I'm sorry but you have lost it...

Had this plate of "Gado-Gado" as my breakfast...

Isn't it sad that someone around you had lost it?

Lost that pure sense of sympathy and compassionate attitude towards the others.

Lately, I came to find out from someone I know was sternly reminded by his superior "work is equally important!" when he had to apply urgent leave to attend to some personal matters.

My first reaction towards this issue - shock, stunning and unbelievable. "Why was such a statement being made at that point of time?"

Here you have someone works under your charge seeking your understanding for applying urgent leave to attend some serious matter, yet rather than being compassionate towards his plight, this superior seems to be concerned about the well-being of the job than his staff's.

Having listen to that, I empathy with what this friend gone through as I, myself, went through this experience before and until today that cold, heartless reply still linger in my mind.

"Boss, I need to apply urgent leave to tend to my father who is hospitalized." I pleaded over the phone.

"Oh I see, have you found someone to cover your weekend duty?" as that cold, heartless voice streamed through over the line.

"No, as my main concern is my father now!" as I replied to him.

So what can we say, if this is the kind of reply we get in this kind of situation, how would you feel?

The issue here is not to gain sympathy over the grieved issue, but being someone at the top, he or she must be sensitive at times to deal with this matter.

Failure to exercise due sensitivity and adapt a compassionate stance towards a grieved person, I would say you have lost it - the due respect and regard we would have towards our "boss".

Until this day, I'm sorry to say I can't forgive what that "boss" said to me over the phone because he had lost it.

The basic of that of being a kind human being.