How do people celebrate
New Year around the world?
...in Taiwan?
Before we celebrate the Chinese
New Year, the boss in your company always treats his/her subordinates to
a big meal and a lottery game. The prizes of the lottery game range from
M. Benze to $50 gift certificates. Everyone wins a prize; in other words,
everyone wins at least fifty dollars.
It sounds fun, right? However,
there is one bad news I have to tell you. According to tradition, the boss
usually sets one whole, well-cooked chicken in the middle of the table.
After he finishes his speech, to show he appreciates everyone's effort
for the company in the past year, he rotates the table tray to show we
are able to start eating.
At that moment, you have
to make sure the chicken's head is not facing you. If it is, it means the
boss dislikes you, and you will be fired after the Chinese New Year. (Fred
Chen)
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