Mosquito Man

Mosquito Man

                I was one of the brightest in the school, topper in my college, a brilliant one as referred by everyone. The year I finished my PG I got my first job in a pharmaceutical MNC. Me, My parents, My friends and everyone around me were proud of me. I finished my training period with flying colors, all the training managers found a future in me. They said they have not seen a candidate like me in recent past.

                I joined the regular team, But I was eager to do something and make some difference. Then one fine day, when I was walking through the manufacturing plant I found this “mosquito” that changed my life. Being in pharmaceutical industry I was aware that mosquitoes are strictly not allowed inside the manufacturing unit. With this knowledge I killed it and took it in a polythene bag to my manager.

                I explained my manager about the mosquitoes appearance in the unit. He didn’t believe me. He did not buy that and told me that in this MNC with world class facility it’s impossible to have a mosquito. I tried to explain him, I asked him to set up fumigation. He ignored.

                I took this as a challenge, I started monitoring these mosquitoes. After 6 months I met the manager again with presentation, that contains photographs, data on mosquito, the total count and a projection of mosquito count for next one and half year (That came around 550000 Nos). This time my manager really responded to this. He called a meeting; I was also a part of this. All the senior management were assembled in the meeting and when I finished my presentation they declared me a genius. I was so proud my colleagues were jealous.

                That was time of increment; my manager was so generous, he was proud of me for the way I did with the data. He made me the top paid that year.

                After one and half year, the mosquito count had grown to 550000 that proved my projected count. My manager was again proud of me.  He shared these data to housekeeping heads.

                By the end of that year there was a visit from owner of that MNC. As he entered the plant he got a mosquito bite, that was malarial and he died in few days. Management panicked. They searched for a culprit, found him, and fired him.  And I was that mosquito-man, the one who was dealing with the mosquitoes. Still my managers were generous, they didn’t terminate me, and they gave me time to attend few interviews. But no company needed a man who had an achievement of collecting the data and projecting it.

Now at home I am thinking why and what happened to me?

 I think I was never aware of my “GOAL” the objective of my job. I was a genius; I was hard working, but wasn’t acting on the objective.