F2F Class Notes (Raph)

Write a paragraph using the words you’ve learned today.

Vocabulary

Acknowledge (v): 1- to accept, admit, or recognize something, or the truth or existence of something.
E.g.: She acknowledged having been at fault.
E.g.: After 10 minutes, he finally acknowledged her presence.

Admit (v): 1– to agree that something is true, especially unwillingly.
E.g.: He admitted his mistake.

Unacceptable (adj): 1-  too bad to be accepted, approved of, or allowed to continue:
E.g.: The teachers’ union has described the latest pay offer as unacceptable.

Worse case scenario:

– What’s going on?
– Bad.
– Fill me in.
– This morning I received an email from Jo, saying she adjusted the expense budget of this year. I had no idea about it since the budget was fixed in this March. So I asked Cherry, our accountant , if they requested Jo to make the adjustment. It turned out it’s true but the Finance dept. had already finalized the adjustment which doesn’t agree with Jo’s version. To let Jo know, I sent a private message to Jo via our internal communicator. I said:” Cherry told me that the Financial dept. had finalized your budget plan and your version is not acceptable….” Guess what , only one minute right after I sent it, I received an email sent from Jo to Cherry’s boss Kent, copied me. In this email she cropped and pasted the conversation between she and I and questioned Kent what’s wrong with her version which was actually drafted together by her and Kent. I was freak out. I apologized to Cherry , I didn’t mean to mention her name. And she said Kent was shocked when he saw this email and suggested me avoiding to use “ not acceptable” next time.
– Wait, why did you have to aplogize to Cherry since you just told Jo the true.
– I don’t know, I just felt there’s something wrong. It’s a casual talk, and I didn’t polish my language like when I draft an email. To Cherry and Kent, maybe it seemed like I was saying sth bad behindh their back. I didn’t expect Jo would crop and share our conversation like that. She gave me a headache, like I lost the control of my privacy. And I didn’t know “not acceptable” was not acceptable.
– Yeah, I didn’t know either, but now I guess it sounds too strong. Next time be careful when you talk to Jo.
– Yes. I kind of messed it up, but at least this whole thing reminds me we don’t have privacy when we are using our company laptop at all. I feel like we have, but the truth is we don’t. So I should be careful not only when I am talking to someone via wechat, qq, or communicator , but also when I am doing anything on it.
– Good for you. It helps you avoid the worst case scenario: you had a very improper conversation with someone and got fired, and had to start to work in a new company from scratch…..

Worse case scenario:

–  How is it going?
– Bad.
– Fill me in.
– This morning I received an email from Jo, saying she had adjusted this year’s expense budget. I had no idea about it, since the budget was fixed back in March, so I asked Cherry, our accountant, if they had requested Jo to make the adjustment. It turned out to be true but the Finance dept. had already finalized the adjustment which didn’t agree with Jo’s version. To let Jo know, I sent her a private message via our internal communicator saying: “Cherry told me that the Financial dept. has already finalized your budget plan and your version is not acceptable….” Guess what , only one minute after I sent it, I received an email sent from Jo to Cherry’s boss Kent, copied me. In this email she copied and pasted the conversation between her and I and questioned Kent about what’s wrong with her version, which he had actually drafted together with her. I freaked out and apologized to Cherry, saying that I didn’t mean to mention her name. She said that Kent was shocked when he saw this email and suggested that I should avoid using the term “not acceptable” in future conversations.
– Wait, why did you have to apologize to Cherry, since you just told Jo the truth?
– I don’t know, I just felt there was something wrong and, as it was a casual conversation, I didn’t polish my language like when I draft an email. To Cherry and Kent, maybe it seemed like I was saying sth bad behind their back, but I didn’t expect Jo would copy and share our conversation like that. She gave me a headache, like I lost the control of my privacy. And I didn’t know  that saying “not acceptable” was not acceptable.
– Yeah, I didn’t know that either, but now I guess it sounds too strong. Next time be careful when you talk to Jo.
– Yes. I kind of messed it up, but at least this whole thing reminds me we don’t have privacy when we are using our company laptop at all. I feel like we have, but the truth is we don’t. So I should be careful not only when I am talking to someone via wechat, qq, or communicator , but also when I am doing anything on it.
– Good for you. It helps you avoid the worst case scenario: having a very improper conversation with someone, getting fired for it, and having to start from scratch at a new company…..