common sense

I was employed 22 years ago in a telecommunication company in the cables department; this company had a huge workforce during those good days many people were earning a living through employment opportunities offered by this giant company.

This company was admired by many as it was one of the big companies in the country which offered employment opportunities, but as the years past the number of the large work force kept on dwindling day after day, during those hey days the company had a workforce of about 18,000 but as of today the number stands at less than 3000.

The demise of job opportunities in this great company was mostly encouraged by cable vandalism as 90 percent of the network was through copper cables and about 5 percent of optical fiber cable.

The thing is, this company was supposed to be some sought of a treasure for generations and generations to come but some bad elements in the society would not allow this to happen just because of their greed for a quick buck.

Actually I was asking myself, do these people have families to take care off? because if they do then they would not be doing such primitive actions, To my understanding one day when their children are adults they would also like to get some employment especially in some large companies like the telkom company, but if there are no opportunities for their children because of the vandalism which occurred years back then who would they blame for lack of opportunities?

Since I was a kid in school my teacher would sometimes tell me use your common sense, according to me I grew up knowing that these senses are common to everyone, due to the fact that I have been told to use my common sense. But what I am seeing with the vandalism of the of the cables? I see nothing but a scary picture for the future.

These events have made me ask myself is the common sense common to everyone? Or is it just a saying but it’s not common to everyone.

If you use the common sense as it is known, then obviously one will know that by destroying this today am denying my children and grand children their lifetime opportunities. As for the present time one would know that by making one man suffer due to this primitive act then am destroying a future generation, because there are school going kids who depend on that salary the father gets at the end of the month to pay their school fees, they depend on that same salary for their upkeep and so much more.