Yesterday and today were really good days for me-even though I had just gotten back from a long drive back from Berlin. ( Pictures and narrative to follow).
As you get more seasoned in a profession ( read older), there comes a time when you know you are right about something. It is not a case of having a difference of opinion-and they took another guy’s opinion over yours. Not at all. It is that frustrating feeling of knowing you are right, being able to prove you are right, and having to endure the sheer frustration of not being able to convince the people you need to-because of one’s position, (or lack of position), lies told by the other side, or just a simple unwillingness to believe-because empire building is too much of a priority to do the right thing.
Usually, you just have to come to terms with it and move on-and bide your time to hopefully wait out the change agent. However, sometimes events come together in such a way, that you get to see your arguments proven right beyond a shadow of a doubt.
And you get to utter those most satisfying of words: ” I told you this was a screwed up thing to do. I warned you it would not work and would cause problems-but you refused to listen to me. And now, as I predicted, you have failed.”
Because contrary to popular belief-I know how to run organizations, and I know how to lead people. I also know how to do things the right way and can recognize when important administrative things are being blown off or simply ignored. You do you your best, you bide your time, look for an escape route-or pray for divine intervention.
And yesterday, in a completely unforeseen turn of events-the miracle happened.
The big bosses met and decided that we were right, the “efficient merger” was neither a success or very efficient. In fact, one big boss finally stated publicly what we already knew privately-the train had gone off the tracks several months ago. We needed to stop before someone got really hurt. Today the big boss said it to the assembled group-making it more than official.
So tomorrow-the stupid merger will be officially “un-merged”. The shotgun marriage from hell has been annulled. Seeing as how it was never consummated, and /or, never based on first principles-it was not a hard thing to justify.
“Yes it appears as if you were right, all along.”
Yes I was. This is not my first time to the rodeo, cowboy.
Tomorrow will probably be a return to the routine mendacity of work, but last night, as I sipped my Scotch on the porch, I felt a very contented glow.
These moments don’t come often in life-and of course- I truly expect payback to be a bitch. But as Scarlett said, that is for another day.
Today its all about those wonderful words: “I told you so!”
Because I did.
Thanks be to God.