Why are some people insanely hyper aggressive with false self-importance?

There is this true story of an unprovoked argument between two work colleagues, a Ghanaian and a Nigerian. The Ghanaian male who is about fifteen years older than the Nigerian was passing a message to him to execute a particular teamwork duty but could see himself vehemently resisted by the Nigerian male.

The simple task to be performed was to eventually enhance the supervisory quality and capability of the Nigerian. Again, it would boost his self-confidence in managing his subordinates in performing his office work and sit-in supervisory duties in the absence of his boss.

Nevertheless, the Nigerian out of the blue flipped when the Ghanaian insisted that he perform that simple task of informing one of his junior work colleagues a duty he had performed wrongly and how to do it professionally next time.

He was trying to pass the responsibility of communicating that message to his boss whereas it does not require rocket science to pass on that simple message to the junior work colleague.

The Nigerian in his usual loud voice and false assumption of being endowed with the right of aggression, insults and uncontrolled youthful exuberance, started screaming at the Ghanaian, threatening to insult him if he kept insisting that he passed on the message instead of his boss.

He told the Ghanaian, you are old and you know me, I am young and can say bitter words against you that you will never forget in your life, so you had better stop insisting that I pass the message to the junior work colleague.

The ceiling of the office seemed to collapse by the force of the loudness of his voice and instantaneous fuming. Was the character now not a depiction of his usual lack of self-confidence in doing things?

He started yelling at the Ghanaian saying, you are nothing and you only take the glory for things that other people do, you are nothing and not what you want others to believe you are.

Has he ever done something credible that the Ghanaian has taken glory for? No! Why then his assertion? Envy and sheer madness. Only God knows why.

The salt does not brag about its saltiness because it knows it is sweet. The Ghanaian does never brag about his professionalism since it is too evident for all around him to see and acknowledge.

Many a time had the Ghanaian been woken up from his sleep when off work or on holiday by this Nigerian to give him urgent direction and advice to resolve an unfolding problem to save him from shame and reprimand. Yet, he has the gut to stand up to and was ready to insult the Ghanaian for simply trying to encourage him to have self-confidence in doing his office work.

He thinks he is an inch taller than Ghanaians for the fact of the country he comes from or his ethnicity. His group of fellow countrymen always thinks they are smarter than other Africans hence can have their right of way in all things when dealing with them.

Is it not said that you don’t bite the finger that feeds you? Why is this macho man Nigerian unwisely trying to needlessly confront the Ghanaian who trained and continuously keeps guiding him, so he does not cock up on simple things to expose himself to ridicule?

When he is being mocked by his other work colleagues in his absence for his alleged incapabilities of performing simple office tasks, having been in the office for about ten years, it hurts the Ghanaian so his readiness to help him be on his toes. However, the Nigerian full of self-importance, false of course, always keeps saying, “I know, I know” but often finds himself fumbling and becoming an object of laughter to his co-workers.

He had better bury his ego to behave responsibly and to take good advice meant for his own good.

Any work colleague, wherever they are and are behaving irresponsibly like the alluded Nigerian had better stop for it will do them no good but harm.

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