{"id":24056,"date":"2022-12-03T13:59:14","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T12:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=24056"},"modified":"2022-12-09T07:35:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T06:35:53","slug":"man-wins-after-being-fired-for-not-being-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2022\/12\/man-wins-after-being-fired-for-not-being-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Wins after Being Fired for Not Being Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

B2 – Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are employees who decide to have some good times to ease themselves from a long-day of working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of them plan for team building activities or have after-work drinks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, what if an employee does not join in any of these activities? Is it right to fire him for being ‘boring’?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read this article to know about this issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Do you think that it was only right to fire Mr. T for being boring? Explain.<\/li>
  2. Will you consider your co-worker as “boring” when he\/she does not join in team building activities? Explain.<\/li>
  3. What do you think of the team building activities in your company?<\/li>
  4. What do you think about going out for drinks every week with co-workers? Is it a good idea?<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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