The Dark Day of a Nightingale

She just dropped her chappals across the veranda with a reddish cheek. Raindrops fall from her face like berries. She was blaming the rain for the unhappy day of her official life. Nothing happened today. And that was the only problem she felt!!

All these are the after-effects of a 28^th. The salary was supposed to be credited to the account that day. Her colleagues were happy because of their second salary. They had a moment laugh on their first salary because she had the same issue then too..

Why this happen?? It was a brainstorming question across the floor, as the Finance and HR departments stood like two goalkeepers on the same ground. They could not allow the ball of salary issue to enter their posts.

Everyone was furiously flying here and there to know what the issue was. The only thing that went wrong was that it did not end up in an answer to that little girl. She just wondered at the end of the day with a lot of anxiety and pain while her colleagues’ celebrations started off on that cloudy night under candle lights.

Simple to say, the numbers went wrong!!! Finance people were sure about their accounting knowledge whereas HR guys had clarity in their policies. But the salary reached only after one week!!! Faith.. she accepted for the first time..’ everyone is human..errors are common’! Huf…..

When this happened in the second month it was unacceptable for her convictions. She scolded herself. Her colleagues had an experience of uttering beautifully carved words to give her support. Some told to put the paper, some others not to. But she had taken the decision before joining itself!

The only thing was the number issue and the brainstorming question was not answered yet.  So complicated yaar!! You don’t know the technical issues involved in finance. You cannot simply figure out the issue, if account number ‘x’ is written as ‘y’ somewhere in the bank slips unless you are an HR guy or a finance guy!! What to do… you want an HR operations head to find a clerical mistake. And that happened too.

The very next day she decided to be her final day there. ‘If the salary is credited, then I will be wearing the ID card, or else it will add beauty to my barbi’. The next day morning she checked her balance. Nothing happened. Called her boss. He was impressed by getting a call from his trainee. He was speaking like anything. When his blabbering stopped he understood the recklessness happening under the nose.

The day was so cloudy when she decided at last to go office. What a bloody atmosphere!! She murmured. It started to rain as she stepped in the muddy path in front. Enough for an insulted nightingale to chirp a wrong one!! Till evening it was cloudy. It was dark all around. Her mind too.

Whatever may the happening be, it took two days for that little girl to stop quarreling with the rain. It seems rain was the villain!! She got her second salary after two days. HR operations head on the other side of the phone with apologies!! and a surety too, not to happen this anymore in the life of speech mark!!

She took a deep breath… the clouds were starting to move. Sunrays made a droplet on her eyelash to light.