Walking Out: The Martina Negra Way

Territoriality in the corporate world is a sensitive issue especially among beautiful and competent office gals.  The reason is obvious.  Everyone is looking forward to climbing the corporate ladder with their 9 inches Louboutin heels.  It’s thus advised that you mark and own your corporate area of responsibility as indicated by your expertise to cement your value in the company. If not some cunning gals will do everything in their power to claim your areas as theirs thereby increasing their market value in the company.  Faced with this situation submissive office gals just go with the flow then backstab the culprit later on. The gutsy ones will boldly assert their rights and demand job protection from the management. And there are the fierce ones who do nothing but just WALK away from their posts, wait for the management to fix the problem before they report back to work! They are indispensable assets of the company and they very well know that!

Best friends forever (at least from the outside) Martina Negra and Rexona Gomorra are currently at loggers head after the former fiercely walked out from the Kingdom of Babyllonia when the latter crossed the border  line for the nth time. 

“It’s definitely not the first time!” said the seemingly pissed off La Negra while boarding the sky train after leaving her office hurriedly.

“I told her to start doing the leg work of the services so she will know the consequence of misinforming a client” she managed to say before the train door closed, leaving the baffled Lady V who just arrived from the grocery store (in the middle of a normal working day).  The two were surprised to bumped into each other at the station.

At lunch time, Rexona Gomorra was extolling the virtues of competence and responsibility to Maria Juana De Vega, the new gal from Las Islas.

“I totally hate incompetence. No to incompetence!” she said shaking her head. I thought it was her way of initiating the new recruit but her musing was in fact an offshoot of the event which took place prior to the lunch break.

“Martina and I had a quarrel” she eventually said half-jokingly which unfortunately I didn’t entertain as she seemed not very serious.  A wrong move I would regret later on especially when La De Hada began spilling the beans at the office.

“But, you always do” Maria Juana who is apparently a quick learner butted in.

Rexona Gomorra just laughed and finished her fried dilis.