tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398781353996043657.post8987992009467462206..comments2009-07-10T16:39:52.400+09:00Comments on The Monster Flower: It's my mess, but you clean it upUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398781353996043657.post-10585433399253997762008-08-12T08:28:00.000+09:002008-08-12T08:28:00.000+09:00The boss's Italian and English are apparently very...The boss's Italian and English are apparently very good. She converses freely and easily in three languages according to my student.<BR/><BR/>However, I will note that Japanese people who are not fluent in the languages being spoken (my student doesn't speak Italian and isn't fluent in English, though she can communicate pretty well), are poor judges of other people's skills. They see confident or unfettered talking as fluent when it may no be so.<BR/><BR/>It's great hearing from you again, Emily. :-)Orchid64https://www.blogger.com/profile/07132543155589881288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398781353996043657.post-49134893519857092542008-08-12T00:02:00.000+09:002008-08-12T00:02:00.000+09:00Yes, this sounds depressingly familiar. Now that I...Yes, this sounds depressingly familiar. Now that I'm back in the UK, I wonder how I ever put up with working in a stuation where I was routinely criticised for things that were out of my control. I will never work for Corporate Japan again, but I can certainly see that I had it lucky compared to what this lady has gone through. <BR/><BR/>What a bitch the boss sounds! Knowing more about Italy than she'll ever know I can tell you that I doubt very much that your student will have been perceived as anything remotely boring. Most British people I know would've told the woman where she could stick her job.<BR/><BR/>By the way, how good is the boss woman's Italian, or does she think they speak English?emskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09516867355213052446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398781353996043657.post-80618614401076072582008-08-05T20:20:00.000+09:002008-08-05T20:20:00.000+09:00This story reminds me of why I left the corporate ...This story reminds me of why I left the corporate world. Bad behavior can exist in any workplace, but my 12 or so years in corporate makes me think that it can't get any worse than it is there. <BR/><BR/>My bosses never blatantly sold me up the river the way that your student's boss did. It was usually much subtler. Backdoor politics was a way of life. The execs would regularly emerge from closed door meetings and announce changes whose benefits were dubious but usually meant that my life and the lives of my co-workers would change for the worse.<BR/><BR/>My boss at the tutoring center asks for our opinions and listens to our suggestions and complaints with an open mind. She gives us the benefit of doubt when a client makes a complaint. Most of all, she treats us with respect. No situation is perfect, but I really couldn't ask for more in a boss. This is the first time in all of my adult working life (about 17 years) that I can say these things about my boss. I wish that everyone could. What a happier world it would be.Liz Stone Abrahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16759310180633003512noreply@blogger.com