to know me, I was well

known in Hai el Homda Omdurman, both Kids and adults; also for being football

player, been play in almost everywhere in Omdurman including Nubian Stadium the

famous old stadium in Omdurman, my coach was coach SEP, oldest coach of teen El

Marekh Football club, Coach Sep considered me as his great teen player after I scores

against our opponents in Nubia Stadium at 8:00pm, while doing great playing and

exactly having some challenges in workplace; everyone will be make a noise why I

always not around; I told them I have dreams to chases after’ why you want types me

on this’ there was agreement we made was I started working here and the owner know

this too, I discuss with them so many times and I came into decision of ending working

with them’ when I quoted I have to leave’ they were not happy and trying it all means

to convince me’ but I turn it down for this workplace was based on getting no progress

in your life just eat and sit down until you gets old and finally retired with nothing you

saving for old age’ I told the am done.

I have to start looking progress somewhere in the eventually I leaving for Egypt; the

skyscraper owner praised me for previous job done to him; telling I was to meet you

in person some days’ I told am available everywhere’ you can meet me if you want to’