I work as a marketing manager for a chain of bar and restaurants. Every week, the management team and department heads hold a meeting to discuss issues, problems, and occassionally, chismis (rumors).

I found out 2 meetings ago that in one of our popular branches, where it is very hard to get in due to the crowd and long waiting line, some guy would tell the bouncer that he is the marketing manager so that he'd get in. Of course, the bouncer didn't know better. He didn't even bother to check for an ID and just gave him the benefit of the doubt. (My fault too since I don't visit the branch as it is so far for me and I'd fear getting lost on the way there).The vice president of operations who is somewhat assigned to the said branch learned of this story and told the bouncer that it was impossible because I am the marketing manager. We asked what he looked like and according to the bouncer, "Pangit siya (He's ugly)." Everybody laughed. I pretended to be appalled and said, "Sana sinabi niyo hindi siya pwede maging marketing manager kasi ang marketing manager niyo maganda! (You should have said he can't be the marketing manager because the real marketing manager is beautiful!)" That got them laughing even harder.

I wasn't actually surprised that somebody was pretending to be me. Almost a year ago, when the branch was newly opened, I received a phone call from a woman asking for a certain male person. I said that no such person worked for us. She clarified again and said that he told her he was the marketing person of the bar. I said no such person exists in the company. I was thinking perhaps he was one of the stockholders, though the name still didn't register. Perhaps a friend or relative of a stockholder who was assigned with such task, only I wasn't informed about it. I clarified later on that nobody with that name worked for us, nor is the name familiar. We let it go.

Last night, he was caught. The bouncer recognized him and pointed him out to the VP. (Details to follow as I will ask him what happened-- sorry, bitin ba?) Needless to say, he was kicked out and banned from any of our establishments in front of his friends! He even asked if he could finish the remaining of his beer and he was told he could finish it outside. He even pleaded that he was close to Al, some regular guest who is very close to the owners. Apparently, he felt ownership by affiliation. Upon hearing this Al retorted to his face, "Oo, kilala kita pero hindi tayo close noh! (Yes, I know you but we're not even close to each other!)"

Imagine how embarrassing that was to him, especially to his companions who believed all along that he was the marketing manager? Serves him right! Shame on you, Mr. Marketing- Manager- Impostor!