live with integrity

They’ve broken their word. They ignored my kind reminders of what they owe me. I lost money.

They don’t care about what would our peers think of them. They’ve gained from my loss. Not fair, isn’t it?

I’ve tried to be more patient but this time they’re outrightly avoiding me.

I am not afraid because I knew that one day they are going to need my help and I won’t lift a finger for them. Tables turn.

Every glorious day that I wake up means I should not live in the past. The present is a gift. This is my chance to live my life right and relive my dreams.

I will pursue this passionately and rigorously.

I hope I still have a chance to redeem it. Hope God could still permit me.

My partner and I had told ourselves before that we’ll avoid working with the government. He likened it to stepping your foot onto mud.

And now, barely after 3 years in the business, we have a client in the government. They have contracted us to a do a coffeetable book for them. It has a huge budget.

We’ve been doing the project for more than 2 months. The contractor already paid us the downpayment (using her own money). It was said that we will be paid in full by the end of the month.

The problem is that our client’s staff is assigned to do the legwork. She had been following up for our papers and our payment. We’ve heard that this girl is telling our staff that she would like to take part of our earnings. Something like an in-your-face demand to give her her undue tokens (which she prefers in cash).

We have assessed the situation and it looked like we would need to give in… or else our payment would lag and rust in the government coffers.

What now? My partner has already talked with her and commited to give her ‘share’.

I cringed when I had to stand throughout the duration of the farce. I hated myself for assenting to this form of decadence. I fear that this could be a precedent of the tolerance of deadlock unethical dilemmas to come.