Loving Pezo

Episode 3

Joe: we cannot afford to miss this appointment because of your unethical manner young lady. Get
here in five minutes!!

She was almost responding when he cut the line. The panic within Pezo increased as it was just a
great impossibility to get to the office with 5 minutes. Traffic had already mounted across the town
roads and there was no way she was going to create a miracle of finding herself at the office within
the given minutes when she already planned for 15minutes at an ambitious level of estimation.
These were times she would always be ready to just quit on her job knowing so well what kind of a
boss she had.

Coming from a family of two with a rather stable background , good education and with all that she
required as her essential needs, Pezo has only had to work because she is one kind who belives
in earning for her needs as opposed to being totally dependant on her parents. Both her parents
had made it clear she didn’t have to suffer the pains of a rude boss just to earn some work
experience or make a good resume but Pezo had a different view altogether and remained
adamant about their views. With only a good academic qualification, Pezo had never earned any
work experience even after completing her masters degree from the UK. Because of that, she, for
a year and months struggled to get a job even with all the connections her parents had in the
business circles. It was only after she applied as a volunteer intern – communications – at a named
company that she was happily engaged for a short term period taking into consideration the labour
laws on casual workers in Zambia. Of course, none of her family members were of the view that
she should take it up but Pezo knew what she was looking for and she managed to convince her
parents to start.

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True to her estimation, Pezo only arrived at the office slightly after 15 minutes from the time she
spoke with Mr. Mitti. At least she still had a little energy to say a little prayer before she could come
out of the car. Just one look at Mr. Mitti who was busy pacing around the front door veranda in
panic while waiting for her made Pezo hesitate even further to get out of the car. She couldn’t feel
her legs anymore. Eventually, she gathered herself up, got her handbag and laptop bag and
walked out of her small vehicle towards the foyer. He had not seen her yet and with a little
distance between them, she calmly greeted him Pezo: Good Morning sir
Pezo could feel her own voice shaking even as she did so. Not that she had control over that
anyway. Mr. Mitti quickly turned towards her upon hearing her voice, really looking exasperated

Pezo: [Faced down] am sorry I have delayed the journey. Please accept my apologies
He never said a word but just looked at her for a while and walked towards the company vehicle.
Pezo quickly followed behind and sat right next to him in the front seat seeing it was just the two of
them going. With 30minutes ahead of them before they could arrive at their place of the meeting,
Pezo wondered how she was going to survive it with the tension that was so loud between them.
Luckily, Mr. Mitti turned on the radio after moving for a few kilometers and it felt a little better to
have some sound beside the loud silence that dwelt on them. Pezo could actually feel the anger
that was on her boss even without looking at him. she really wished he had said something…
anything to remove the much tension that was surrounding them. She noticed he was driving a
little too fast too but could not even say anything. She disliked his attitude.

By the time they arrived at the meeting and all the talking began, Pezo was so shocked to see how
different of a person Mr. Mitti was. Not only did he bring out the best of his ability in communicating
his ideas behind their proposal but was also able to get the needed attention required of the
potential cooperating partner on their project ideas. His anger disappeared and he presented his
paper with a charming smile through it all.

This motivated Pezo to even wrap up the meeting on
the final presentation she made on their communications strategy and how its applied in their day
to day work so well. Mr. Mitti couldn’t help being so proud of her- he expected anything from her
being an intern but nothing close to the manner in which she did it. For a person who had only
been with the company for two months, he expected a good but not excellent job from Pezo- she
really demonstrated their work so well. It was a day that ended on a rather good note for Pezo as
she never expected any kind words from her boss for the entirety of that day. Immediately they got
back in the car as they were about to leave,

Mr. Mitti could not hide the joy within his heart
knowing so well they had hit the jackpot
Joe: [lightly smilling] you made me proud back in there today. Well done.

Pezo: I thank you sir.
Joe: well I really mean it. keep it up.
Silence

Joe: Tell you what, instead of the office, you and I will have an early lunch. I know of one place
along the way that has nice food. It’s actually owned by a friend. With that meeting, am so hopeful
of very positive feedback and that all deserves a treat.

Pezo; you really don’t have to sir. You have a scheduled meeting with the technical committee on
the new policy framework for our