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Manager of the Year, 2011…

This is what’s just happened on the other side of my desk partition.

Very unprofessional manager lady:

sits on the desk of one of her team members, says in very casual tone

“So Jun, how’d you go at the doctors? You got Diabetes?”

Timid Chinese woman:

“Ah, no.”

really long awkward pause.

“they did some test and it’s not diabetes.”

Very unprofessional manager lady:

“Oh, well that’s good. So did they say what’s wrong?”

Timid Chinese woman:

“…Ah”

awkward nervous laugh

“no they don’t know what it is yet…”

Very unprofessional manager lady:

switching to a condescending tone, as required when talking to anyone with an Asian accent

“I suppose that’s good that is not diabetes, isn’t it. But bad that they don’t know what it is. So ahhhh… yeah…”

Manager walks away believing she has just performed some part of her managerial duties.