As I mentioned, 25% of my company quit this past Friday (leaving me the only american-born employee in the office). Tuesday, I get back to the office and find that someone has anonymously sent these letters to the VP (Saito) and Controller (Okubo). This is just the latest randomness in the strange disintegration of my office.
I heard Jack Brisco was a wrassler, but I don't know for sure.
From: Jack Brisco
To: saito@xxxxx.com
Cc: okubo@xxxxx.com
Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 1:33 PM
Subject: ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?
ONCE AGAIN YOU TWO HAVE DROPPED THE BALL, HOW DO YOU LET FOUR EMPLOYEES LEAVE IN ONE MONTH ? IT REALLY APPEARS TO ME THATYOU TWO DON'T CARE OR IS IT THAT JPP HAS PLANS ON HAVING AN ALL JAPANESE FRONT OFFICE? I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE THOUGHT THAT YOU TWO WERE MEN ENOUGH TO LET YOUR EMPLOYEES WHAT YOUR PLANS WERE. HOW DO YOU FEEL COMING THERE KNOWING THAT YOU HAVE DESTROYED A COMPANY AS WELL AS LET SOME GOOD PEOPLE LEAVE THAT COMPANY.
I BET THE BIG BOYS IN JAPAN DON'T KNOW HOW BAD THE SITUATION IS? OR ARE YOU COVERING EVERYTHING UP? SAITO YOU NEED TO BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF BY LETTING OKUBO RUIN THE COMPANY AND YOU SIT BACK LIKE EVERYTHING IS ALRIGHT. BE A MAN FIX THE PROBLEM ...OKUBO!!!! YOU CAN'T SAY THAT YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THAT HE IS A PROBLEM WELL SAITO HE IS A BIG PROBLEM . TIL NEXT TIME!!!!
From: Jack Brisco
To: saito@xxxxx.com
Cc: okubo@xxxxx.com
Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 11:48 PM
Subject: JPP!!!
THIS IS JUST IN CASE YOU DID NOT GET MY LAST EMAIL!!!
HOW DO YOU LET FOUR EMPLOYEES IN ONE MONTH LEAVE YOUR COMPANY AND YOU SIT BACK AND LET IT HAPPEN??
SAITO YOU HAVE LITERALLY LET OKUBO!!! DESTROY WHAT YOU WERE SUPPOSE TO COME IN AND SAVE, IF I WERE YOU I WOULD BE ASHAMED. HOW MANY DOES THAT MAKE NOW? YOU HAVE GOT TO GET A HOLD ON OKUBO BEFORE THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT ARE LEFT ARE THE JAPANESE OR IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT ANYWAY? I KNOW YOU HAVE PROBABLY HEARD THAT OKUBO IS A PAIN IN EVERYONE'S ASS WELL MISTER THAT IS TRUE!! I COULDN'T IMAGINE LETTING HIM DESTROY MY COMPANY, I WOULD GET HIM SHIPPED BACK TO JAPAN IMMEDIATELY. I ONLY FEEL SORRY FOR THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE LEFT TO DEAL WITH THIS IF THERE ARE ANY. HAVE YOU EVEN CONSIDERED THERE FEELINGS IN ALL WHAT HAS HAPPEN? YOU MAY WANT TO TALK TO THEM AND REASSURE THEM THAT EVERYTHING IS OK OR NOT, DON'T LEAVE THEM HANGING NOT KNOWING WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO JP. SAITO YOUR HOUSE IS NOT IN ORDER!!!!! YOU AND ONLY YOU NEED TO FIX IT. I'M SORRY TO TELL YOU BUT YOU CAN'T BRING JAPANESE CUSTOMS TO AMERICA AND EXPECT THAT WAY OF THINKING TO WORK IT WON'T HAPPEN!!! I WONDER WHAT THE BIG BOYS ARE SAYING IN JAPAN OR DO THEY EVEN KNOW? PROBABLY NOT HUH? FOUR PEOPLE IN ONE MONTH ALL MAINLY BEHIND ONE PERSON ...OKUBO. AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE ARE LEAVING WITH NO OTHER JOB OPPORTUNITIES JUST TO GET AWAY FROM ..OKUBO!! I GUESS IT DOESN'T MATTER TO YOU BECAUSE ALL EXPENSES ARE PAID FOR YOU GUYS, SO WHAT THE AMERICANS DO IS NOT AN ISSUE HUH? I COULD NOT HAVE PEOPLE'S WELL BEING ON MY CONSCIOUS BECAUSE YOU CHOSE NOT TO ADDRESS THE REAL PROBLEM..OKUBO!! FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND YOU SEEM LIKE A LIKEABLE PERSON BUT YOU REALLY NEED TO TONE OKUBO DOWN A NOTCH OR SIMPLY GET HIM A TICKET BACK TO JAPAN. POINT BLANK!! SAITO I WOULD ONLY HOPE THAT YOU ADDRESS THOSE PROBLEMS AT JP BEFORE THEY SNOW BALL TO A GREATER PROBLEM, USE YOUR AUTHORITY YOU ARE THE SUPERIOR!! OR IS OKUBO TRYING TO CONTROL YOU TO? SAITO, YOU NEVER KNOW HE MAY BE TRYING TO GET YOUR POSITION!! WATCH YOUR FREINDS, BUT WATCH YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER!! I UNDERSTAND THAT THE AMERICANS HAVE A SAYING " I WOULD FEED HIM WITH A LONG HANDLE SPOON" I SUGGEST YOU GET ONE OR SOME!!!! ....til next time
I believe the term is comptroller, tho he may be a controller as well.
Posted by: wro at June 2, 2004 06:49 PMwhoa, what a wacko. that's some strange stuff, abe.
Posted by: gosey at June 2, 2004 08:26 PMoh my word. sounds like a bewildering work environment. there's so much melodrama. who would have thought...a paper company? there's a movie or two in there somewhere.
to me, the emails look like they're written by a non-native english speaker.
Posted by: amy at June 2, 2004 10:06 PMdo we really have this saying?: I UNDERSTAND THAT THE AMERICANS HAVE A SAYING " I WOULD FEED HIM WITH A LONG HANDLE SPOON"
Posted by: natalie at June 3, 2004 10:13 AMWHAT'S WITH ALL THE YELLING????
Posted by: elsie at June 3, 2004 10:51 AMi thought it was 'comptroller', too. but his official title is 'assistant controller', which just means he's too young to be a full-blown controller.
i think the expressions are written like only an american could write, but i can't decide if the grammar problems are real or faked.
to me, they seem like they got drunk before they typed it.
Posted by: abe at June 3, 2004 01:42 PMHey Abe...
I thought I was the only one that worked for a company run by idiots. Of the original 32 employees that were there when I started 2 years ago... only 10 remain. Hope all is well in Okie land.
out from the woodwork of nowhere, indiana...
eric, good to hear from you. sounds like you need to make a change, post haste. i recommend pharmacy.
Posted by: abe at June 23, 2004 10:17 AM