The difference between daughters and sons is so stark. I experienced being locked out in the rain with my mum almost everytime we returned from church in Calabar and it was traumatizing. I still talk to a therapist about the trauma about my childhood. But for him, this is funny.
Exactly.
No young Nigerian will see an elderly person and just call him by his name. It is highly unlikely that it happens.
What that girl did was an expression of the new culture she was taught in training school.
In her mind, she was trying to fit into the culture of her new place of work. Little did she know it was all performative.
Policy is meant to remove ambiguity.
If people need to use common sense when applying a policy, the policy has failed and must be discarded or modified.
Good morning Nigerian HR's
Today is a good day to bin the first name Policy. You all should stop putting your employee through unnecessary mental stress!
At this point, make una just give us handbook. 😂
Chairman: Don’t call by first name.
Vice Chairman: Don’t call by first name.
Your Manager: First name is fine.
CEO: Check the weather and read the room first. 😭😂
Make everybody know the rules abeg. 😂
Nigerians reinforcing our chains. If people have to read the room before following company policy inside the company, then the policy is pointless and should be abolished.
HOW IS THIS NOT OBVIOUS????
We cannot continue to remain so divorced from the effects of public pile ons on people like this. It’s extremely unkind. You can share your thoughts in your group chats.
@akusomchi Are there better ways she could have addresser him? …Yes.
But I think we should be able to admit that she technically didn’t do anything ‘wrong’ if she was following company policy.
If he doesn’t subscribe to it, then it shouldn’t be one or expressly shouldn’t apply to him.
@akusomchi I know big 4s have that policy, I wasn’t sure about the bank until others confirmed but for a policy that they were actively fining people for.
She also could have added Mr to it and been told ‘ after all the training you still haven’t leant??’
This era we’re in, so remarkably unkind. Running commentary about every single thing. Completely divorced from the fact that there are real people on the other end of these things. Tueh