AirAsia boss Tony Fernandes apologises after Thai CEO hurls F-bomb at female colleague in online meeting

[Dogmatix]

4 minutes ago, Oww said:

She didn't cry. She kept her composure and continued delivering actual information. 

Didn't hear the arrogant Thai, Dutch <deleted> say one intelligent thing. Disgusting, pathetic and all too typical here. 

I agree the lady took it well.  By the way Fernandez and the others were smirking and sniggering, it looks like they are used to such obnoxious behaviour and bullying from Tossaporn and tolerate it.

[Dogmatix]

5 hours ago, DaLa said:

I run a company out here in LoS with my wife. The 2 of us have complete and full control and make numerous decisions on a daily basis. On rare occasions a ‘strong’ word needs to be inserted to gain each others attention.

 

Many years ago I was employed in an office of 5 women and myself, sole male. The language was one continuous expletive and one particular woman’s language had been notorious within the company for the previous 20 years. We had a re-shuffle and I was made her manager and told under no uncertain terms that her language was unacceptable. After all that time it suddenly became a major issue and I was then tasked with resolving her ‘problem’. Having been employed in the Steel and Construction industry I was willing to accept that some people communicate in that way. Alas, along with no drinking during the day or approaching Dorothy in accounts with ‘sweetheart can you get me lasts months ledger out’ most companies have now fallen under the spell of the (mainly female) ‘Human Resources’.

 

My company doesn’t have a HR department and I have a business partner that’s drama free; unless it warrants it.

 

555.  It reminds me that my former chairman once came back from a trip to New York where he was negotiating a deal with a top US financial institution. The guy doing most of the talking is now a white haired gentleman who heads up one of America's largest banks.  My chairman was getting frustrated with his bombastic style of using f words as virtually every other word and banging the table.  So he said, "J if you will only stop banging the table and cut out the f words, we might be able to figure out what you are talking about."   We eventually got a better one from the Dutch and ditched the yanks. 

[SomchaiCNX]

4 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

What is your point, do you want a medal?

I have a couple medals but not for this kind of stuff. According to the snowflakes nowadays, we white hetero male above 50 are the cause of all problems in this world . I respect each individual. The only reason Mr. Fernandes apologize is because being afraid to lose customers. It was a private company meeting and the lady did not seem to be offended. But yet again the supporter of Antifa, BLM , me Too are. They forget that the well mannered CEO in most companies will have no problem to fire thousands of people just to please his chairman and shareholders. I prefer to work in a working environment where the F. thing is not a problem.  

 

 

[SomchaiCNX]

7 hours ago, Salerno said:

I think this makes it quite plainly:

 

 

THink whatever you want Salerno. The girl still visit me every time she is in the country. 

[Puccini]

9 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

 

Queue the Isaan maid in blackface.

 

Clean up on aisle, well FD only flies single-aisle so, that one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I can't make sense of the above. Can you explain what you are trying to say?

[monty1412]

wow .. just watched it on you tube and that was so wrong in so many ways ...... poor management skills but then again I dint think most management in Thailand is very endowed with  true performance management skills....

 

[Bluespunk]

2 hours ago, BritManToo said:

But she did damage to the company by arranging for it to be spread on Facebook.

Good for her if she did so, but can you prove she arranged anything?

Edited July 29, 2021 by Bluespunk

[Puccini]

6 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

...This tossapon chap has FAILED EPICALLY and in full public view...

The first paragraph of the OP calls it a "virtual town hall meeting", but was this online meeting really accessible to the public at large?

[RobU]

Watching the video the woman was woffling and he warned her to 'get to the point'. He became frustrated that she took absolutely no notice of him and used bad language to shut her up. OK i agree it was not nice but his time is very valuable and he want's to get the job done. It is people like her who create complexity where there is none and therefore cost the end user money because this cost time has to be passed on to the customer. There is this idea that one has to be bland and never show any upset at senior levels, but the most dynamic and progressive people tend to use politically incorrect language because they are concentrating on doing the job rather than saying the right thing. I have worked in senior management it used to be robust and you held your own or left. This lady should leave and find a company that will tolerate such time wasting, which I severely doubt she will find another job after this publication of her behaviour

[RJRS1301]

33 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

Good for her if she did so, but can you prove she arranged anything?

The company with its very ordinary performances and service, is doing enough damage to itself, the woman has not done  it any disservice at all.

 

[Puccini]

3 hours ago, BritManToo said:

But she did damage to the company by arranging for it to be spread on Facebook.

