商務禮節美語第175期:對付壞老闆(上)

Dealing With a Bad Boss

對付壞老闆

Betty受了上司的氣，找Gray抱怨。

Betty: That's it!! I've had it! I'm gonna start sending out my resume tomorrow.

Gray: Wow...I've never seen you this angry before. What gives?

B: Pat just chewed me out for the third time this week! In public, no less! She hates me...

Betty氣哼哼地說，自己受夠了I've had it! Gray問Betty是怎麼回事。Betty說，Pat chewed me out. 原來又被上司Pat罵了。

G: What happened?

B: I printed my quarterly report on both sides of the paper. Pat doesn't like that because she uses the blank side for shouldn't be a big deal, but...

G: So she blew up at you?

B: Yeah! Pat says, "If you can't follow basic instructions, what use are you?" Then she launches into a 10-minute lecture while shaking her finger at me.

G: Wow, that's not cool at all. Actually, I've heard from a few people that Pat's a bit of a hothead.

B: You know, Gray, I'm not a confrontational person. But no one should have to take this kind of abuse!

原來是Betty把季度報告印在了紙的反正兩面，不符合Pat的要求。 Betty覺得，這沒什麼大不了的。可是Pat卻blow up at her. 對她大發雷霆。Gray對她深表同情，說不少人抱怨說Pat脾氣急躁。"a bit of a hothead," 容易頭腦發熱。 Betty說，自己不愛吵架， not confrontational, 但是沒有人該受這種氣，no one should take this kind of abuse.

G: Excuse me, Betty. Hey, over here for a second. Betty, this is my friend Terry. Terry works for our company's Human Resources Department. He might have some ideas for you.

T: Hello Betty, nice to meet you. Hi, Gray. So what's up?

G: Betty's boss, Pat Noonan, is giving her a hard time. Betty's thinking of quitting if she can't figure something out.

T: old nasty boss dilemma. Let me give it to you straight. Pat also supervises my department. So filing a complaint against her will probably get you nowhere.

B: So I'm doomed. I guess I'll start looking for a new job.

在人事部Human Resources Department工作的Terry剛好路過，Gray向他徵求意見。Gray說，Betty's boss is giving her a hard time. To give someone a hard time, 意思是跟某人過不去。Terry回答說，Let me give it to you straight. 意思說“直話直說”。

因爲人事部門也歸Pat管，So filing a complaint against her will probably get you nowhere. 因此對她投訴恐怕沒用。

Get you nowhere是沒用的意思。Betty聽後很沮喪地說，So I'm doomed, 那我沒救了。Terry還有更好的建議嗎？我們下次繼續介紹。