The girl bluntly ask the manager, who stop by for a dinner at this bar. She eat load fried while he only eat a hotdog.
"I actually never thought of that before I turned in the paper to head recruitment office. I often found myself in position when nobody really cares about work, even the top management teams seem to neglect the underlying issues, until a couple of weeks before handed over the product to customers"
He uses to work as a mechanic in production line for 10 years before moving up as manager. He knows when things are going south or which system suited best for the current trend. Somehow, his management approach towards people tend to build frustration for colleagues as much as those at the top. The reason why company held him until last summer is because his accumulate experience. "So you left because you don't get along with them?"
"Not exactly, I also got burnt out as well, but by the time I felt better, I was label as unfitting person for every companies I applied, so that when I realized I might actually be the lost causes"
He sigh as he finished the last piece of sausage, but his stomach still cries out.
"Please have my fried, I don't think I able to finish it"
The girl handover her plate to the man
"I don't think you are a lost cause, even though you unlucky to be in that environment, but you can still start again from scratch wasn't it, just like this plate. The bartender use a Japanese technique to make it usable again. I don't recall the name of it."
The girl pressing both index finder to her temple. "It call Kintsugi kid, and you the one who broke it remember last month"
His moody face made the girl felt bad and apologized again. The man let out a small laugh for the girl reaction. He takes out a small paper from his pocket and folds something.