When I was starting out, I worked for a BPO, an Accounting firm to be exact. Since I was only starting out, salary was still low. Back then, I was already sending two siblings to college. Can you imagine how a PhP7,500 per month salary can stretch to accommodate that? Loans left and right, that’s what kept me afloat for a while. Until the monthly amortizations and interests piled up.
One morning, when I couldn’t hold on to my worries anymore, I broke down in the office. It was still too early and there was only one other employee that time, a senior staff. I didn’t know that he could see me talking to my friend on the phone. I was crying my heart out, telling my friend about the worries, the loans piling up and the tuition fees I still needed to produce. After that talk, I felt slightly less burdened. And closer to the senior staff. He talked to me and I saw the genuine concern in his face. I knew then that he’s someone I could trust in the office. I was right!
I never encountered another male co-worker like him again. There’s another one but we didn’t bond like that. I guess, seeing you cry at six in the morning can really bond two persons like none other.