by klondike mary » Thu Jul 23, 2020 2:19 am
Red-carpet treatment = relative to the treatment usually reserved to him? I mean, had he been always badly treated, for him red-carpet treatment would have simply meant "being treated normally".[b]He is being treated neither better or worse than before, simply different in one particular way.[/b]Is red-carpet treatment metaphorical?[b]No, literal.[/b]I.e. it means a good action/ something to honor him? Does it deal with: offering something? Having the coffee on the desk? Let him do something he was not allowed to do otherwise? Feeding an animal? Offering as volunteer? Let him do more job than usual?[b]All n.r.[/b]
It wasn't exactly the perk he might have imagined --> did he expect a perk?[b]No.[/b]Did he expect something different? Did he feel: embarrassed? Neutral? annoyed?[b]Neutreal to very slightly annoyed.[/b]Bored? sad? angry?
Did colleagues reserved him the red-carpet treatment? Did they think he would have appreciated it? Was it a joke? A ritual that colleagues had?[b]No to all.[/b]
Relevant his work? pink collar? White collar? Blue collar? [b]This.[/b]Does he work in food industry? [b]Yopish.[/b]Health care? Entertainment? Office? Bank? Hotel? Cinema? As an actor? With technology? animals? Circus?
Was it his first day at work? Is there a reason why he received the red-carpet treatment? Birthday? A special occasion for him? Nothing special?[b]Nothing special, everyday happening.[/b]
Did the red carpet treatment begin as soon as he exited his house? when he arrived at work? [b]This.[/b]In the elevator? As soon as he saw a collegue (did he see one?)? As soon as he started working? After work? In the morning? During a pause? Coffee relevant?
Is it some compensation going on? I mean, for instance colleagues/his relatives gave him a cake for his birthday that he had to eat alone in the office since he had a lot of work to do and could not spend his birthday with family?[b]No.[/b]
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