You win by saving others face. Grace is a natural gift that's hard to fake. He got up off his seat and walk to the board to see it up close, he saw it, but then he insisted his translator call it out on the guy.
Bad things have been done to most people, but the ones you end up respecting the most are those who you see walk out, and take it with dignity, even though you know they're damn well capable of not only defending themselves, but also paying the other with far worse retribution.
He calls the guy an intellectual thief and the offense is not only taken by the exec, but whoever had the bad judgment to hire him.
I have seen this shit over and over again. When I was a teenager I worked at a restaurant were truck drivers came through the backdoor and told the frail, old Mexican guy waiting for them "to go get the boss, or someone who speaks English"; it used to piss me off, and Mr. Montoya always had the grace to smile and call one of the shift managers to go handle the delivery. He owned three shops in that strip, and four other restaurants throughout the city :-)
he insisted his translator call it out on the guy.
And, moreover, he did it in a way which caused the CEO no sense of social obligation to him. If you absolutely have to mention it, get both parties drunk prior to doing so, wait for the look of mortification, and say "Don't mention it. We're all on the same team here." The CEO now owes you a favor.
Bad things have been done to most people, but the ones you end up respecting the most are those who you see walk out, and take it with dignity, even though you know they're damn well capable of not only defending themselves, but also paying the other with far worse retribution.
He calls the guy an intellectual thief and the offense is not only taken by the exec, but whoever had the bad judgment to hire him.
I have seen this shit over and over again. When I was a teenager I worked at a restaurant were truck drivers came through the backdoor and told the frail, old Mexican guy waiting for them "to go get the boss, or someone who speaks English"; it used to piss me off, and Mr. Montoya always had the grace to smile and call one of the shift managers to go handle the delivery. He owned three shops in that strip, and four other restaurants throughout the city :-)