Day 150: A Resignation Letter and the Landlord

Dialogue

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   C 보일러는 이제 다 고쳤어요. 온수도 잘 나올 거예요. 그런데 수진 씨 표정이 왜 그래요?

   Boilleoneun ije da gochyeosseoyo. Onsudo jal naol geoyeyo. Geureonde Sujin ssi pyojeongi wae geuraeyo?

   The boiler's all fixed. The hot water should run fine now. But Sujin, why the long face?

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   A 아, 사장님. 별거 아니에요. 그냥 사직서를 쓰고 있었어요.

   A, sajangnim. Byeolgeo anieyo. Geunyang sajikseoreul sseugo isseosseoyo.

   Oh, it's nothing. I was just writing my resignation letter.

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   C 사직서요? 별거 아닌 게 아닌데요. 회사에 무슨 일 있어요?

   Sajikseoyo? Byeolgeo anin ge anindeyo. Hoesae museun il isseoyo?

   A resignation letter? That's not nothing. Did something happen at work?

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   B 수진이네 팀장이 너무해요. 밤 열 시에 보고서를 다시 써 오라고 하고, 회의 때마다 사람들 앞에서 망신을 줘요.

   Sujinine timjangi neomuhaeyo. Bam yeol sie bogoseoreul dasi sseo orago hago, hoeui ttaemada saramdeul apeseo mangsineul jwoyo.

   Sujin's team leader is awful. He tells her to redo reports at ten at night and humiliates her in front of everyone at every meeting.

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   A 예린아, 사장님 앞에서 창피하게 왜 그래.

   Yerina, sajangnim apeseo changpihage wae geurae.

   Yerin, why are you embarrassing me in front of Mr. Kang?

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   B 창피할 게 뭐 있어. 너 요즘 잠도 못 자잖아. 나는 당장 그만두는 게 맞다고 봐.

   Changpihal ge mwo isseo. Neo yojeum jamdo mot jajana. Naneun dangjang geumanduneun ge matdago bwa.

   What's embarrassing about it? You can't even sleep these days. I think you should quit right now.

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   C 제가 회사에서 이십 년 동안 팀을 맡아 봐서 아는데, 그런 상사 밑에서 버티기가 정말 힘들죠.

   Jega hoesaeseo isip nyeon dongan timeul mata bwaseo aneunde, geureon sangsa miteseo beotigiga jeongmal himdeuljyo.

   I ran teams at a company for twenty years, so I know. It's really hard to hang on under a boss like that.

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   A 사장님도 회사에 다니셨어요? 그럼 저 같은 부하 직원도 많이 보셨겠네요.

   Sajangnimdo hoesae danisyeosseoyo? Geureom jeo gateun buha jigwondo mani bosyeotgenneyo.

   You worked at a company too? Then you must have seen lots of employees like me.

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   C 많이 봤죠. 옛날에는 저도 후배들한테 회사 생활은 버티기 나름이라고 했어요. 그런데 지금 생각해 보면 반만 맞는 말이었어요.

   Mani bwatjyo. Yennareneun jeodo hubaedeulhante hoesa saenghwareun beotigi nareumirago haesseoyo. Geureonde jigeum saenggakae bomyeon banman manneun marieosseoyo.

   Plenty. In the old days I used to tell juniors that office life is all about how well you hold out. But looking back, that was only half true.

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    B 거 봐. 사장님도 무조건 참으라는 건 아니잖아.

    Geo bwa. Sajangnimdo mujogeon chameuraneun geon anijana.

    See? Even Mr. Kang isn't saying you have to put up with it no matter what.

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    C 몸이 망가질 정도면 떠나는 게 맞아요. 다만 홧김에 사직서를 내면 나중에 후회하기 쉬워요.

    Momi manggajil jeongdomyeon tteonaneun ge majayo. Daman hwatgime sajikseoreul naemyeon najunge huhoehagi swiwoyo.

    If it's wrecking your health, leaving is right. But if you hand in your letter in a fit of anger, you're likely to regret it later.

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    A 저도 그게 걱정이에요. 경력이 이제 삼 년인데, 여기서 그만두면 이직할 때 끈기가 없어 보일까 봐요.

