After reading the 2 case studies: Lex Luther (Pages 287-290) & You Reap What You
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Question
After reading the 2 case studies: Lex Luther (Pages 287-290) & You Reap What You Sow (Pages 332-333); (1.) Determine who needs a lesson in humility and why? (2.) Explain why the character you chose needs to learn humility? (3.) Explain how they should have talked to the other FOI employees?
Lex Luther 287 Jimmy" she sald, leaning across the table, "What on earth were you thinking? This is the most ridiculous nonsense I ever heard of. . in all my rs. I'm not pleased with either of you, frankly, but especially you Understand, though, that's it's not really the blackmail part that chips me off. Though that's pretty bad. It's the fact that you didn't come to me in the first place. If you felt that Tony was stealing-you should've come to me about it and I would've dealt with it. Jimmy looked away So, am I fired?" Heidi took a form from her folder and placed it across the table in front of the busboy. It was a write-up sheet with the incident described and a place for the employee to sign at the bottom. It occurred to Jimmy that for whatever "meeting" had just taken place, any decision with regards to right and wrong or punishment for the guilty party, had already been determined. This little write-up form 'd been filled out long ago over coffee and scones in the managers office. So, what was the point? Far as Jimmy was concerned, the whole thing stunk. "I'm suspending you for a week. I'll sit down with John and decide if your position is going to be terminated. This is a write-up. I want you to read it over and sign at the bottom. What if I don't sign it?" This kid was bad news. She looked into his eyes and decided right then and there not to even bother John with him. "Well," she said, "then you'll be terminated immediately." Whatever" he smirked, standing. You were gonna fire me no matter what. Why'd ya even waste my time? Now I gotta pay again to take the bus home. Thanks for nothin Bad news. All the way around. LEX LUTHER Lex Lilly was Frank's CPA/business manager, and John's quasi-boss in terms of hicrarchy within the overall chaos of what Frank jokingly referred to as his "empire." She couldn't fire him, but she had Frank's ear and what Lex wanted Lex pretty much got. John had called her about the problem with FOI's part-time bookkeeper, Edna Duncan, the problem being that she was, well, part time. They needed more hours out of Edna, but she did not have them to give. to distract her from the none-too-recent death of her husband. Pushing all sen- timentality aside, John felt the welfare of the business was at stake, and Edna's He liked her enough, but the job for Edna was merely something she did not-enough bookkeeping was to blame. That and the grief chat room nonsense. He'd had quite enough of Edna Duncan. So John sat in his office on a sunnyExplanation / Answer
1. Who?
This concerns Bill who was humble, as he had seen circumstances, both, where he could not do his best, and, the ones wherein he was seen as the one amongst the best they could hope to be playing against.
2. Why?
The two were discussing Bill's life; he was humble, and, was not really sorry for himself. We are all responsible for what happens to us, the good or the bad. We reap what we sow.
3. How should they have talked to FOI employees
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