Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it ~Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy (Russian Nobel Prize Writer and Philosopher)
The level of criticisms and bashing I have been getting on my last piece titled “they were dancing on duty”, whereby I openly take a different standpoint from the popular opinions of netizens and majority of Nigeria on the dancing security boys brouhaha which are now called “the happy boys” is the reason for this rejoinder.
In that piece, I was of the opinion that the two security boys that were fired from the Chicken Republic restaurant for dancing while at work inside the chicken republic eatery deserve what they got; although, outrightly firing them maybe said to too harsh but they definitely deserved to be sanctioned and disciplined for the public display of unprofessionalism, the act of indiscipline, gross professional misconduct, ineptitudes and engaging in frivolities while at work.
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I still maintain that standpoint and nothing can change that.
I’m aware of the reaction the whole incident caused on the social media and people were openly rooting for the two security lads, intentionally giving a blind eye to the misdeeds of the guys and the boys got attentions of those who chose to help them again and give them a second chance; but let’s learn to say things as it is. The actions of the boys were professionally wrong from every angle you want to look at it, there’s no how anybody can paint it to convince anybody otherwise; for Jesus sake you are employed to be a security in a restaurant and not a dancer, so why engaging in the act of dancing during the working hour at the disturbance of the whole environment.
The way Nigerians have been celebrating the two lads points to the moral decadence of the society, no other country of the world am I aware that wrongs, professional misconduct, lack of discipline and bad work ethics are celebrated and openly rewarded, only in Nigeria. Little wonder why corrupt politicians, civil servants and well known corrupt individuals in the Nigerian societies are awarded chieftaincy titles.
For the record, I have no personal grievances against the lads and I’m personally happy that they got a second chance and some people decided to take another chance on them but if they happen to get another job, maybe a better job, it will still be wrong, morally and professionally wrong if they depart from their job description to engage in some frivolities during working hours.
What is wrong is wrong, no matter how much you paint it, it is and will still be wrong.
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This was my position on the matter and nothing pretentious.
Nigerians are very sentimental when it comes to issues like this. This sentiment can never change the fact that the boys were wrong dancing when they are supposed to be working. I do not think that dancing was part of their job description. A popular Nigerian Bishop sacked his staff who was reading the holy Bible when he was supposed to be working. This is how serious the matter is.