Fighting for his rights might hurt his chances of advancement if it was known that he was labeled a trouble maker. I understood that he did not want to make waves and go to Human Resources. The manager got rid of the beard and did not fight it. Apparently, the executive did not like beards so he had them abolished from his domain. He was told by a higher level manager that having a beard was not acceptable and to get rid of it. To this day there still is no wording about facial hair. The company polices had been posted on line so they would be available to all employees when needed.
BARTLEBY THE SCRIVENER THEME CODE
The dress code did not have any requirements on hair or facial appearance. In fact one man had a very long ponytail. There was nothing unusual about having a beard. In other words, it was not scraggly or patchy in appearance. Sandy kept rambling about this topic until we got to our …show more content… It was coming in well. They are Chihuahuas which are vulnerable to birds of prey. She proceeded to tell both of us how she has to keep an eye on her dogs when she lets them out. I thought it was statement that was harmless. I mentioned that there was a hawk on one of the telephone lines and how amazing it was to see. An example would be when I was in a car with her and another manager. The second reason why she has put people off could be that she has the ability to turn any topic of conversation to be about her or say thing that should not be mentioned to people she does not know well. She does not assume that if someone needs to know the history of a problem that they would ask. They may want to avoid her droning on about concepts that are not necessary to rehash. Her tendency to provide background information when it was not necessary might have put some people off. The first reason could be that she has a habit of talking too much. There could have been at least two of the reasons she has been ostracized. No one has gone into her office just to chat. She has been excluded from many meetings and not invited to eat lunch with others from the area. At the main location there was a man, Woody, who had problems taking his …show more content… My manager, Sandy has been put into an exile within the department. The company was owned by two men and had five or six locations. In the 1980’s I worked for a local muffler company in the office. As the narrator tied to take care of Bartleby, I had an employer who tried to take care of employees who required special attention. Some of the themes can seem to overlap.Ĭompassion takes on many forms. It can be difficult to limit the number of themes in one paper. The story deals with compassion, conformity, isolation, duty, chain of command, walls of many forms, etc. Show More The story, Bartleby, The Scrivener, has many themes that can be seen in everyone’s work environment.