The manager invited the department to eat, but asked me to pay the bill. After I was angry and refused, I was stunned when I received the news at night.
The manager invited the department to eat, but asked me to pay the bill. After I was angry and refused, I was stunned when I received the news at night.
After many people enter the workplace and work, they will slowly start to get in touch with some wine table dinners, most of which should be attended with colleagues or leaders in the company, which are more work-oriented wine table dinners. Some of these are team building activities organized by the company, and some are invited by colleagues. The purpose is mostly for employees to communicate with each other, enhance feelings, and develop a good office atmosphere, which is also conducive to the handover of work and the improvement of efficiency. .
But in this kind of dinner with colleagues and leaders, there are also some things that need to be paid attention to, not only the etiquette of behavior, but also their own legitimate interests. Because although most of our colleagues are relatively good, occasionally there will be a small number of people whose character is not so good and like to encroach on the legitimate interests of others, so when we face such things, we must know how to stick to the bottom line, In order to protect our legitimate rights and interests from being violated.
Xiao Chen has encountered such an embarrassing wine situation once. Once, it took Xiao Chen's department more than a month to finally complete a relatively large cooperation project, which achieved good benefits for the company. In order to reward everyone in the department, the manager decided to invite the employees of the department to have a meal in the evening. As a member of the department, Xiao Chen is naturally among them.
After more than a month of hard work, it is finally completed. Because there is no pressure from work for the time being, everyone is more relaxed at this dinner. Some colleagues talked about the hard work of the previous month, some talked about the recent gossip in the company, and some were playing small games. Xiao Chen was also very happy. This cooperation project has the largest workload for him, but he also started from I learned a lot in high school and achieved good results.
Xiao Chen joined this company more than half a year ago. Although he had similar work experience before, the intensity and difficulty of this job are now more difficult than his last job, so this job is very important to Xiao Chen. It's a challenge. Although Xiao Chen couldn't keep up at the beginning, after a period of training, Xiao Chen's ability has improved rapidly, and now he is more comfortable with work tasks.
In this work assignment, Xiao Chen served as the main force. Although he often stayed up late and worked overtime, it brought him a lot of gains and improvements, so Xiao Chen is also very happy now. But just as Xiao Chen was drinking happily, someone tapped Xiao Chen's shoulder lightly. When Xiao Chen looked back, it turned out that it was the department manager who came over at some point.
When Xiao Chen looked at the department manager with a puzzled face, the flushed department manager motioned for Xiao Chen to put his head close, and said to Xiao Chen, "Wait and pay for the order." Xiao Chen was blindfolded after hearing this. Immediately, he reacted, and then came even greater doubts and anger. This time, the manager was obviously asking for a treat, so why did he pay for it again? Xiao Chen thought that the manager of the department often liked to find fault with him, and felt that the manager was deliberately cheating on him.
So the angry Xiao Chen quickly caught up with the department manager who was walking back, leaned close to him and whispered angrily, "Go pay the bill yourself, you promised to treat the guest." After speaking, Xiao Chen quickly walked again He walked back, leaving the department manager who was turning his head in place.
After going through such a thing, Xiao Chen has nothing to eat or drink, and his face is not very good. Fortunately, the manager didn't come to him again, and he didn't let him pay in the end. After the meal, Xiao Chen returned home to take a bath and lay on the bed, his heart was no longer happy before, filled with the manager's affairs, which made him very depressed. But just when his mind was confused, the phone suddenly received a WeChat message. Xiao Chen was stunned after opening it. It turned out to be an apology from the manager, saying that he was really embarrassed at night. It was because he drank too much and wanted to make a joke with Xiao Chen. In order to apologize, he wanted to go back and invite Xiao Chen to dinner, hoping that Xiao Chen would not mind.
After Xiao Chen received the news, he recalled that the manager was indeed blushing and staggering while walking. He finally figured it out. Although he wasn't sure if it was a joke, he felt a little more comfortable, so he replied to the manager. It doesn't matter, no need for the manager to spend money. Here, things come to an end.
1. Know how to stick to the bottom line
From this story, we can know that when facing the unreasonable demands of others, we must know how to stick to our bottom line, otherwise we will easily suffer losses and be infringed on our legitimate rights and interests by others. For example, Xiao Chen in this story knows how to stick to his bottom line and does not agree with the manager's reasonable request, thus protecting his legitimate rights and interests.
The proper control of oneself
Secondly, the revelation we can also get is to know how to properly control ourselves. If our alcohol intake is really not very good, or even the wine is not good, and after drinking, you like to talk nonsense and do some things that are out of line, then it is best to Know how to properly control yourself, not to drink too much, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble, such as the manager in this story, almost caused unnecessary conflict.