A Simple Misunderstanding.

It was a simple misunderstanding.

Almost comical.

The kind where if two good people were involved, they would warily eye each other off, until one and then both would burst into laughter as they realised the absurdity that had them at serious odds.

The kind where the one who thinks the other is out to get them, is shocked, then embarrassed, then delighted to realise it was the opposite and they were working towards the same goal.

But in this case, one was a bad boss.

Who felt no curiosity, only threat.

So the bad boss did what bad bosses do and did not inquire because the bad boss did not have the courage nor the desire to serve the common good.

The bad boss flexed their positional power.

Pity. For the other. For the bad boss. For the common good.

It was a simple misunderstanding.