Pride(period)

Ed resigned from work today.

I cannot be more happy.

One thing I love being married to a friend is that no explanation is needed.
We're so in sync we have the same mechanisms on the matter of Pride.

He's been taking crap from his Brahmin boss for too long. He's been on an emotional rollercoaster waiting to be compensated properly and waiting to finally replace the boss, whose job is Ed's by practice and his by name.

And since his name has been tossed in the candidate basket, amid all the stupid political maneuvering in that office over-run by people whose egos are 100 times heavier than their gray matter, we have even discussed being apart for more than necessary just so he can finally get his much-deserved due.

Today, he threw everything out the window. And boy, am i so freaking glad!!
His boss asked him if he was sabotaging him when arrangements in his hotel were made for him, without his approval<< this meant extra expenses.

If that donkey would have been smart enough to ask the right people, he would have realized Ed set up everything for his convenience, even if he said that he will take care of everything himself ,(which he didn't. he was still calling Ed if he coordinated everything.)without incurring additional expenses.

As expected of a person who takes credit for his subordinate's ability and claim it as his own, instead of asking the around, he called up Ed in a rage, and made the probably, the worst mistake of his career>>

DONKEY: are you deliberately doing this?
why are you deliberately doing this?
im telling you. i will fix you up when i get back there

PINOY PRIDE: sir, i am not sabotaging your trip plans sir

DONKEY: of course your not
you need brains to sabotage something
you dont have the capacity to sabotage anything


He never raised his voice, he never uttered a curse. I guess this was what you call white hot rage. He handed over the phone to his colleague and like the efficient manager that he is, he found the root of the problem.

Then he texted the Donkey:

PINOY PRIDE:
if you think that i am deliberately messing up your plans then consider me resigned effective today.

And that was it. He got his stuff, gave back his ID and walked away from that God-forsaken place.

His phone has not stopped ringing.

His boss called everyone in the office. He even called my mom, who was their company's client to ask her to intercede and have Ed speak to him.

SERVES HIM DAMN RIGHT!

Quitting a job is not practical nowadays.
But when all you have is Pride, you guard it with your life.

Ed didn't have to say much. He proved his point. His boss couldn't really manage as superbly without him. Sure he might be able to replace him. But I bet my life it will not evenbe half as good. Ed breathes this stuff!
And I am so darn proud.

It's such a slap in the face because he is up for promotion.
Some people might call it stupidity or impulsiveness
but if I were in those shoes, I will never stand for such degrading insults , for such unjust compensation and for the simple lack of professionalism.

He endured it long enough but having an incompetent, user-friendly foreigner insulting his intelligence was the last straw. Nobody does that to someone from UP!

You are in our country, Donkey. Better learn some manners.

It's sad how some Filipinos let their foreign bosses walk all over them. Why do we have to prove ourselves continuously to be their equals?
Though Ed's stand is for me, belated( he should have left them hanging a long time ago) I am happy to know that he is a proud Pinoy, a true Isko at heart. It might have been a simple gesture but it is a big statement.


As a best friend, as a sis and as a wife, I love you for it.

You're the Man!

Let me be your cheerleader just this once.

(And yeah, this means we'll be together by early next year!!!!!!!! =)