Humility in Success:
This time I was the chief officer on a reefer cargo ship. The was docked in the port of Cape Town and was loading citrus cargo.
One morning, I met the ship’s local agent when he was leaving after meeting with the captain. When he saw me, he stopped to talk to me “Good morning, Mister Mate.” “Good morning, Joe.”
He continued “Please keep an eye, the owners, Shirley will board the ship sometime today.” I said to him “Thanks Joe.”
I was on deck and the time was around 10.30 a.m., I saw a lady attired in a ‘T’ shirt and pair of blue jeans coming out of one of the refer holds of the ship.
I immediately asked the duty officer who was also on the deck at that time, “Who gave permission this woman to go into the hold?”
He was not even aware that this has happened.
She walked up to me and said, “Good morning”. I said, “Good morning, Madam, with whose permission did you go into the cargo hold?”
She started to laugh and said “I am Shirley Mckoiney. Sorry, I did not have any permission, but as I am in a bit of a hurry I decided to do so!”
I asked her “Are you from the owners?” She smiled and said, “I am the owner, and I appreciate your interest.”
I then asked Would you like to see the captain?”
“Oh no, please do not disturb him, just tell him that I came around to have a look.”
After that, Mrs. Shirley Mckoiney left the ship.
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