"Someone is still sticking to his job, even after he has turned seventy five. If he leaves, we will be happy" said Nathan.
"Even if he decides to leave, our Proprietor won't allow him to go!" said Velu.
Adikesavan didn't say anything.
"Sir" You know about the state of affairs of our firm. We are talking freely, because Mr. Santhakumar is on leave today. The proprietor is also not in the office now. Mr. Santhakumar is the Manager of this office. I remember a scene from an old Tamil film, in which, Nagesh, the comedian, would call the manager 'damager,' due to a slip of his tongue. That description will perfectly fit our Manager. He has been causing damage to our firm and also causing problems to us in various ways. Because of his wrong decisions and actions, our firm had to encounter various problems. But our Proprietor has been blindly following his advice, treating it as gospel. But the onus of sorting out the problems created by Mr. Santhakumar's arbitrary actions fall on us. I don't understand why our Proprietor has not been able to understand the situation" said Murthy.
"Sir! You have been source of great support to us. You have been protecting us from the consequences of Mr. Santhakumar's arbitrary functioning. Our Proprietor gives weight to your words" said Ponmozhi.
"No. It is not true. Our Proprietor would politely listen to me, alright. But he would only act as per Mr. Santhakumar's words. He respects my age, not my words!" said Adhikesavan.
"Why is it so, sir? Why does our Proprietor give so much importance to Mr. Santhakumar. We all know that Mr. Santhakumar is not a person with knowledge about running a business. Nor did he have any experience before joining our firm!" said Nathan.
"Yes. His entire experience has been in our firm. But he doesn't seem to have learned anything, working here!" said Velu.
"Please tell us, sir, why our Proprietor gives so much importance to Mr. Santhakumar. Mr. Santhakumar doesn't have even a fraction of your knowledge or experience" said Ponmozzhi.
"It is not right to say such things about a person who is the Manager of our firm" said Adhilesavan. After a pause, he said, "This firm was established by the grandfather of our Proprietor. He was an enterprising person, with a business acumen. He made the firm grow well within a short period and established a strong business base for the firm. After his demise, his son - our Proprietor's father - took over the reigns. He took his friend Santhakumar giving him a responsible position in the firm. I joined this firm, sometime after Santhakumar had joined. Santhakumar had no knowledge about our business. He had no work experience before joining this firm. He had no inclination to learn things, either. But, since he was the Proprietor's friend, in the firm, his word was the law. Some of us spoke to the Proprietor about the problems created by Santhakumar's arbitrary decisions. But he paid no heed to our concerns. He didn't live long. The present Proprietor took over the business, after his father's demise. Believing that Santhakumar was his father's guide, he began to blindly accept Sathakumar's advice. Even after seeing how Santhakumar's wrong advice had created many problems to our firm, he continues to toe Santhakumar's line. I don't know how long and how much this firm is going to suffer because of our Proprietor's intransigent attitude towards Santhakumar.
"There is a saying that the puppy's bark landed the mother into trouble. Here, it is the reverse" said Velu.
"It is surprising how the blunder committed by our Proprietor's father in giving a responsible position to Mr. Santhakumar, without assessing his capabilities, has affected his next generation too!" said Nathan.
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