Bright, abanamakhono, abanomdlandla, umdlandla wabo kanye nothando lwebhizinisi ngokuvamile kubacasula labo ababusa ezweni lemithetho eqinile yezinkampani. Isazi sokusebenza kwengqondo u-Fatma Bouvet de la Maisonneuve uxoxa indaba yesiguli sakhe futhi, esebenzisa indaba yakhe njengesibonelo, ufinyelela eziphethweni mayelana nokuthi yini evimbela abesifazane ekukhuphukeni kwezinga lomsebenzi.
Kwakuwumhlangano wethu wokuqala, wahlala phansi futhi wangibuza: “Dokotela, ucabanga ukuthi ngempela owesifazane angaphulwa umthetho emsebenzini ngenxa yobulili bakhe?”
Umbuzo wakhe wangihlaba umxhwele futhi njengobalulekile. Uneminyaka engamashumi amathathu ubudala, unomsebenzi omuhle kakhulu, ushadile, unezingane ezimbili. "Umphefumulo ophilayo", ukhipha amandla aphazamisa imiphefumulo elele. Futhi ngaphezu kwalokho - uqweqwe lwekhekhe - muhle.
Kuze kube manje, uthi ukwazile ukudlula amakhasi kabhanana abephonswe ezinyaweni zakhe ukuze ashelele. Ubungcweti bakhe banqoba zonke izinyunde. Kodwa muva nje, kuye kwavela umgoqo ongenakunqotshwa njengoba ukhuphuka.
Lapho ebizwa ngokushesha kumphathi wakhe, ngokunganaki wacabanga ukuthi uzokhushulwa esikhundleni, noma okungenani ahalalisele ngempumelelo yakhe yakamuva. Ngekhono lakhe lokukholisa, ukwazile ukumema umphathi omkhulu owaziwa ngokungafinyeleleki kwakhe esifundweni samakhasimende. “Ngangisenkungwini yenjabulo: Ngikwazile, ngikwenzile! Ngakho-ke ngangena ehhovisi ngabona lobu buso obuqinile ... «
Umphathi wamsola ngokwenza iphutha lomsebenzi ngokungalandeli inqubo emisiwe. “Kodwa konke kwenzeka ngokushesha,” uyachaza. “Benginomuzwa wokuthi sinokuxhumana, ukuthi konke kuzolunga.” Ngokombono wakhe, umphumela kuphela owawubalulekile. Kodwa abaphathi bakhe bakubona ngendlela ehlukile: ungayephuli imithetho kalula nje. Wajeziswa ngephutha lakhe ngokumphuca zonke izindaba zakhe zamanje.
Iphutha lakhe kwaba ukuthi akazange ahloniphe imithetho eqinile yendingilizi evaliwe, ngokwesiko yabesilisa.
“Ngatshelwa ukuthi ngijahe kakhulu futhi akubona bonke abakulungele ukujwayela ijubane lami. Bangibiza nge-hysterical!”
Izinsolo ezilethwa kuye zivame ukuhlotshaniswa nobulili besifazane: unomdlandla, uqhuma, ulungele ukwenza ngokufisa. Iphutha lakhe kwaba ukuthi akazange ahloniphe imithetho eqinile yendingilizi evaliwe, ngokwesiko yabesilisa.
“Ngawa endaweni ephakeme kakhulu,” evuma kimi. “Ngeke ngikwazi ukwelulama ehlazweni elinje ngedwa. Akazange azibone izimpawu ezisongelayo ngakho akakwazanga ukuzivikela.
Abesifazane abaningi bakhononda ngalolu hlobo lokungabi nabulungisa, ngiyamtshela. Abadlali abafanayo futhi mayelana nezimo ezifanayo. Banesiphiwo, ngokuvamile enembile kunabaphathi babo. Beqa amaphuzu abalulekile ngoba bexakwe ukuzuza imiphumela. Bangena kwisibindi esigcina sisebenzela izintshisekelo zomqashi wabo kuphela.
Azikho izimpawu eziyisixwayiso ekuziphatheni kwesiguli sami. Weza ukuze athole isilaleli esinomusa. Futhi ngawuphendula kanje umbuzo wakhe: “Yebo, kukhona ngempela ukucwaswa kwabesifazane. Kodwa izinto seziqala ukushintsha manje, ngoba akunakwenzeka ukuziphuca amathalente amaningi kangaka unomphela.”