Is that what she did, spread it on Facebook? I see no mention of Facebook, neither in the OP nor in the news article of which the first three paragraphs are quoted in the OP.

[Bluespunk]

2 minutes ago, RJRS1301 said:

The company with its very ordinary performances and service, is doing enough damage to itself, the woman has not done  it any disservice at all.

 

I never said she had

[Puccini]

3 hours ago, BritManToo said:

But she did damage to the company by arranging for it to be spread on Facebook.

Is that what she did, spread it on Facebook? I see no mention of Facebook, neither in the OP nor in the news article of which the first three paragraphs are quoted in the OP.

[Puccini]

3 hours ago, Oww said:

She didn't cry. She kept her composure and continued delivering actual information. 

Didn't hear the arrogant Thai, Dutch <deleted> say one intelligent thing. Disgusting, pathetic and all too typical here. 

Who was the Dutch <deleted> in that online meeting?

 

Edited July 29, 2021 by Puccini

[Oww]

1 hour ago, SomchaiCNX said:

I have a couple medals but not for this kind of stuff. According to the snowflakes nowadays, we white hetero male above 50 are the cause of all problems in this world . I respect each individual. The only reason Mr. Fernandes apologize is because being afraid to lose customers. It was a private company meeting and the lady did not seem to be offended. But yet again the supporter of Antifa, BLM , me Too are. They forget that the well mannered CEO in most companies will have no problem to fire thousands of people just to please his chairman and shareholders. I prefer to work in a working environment where the F. thing is not a problem.  

 

 

The only snowflake I see is Fernandes who should have torn that A-hole a new one! 

[rcuthbert]

She should  laughed it off. In other words - she should  have acted  like a man....

LOL.

[Rampant Rabbit]

13 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I watched that video and it seems she talks and talks and talks and it all doesn't make sense. It's not surprising that someone tells her to get to the point. 

And maybe she did this several times or for even longer than the video.

Yes, the guy should not have used the f-word. 

But she should come to the f$#$# point and not waste everybody's time.

Sounds like  my  Wife,  looking for a YES/NO  answer  will  get you 10  minutes of  meaningless  drivel about everything under the sun EXCEPT the question you asked,  often as simple as  do they have it in RED.......... Answer  will be along the lines of "not  sure" or they got  Blue, or what  size blah  blah,

[chalawaan]

F-yeah. Go Tony!

[Oww]

4 hours ago, Puccini said:

Who was the Dutch <deleted> in that online meeting?

 

The arrogant Thai foul mouth is apparently part Dutch. 

[tingtong]

17 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I watched that video and it seems she talks and talks and talks and it all doesn't make sense. It's not surprising that someone tells her to get to the point. 

And maybe she did this several times or for even longer than the video.

Yes, the guy should not have used the f-word. 

But she should come to the f$#$# point and not waste everybody's time.

If a male employee gets this comment from the CEO, there is applauses...from females too.

Blatant double standards.

[NanLaew]

18 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

19 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

Fire him!

What he said and also take away his pension plan.

What's the name for the compulsion to publically vocalize one's feelings of being offended on behalf of someone who you don't know alegedly being offended over two weeks ago?

 

What's the name of the mystery female who was alegedly offended over two weeks ago?

Edited July 29, 2021 by NanLaew

[NanLaew]

6 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

6 hours ago, RJRS1301 said:

The company with its very ordinary performances and service, is doing enough damage to itself, the woman has not done  it any disservice at all.

 

I never said she had

Maybe that's because she prattles on endlessly and can't get to the point?

[Bluespunk]

21 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

Maybe that's because she prattles on endlessly and can't get to the point?

Nope. 
 

And what exactly has your comment got to do with my post?

Edited July 29, 2021 by Bluespunk

[RobU]

16 hours ago, tonray said:

My GF works in a large retail concern whom I won't name here...while what you say is very true...the worst offenders are the female middle managers who can be absolutely ruthless to staff because they've sold out to the guys above them and become their foot soldiers.

That was my experience in the NHS the female managers tended to be domineering any often bullying whilst the male managers who are less than 20% of all managers in the NHS, had to watch their p's and q's. How do you get rid of 50% of the competition (men), make it impossible for them to speak for fear of being accused of discrimination. I worked in the same office with 3 female managers who constantly used such expletives and told coarse jokes but then I made the mistake of doing the same just once and was immediately threatened with being reported.