Hi all,
Sometimes, certain behaviors can cause someone to be thought of and treated as a pushover in the office. This webpage cheekily presents these behaviors as a set of positive commands to follow in order to gain this reputation.
I am curious about the meaning of Rule #5, particularly the part in bold:
(This rule is accompanied by an image of a boss berating an office worker, saying: "일 못하는데 착하기만 하면 진짜 피곤한 거 알지?" to which the office worker demurely answers, "죄송합니다.")
My guess as to what this means is that if you act too obedient in the office, you will start to interpret careless remarks the boss makes as this boss walking all over you in the office. My guess is informed from ascribing the subject of the verb 받다 to 당신, not to the 상사, but even if I am correct here I do not think that I am getting the full meaning of this sentence as this meaning doesn't make perfect sense to me in context of the other "rules".
Thank you for any help on this!
Sometimes, certain behaviors can cause someone to be thought of and treated as a pushover in the office. This webpage cheekily presents these behaviors as a set of positive commands to follow in order to gain this reputation.
Ex. 항상 웃어라. 그래야 곤란한 부탁들이 늘어난다.
I am curious about the meaning of Rule #5, particularly the part in bold:
항상 고분고분하라. 그래야 상사가 무심코 던진 말 한마디에서 당신을 함부로 대한다는 느깜을 받을 수 있다.
(This rule is accompanied by an image of a boss berating an office worker, saying: "일 못하는데 착하기만 하면 진짜 피곤한 거 알지?" to which the office worker demurely answers, "죄송합니다.")
My guess as to what this means is that if you act too obedient in the office, you will start to interpret careless remarks the boss makes as this boss walking all over you in the office. My guess is informed from ascribing the subject of the verb 받다 to 당신, not to the 상사, but even if I am correct here I do not think that I am getting the full meaning of this sentence as this meaning doesn't make perfect sense to me in context of the other "rules".
Thank you for any help on this!