Like everyone, I spend a lot of time after certain situations fuming over what I should have said. Today I don't have to. Today's perfect moment, truly in the snarky spirit of XKCD and Failblog, was this:
I was sitting in the office break room on my afternoon break, reading a book. A couple of guys were joking about interviewees for a supervisor position, and eventually came around to the applicants who spoke English as a second language. (note: luckily none of these guys were actually involved in the hiring decision of said supervisor).
Guy said:
"What happens when one of them goes out to meet with industries and they can't even understand what he says? I don't think they have any business being a supervisor if they can't even talk English well enough to be understood."
Without even looking up, I said, "Speak."
He thought for a second, then turned bright red and glared at me. I raised an eyebrow and said, "Just making a point."
The other person at the table started to snicker at him. He got up and left.
Oh, that sweet, sweet moment of glory...
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1 comment:
Is it too much to ask that all employees know how to talk American? Good for you. What you said was simple, elegant and to the point.
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