BURNING PLATFORM-continued….
Mr. CEO (of this century!), in his much famous memo,
had not extended the story (more than HE needed) of the man who jumped off the
burning platform. But we know. Here it goes….focusing only on what happened to
that man (named No-Kia).
The
burning platform, upon which the man found himself, caused the man to shift his
behaviour, and take a bold and brave step into an uncertain future. He was able
to tell his “lamentable” story.
“I (No-Kia)
jumped off that burning platform. As I plunged deep into the heavy, cold waters
with burn injuries, I instantly fainted. I was kept in intensive care for
almost 3 years. I was attended by a very talented senior doctor named, STEVE
FLOP. In best hopes, his junior doctors said `O.K’ to every treatment he
proposed as he demanded internal-collaboration and fast-innovative methods. While
fire had taken both my legs, that doctor adopted a BOLD and BRAVE treatment
method (?!) and…. in the end, made me lose my eyesight, led to liver damage and kidney
failure. And last week I was told that a medicine given for sight restoration
had caused liver and kidney damage, further disrupting my brain functions. When
the treatment was started, my family was happy as I was alive in my new dress
and with my new food habits. But…….now….. Without a kidney and sight, with
liver damage and paralysis below neck due to wrong medication, I repent and
feel that even death on that platform would have been a much better option than
living like a corpse in a hospital. I am ALIVE, but with me, everyone who cares
for me also suffers a lot.
In a
line, that BRAVE and BOLD-but WRONG medication-rather than curing- has done
more damage than those raging fires on that platform.
Without that treatment, I ONLY NOW know,
I would have fared a lotttttt better; I also learnt that for burn injuries,
cold water is the best medicine; `those cold waters’-into which I jumped. I was
admitted for a minor burn injury, but that
treatment made me almost vegetative.”
This he related to me last week. Guys,
you know what happened to that injured man on 2nd september?! He’s
on life-support now, in another hospital called “microSHIT”.
I know that man No-Kia very well;
he was a very strong brave fellow. We worked together for more than 10 years on
THAT burnt platform. I found that the platform was poorly maintained and was
not spacious for those ever growing business challenges. I wanted to go to
another friendlier oil-platform with much more space for growth, expansion. But
No-Kia listened only to his boss’s advices and started working on two-different
platforms at the same time. That new platform was also equally bad and
dangerous, but rich food there made him look physically more fit. I was happy for
him then.
But now…. I could not avoid feeling
bad for my old colleague in his present condition. I love that man a lot and naturally
I wish him speedy recovery. He was quite a good friend of mine for more than 10
years, before I had to move to another platform-named “AND roid” and befriend
another man-“SAM sung”, yet I lament for my old friend, No-Kia.
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