    Jeodo geuge geokjeongieyo. Gyeongnyeogi ije sam nyeoninde, yeogiseo geumandumyeon ijikal ttae kkeungiga eopseo boilkka bwayo.

    That's what worries me too. I've only got three years' experience, and if I quit now, I'm afraid I'll look like I have no staying power when I look for a new job.

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    B 처음 몇 달은 불안할 테지만, 끈기는 무슨. 요즘 누가 그런 걸 따져? 삼 년이면 충분히 버틴 거야.

    Cheoeum myeot dareun buranhal tejiman, kkeungineun museun. Yojeum nuga geureon geol ttajyeo? Sam nyeonimyeon chungbunhi beotin geoya.

    The first few months will be nerve-racking, but staying power? Please. Who cares about that these days? Three years means you've held out plenty.

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    C 면접관들이 물어보기는 할 테지만, 이유를 차분하게 설명할 수 있으면 문제없어요.

    Myeonjeopgwandeuri mureobogineun hal tejiman, iyureul chabunhage seolmyeonghal su isseumyeon munjeeopseoyo.

    Interviewers will probably ask, but if you can explain the reason calmly, it's not a problem.

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    A 그럼 사장님이라면 어떻게 하시겠어요?

    Geureom sajangnimiramyeon eotteoke hasigesseoyo?

    So what would you do in my place?

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    C 저라면 사직서는 서랍에 넣어 두고, 인사팀에 부서 이동부터 요청해 볼 거예요. 팀장이 문제지, 일 자체가 싫은 건 아니죠?

    Jeoramyeon sajikseoneun seorabe neoeo dugo, insatime buseo idongbuteo yocheonghae bol geoyeyo. Timjangi munjeji, il jachega sireun geon anijyo?

    If it were me, I'd put the letter in a drawer and ask HR for a transfer first. It's the team leader that's the problem, not the work itself, right?

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    B 그러다 이동도 안 시켜 주면요? 그동안 수진이만 계속 힘들잖아요.

    Geureoda idongdo an sikyeo jumyeonyo? Geudongan Sujiniman gyesok himdeuljanayo.

    And if they won't transfer her? She just keeps suffering in the meantime.

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    C 그러니까 기한을 정해야지요. 석 달 안에 달라지는 게 없으면 그때는 미련 없이 떠나는 거예요. 그동안 이직 준비도 해 두고요.

    Geureonikka gihaneul jeonghaeyajiyo. Seok dal ane dallajineun ge eopseumyeon geuttaeneun miryeon eopsi tteonaneun geoyeyo. Geudongan ijik junbido hae dugoyo.

    That's why you set a deadline. If nothing changes in three months, you leave with no regrets. And get ready to change jobs in the meantime.

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    A 석 달이면 해 볼 만하네요. 그동안 어떻게 버틸지는 제 마음먹기 나름이겠죠. 예린아, 어떻게 생각해?

    Seok darimyeon hae bol manhaneyo. Geudongan eotteoke beotiljineun je maeummeokgi nareumigetjyo. Yerina, eotteoke saenggakae?

    Three months, I can do. How I get through it is up to me, I suppose. Yerin, what do you think?

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    B 네가 괜찮다면 나도 찬성. 그 석 달 동안 힘든 날은 치킨 시켜 놓고 팀장 흉이나 실컷 보자.

    Nega gwaenchantamyeon nado chanseong. Geu seok dal dongan himdeun nareun chikin sikyeo noko timjang hyungina silkeot boja.

    If you're okay with it, I'm in. For those three months, on the bad days we'll order fried chicken and badmouth your team leader to our hearts' content.

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    C 좋은 친구를 두셨네요. 그리고 보일러가 또 고장 나면 참지 말고 바로 연락해요. 버티는 것도 적당히 해야지요.

    Joeun chingureul dusyeonneyo. Geurigo boilleoga tto gojang namyeon chamji malgo baro yeollakaeyo. Beotineun geotdo jeokdanghi haeyajiyo.

    You've got a good friend there. And if the boiler breaks again, don't put up with it, call me right away. There's a limit to how much you should hold out.

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