Friday, March 18, 2011
"The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe
It was just about a year ago when I met this person. She was a lot of the "perfect" things I was not. Funny, attractive had the "perfect" life growing up, silver spoon, all good things given. I had the privilege to develop her into my sales partner. We were to be the dynamic team. I poured six months teaching her all the experience of twenty three years. Then it was bound to happen, she attempted to use the skills I had bestowed to her and take an account from me. I felt betrayed and isolated myself from her. I then watched her struggle and offered no assistance until finally she found her failure and left our company. The spirit of perverseness was sweet. I did not feel guilt only satisfaction once she was gone.
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I understand that feeling. I have experienced similar things but unfortunately did not get the glory of their failure. I know that may sound bad but sometimes you want people to really reap what they sow. For some it seems like they always have the best and things always go good for them and they are some of the worst people. The good people always have the bad luck and never get the recognition.
ReplyDeleteIt's a sweet feeling, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteIt could be argued however, that she was the one at fault and you did not 'actively' do something to hurt her. She was guilty of her own downfall as she broke the rules. You didn't sabotage her, she just didn't have the skills she thought she had.
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