Business Communication in Action 実践ビジネス英語
Hello everyone. こんにちは。みなさん。
Hello and welcome to the show.
This is Heather Howard.
Let's take a look at conversation at work.
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Talk the talk
S: Now in our current vignette, members of the H & B staff
talk about dramatic ways that some people have quit their jobs
including giving their boss a bag of trash and going out of the plane
via an emergency slide.
Have you ever done anything like this, Heather?
H: Good heaven's no.
I'm not nearly that brave or that stupid depending
on how you look at it.
The closest I've ever come is reading about theatrical exits
on Internet which is easy to do.
There are many many examples out there.
Just search under dramatic quitting stories
or words to that effect.
Just the other day, I saw a video in which a man resigned
from a hotel that he claimed treated its employees terribly.
He presented a letter of resignation to his boss,
dropped it on the floor when the man wouldn't take it
nd then walked out followed by members of a brass band
that he plays trumpet for!
S: My goodness. That certainly is dramatic.
H: The video went bible as they say.
It's gotten millions of hits on a video sharing website.
You can also find examples of unique
and well-handled departures.
One of my personal favorites is the man who handed
in a resignation letter written on a sheet cake.
Pardon the pun, but it was truly sweet:
The man wrote that he had enjoyed his time there very much
but was leaving to spend more time with family
and deal with health issues.
He ended by wishing the organization all the best
and specifying his final day at work.
Apparently he filed a paper resignation letter as well
since in his words it's difficult to file a cake.
Classy from first lesson.
S: The H & B members also discuss
why so many people are leaving their jobs in such flashy ways.
Some of the facts cited a frustration at excessive workloads
and young people accustomed to sharing personal information
on social media.
H: Yes. Social media and the Internet in general
are truly dangerous in how easily they let us share things
with the entire world in seconds.
And like Kay Breakstone says, once we put something online,
it can be out there forever.
We've all seen those videos or comments
that people put online and end up being humiliated or pilloried over.
Time passes yes.
People find something new to talk about.
These items will no longer be the hot topics of the day.
But even years and years later,
we can still easily find on the Internet.
S: The conversation eventually turns to smart ways of resigning.
Suggestions include waiting a day before sending
a resignation letter or email and double-checking its content
by rereading it ourselves or asking someone else to take a look.
H: I think those are excellent ideas that can be applied to
any type of communication that may involve confrontation.
It's the same basic principle as when our mother used to tell us,
"Count to 10 before you say anything in anger isn't it?"
We should always sleep on emails or letters like that.
Give ourselves time to calm down before we do something
that can damage our career or relationship with someone for years.
Perhaps even permanently.
That's all for today.
Thanks for listening. Bye, bye.