So a co-worker of mine recently retired after working at the company for 36 years. I remember when I first met him eight years ago. He was one of three Oracle developers that they called the three Ps because their first names all started with the letter P. They all had similar profiles: older men close to reitirement that had all worked for the company for at least twenty years. In other words they were untouchable due to strong French labor laws.
This is actually a very important point for those who have to work with them. Because they're untouchable you had to make do with their eccentricities. Like for example one refuses to speak English despite the fact that the official language of my company is English. Another comes in at eleven and then goes to lunch at noon so really if you need to get something done by him you have to wait till the afternoon. The other one is so temperamental he once hit me on the head with a pen (true story).
It sounds incredible but it's true. And why wouldn't it be? One of the 3Ps started out at the company loading paper into delivery trucks at the age of 16. So after forty plus years with the company he has to learn to speak English so he can work with the new American girl? He's probably thinking learn French stupid American girl so you can work with me, I've been here since before you were born.
Ah the 3Ps. I had a hard time at first but in the end they have somehow endured themselves to me. They're of a different era, an era where the person counts more than company policy and where being old doesn't mean being marginalized.
This is actually a very important point for those who have to work with them. Because they're untouchable you had to make do with their eccentricities. Like for example one refuses to speak English despite the fact that the official language of my company is English. Another comes in at eleven and then goes to lunch at noon so really if you need to get something done by him you have to wait till the afternoon. The other one is so temperamental he once hit me on the head with a pen (true story).
It sounds incredible but it's true. And why wouldn't it be? One of the 3Ps started out at the company loading paper into delivery trucks at the age of 16. So after forty plus years with the company he has to learn to speak English so he can work with the new American girl? He's probably thinking learn French stupid American girl so you can work with me, I've been here since before you were born.
Ah the 3Ps. I had a hard time at first but in the end they have somehow endured themselves to me. They're of a different era, an era where the person counts more than company policy and where being old doesn't mean being marginalized.
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