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Convinced that she is trapped in a "dead marriage," though no proof is offered that she ever nurtured it in the past or the present, Rose is game to have an affair with a personable school supervisor. But all that she and the also-married Jim Beam (J.T. Walsh) manage is a one-night stand...
Frank Marciano, a supervisor for B & G, said he would have to investigate Lee's claims, but added that it appeared to be an isolated incident. "If damages were caused by B & G workmen. We will recompense the students, as we have done previously," Marciano said...
Inevitably, there have been minor misunderstandings because of the differences in language and customs. One worker sandblasted the numbers 1 2 6 4 on a series of parts she was testing before she realized that her Japanese supervisor meant that she was to label them "one to 64." Mark Dempsey, 23, the plant's youngest supervisor, admits that there is still a vast cultural gap between the Japanese and Americans. Says he: "They do not realize that some of us live for the weekend, while lots of them live for the week -just so they can begin to work...
Most American workers, though, like the Japanese management style, and some do not find it all that foreign. Says Supervisor Robert Williams: "A long time ago, Americans used to be more people-oriented, the way the Japanese are. It just got lost somewhere along the way." The Sony experience in San Diego might show Americans how to regain some of their lost skills at employee relations...
Rita and Robin, the two women who type with me at the Trib, take me out for coffee and tell me that Norma, my supervisor, does not like me because I am interested in doing more than typing...