An Official Story

It’s another day at Money makers, Ltd. The haughty Miss. Boss walks in swiftly. She shoots an order at Mr. Ego to give her the report within 5 minutes and then disappears into her cabin. The roving eye of Miss. Chic–the secretary, lingers towards her legs; she hurries towards Miss. Frolic, the receptionist to point out to her, the new Prada shoes Miss Boss is wearing. Miss. Chic prides herself to be omni-knowledgeable about her boss and to nobody’s surprise is the source of all the gossip in the office. Ms. Frolic loves her job as she gets to chat on the phone to her heart’s pleasure; needless to say, she does just that.

Mr. Ego darts an irritated glance at the boss’s cabin. He doesn’t really like being ordered about by a woman like most of his male colleagues, and even more so when he has to submit an unfinished report in 5 minutes. Naturally he gets fired for his lack of punctuality. He leaves the cabin fuming only to make way towards his all-time favorite pals Mr. Baldie– the hen-pecked husband, and Mr. Snob–the pompous. The trio loves to gossip about their boss. And the fact that she is a woman only adds to their ire. Each one has their valuable inputs for the better administration of their workplace.

How they wish they had Mr. Mystery for their boss! Apart from Miss. Sensible– the accountant, everyone seems blind to Mr. Mystery’s follies and his “black” ways, because they think they’ll be better administered by a dynamic young man that he is. Miss. Chic and Miss. Frolic are awestruck by Mr. Mystery’s exuberant charisma and charming personality. Mr. Techie declares that Mr. Mystery is the proud owner of the ‘Oh-So-Luxurious’ car, but also reluctantly admits that Money Makers have better equipments than Mr. Mystery’s Money Takers Inc. His sentence is followed by unanimous scoffs by his male colleagues. Mr. Know-it-all is quick to add that Mr. Mystery was declared by the Ace Magazine as the Ace Entrepreneur. Miss Sensible is sensible enough to realize, the Money Makers Ltd. is far better off under Miss. Boss’s reign and Mr. Mystery would only care for his own pockets than the employees. Her remarks are met by some more scoffs.

Consequently, Mr. Mystery with his manipulative ways is successful in taking over Money Makers, Ltd., much to the joy of Mr. Ego, Mr. Baldie and rest of the male clan.

Now that things have changed, Mr. Ego and the others don’t really appreciate their diminishing salary and harsher working conditions. They yearn for their former boss. After all, when it comes to money, gender doesn’t really matter. Does it?