Question

Read the workplace dialogue. Identify inappropriate manners, language, and topics. Then answer the questions and rewrite the dialogue to fix the problems.
Workplace Dialogue
Boss: Good morning, and welcome to your first day on the job.
Employee: Yeah, guess I’m late, bro.
Boss: I’m your supervisor, Juan Delgado. I hired you based on your resume.
Employee: Hey, Juan, who’d you vote for in the last election?
Boss: This will be your desk. Please have a seat, and I’ll be back shortly to give you a tour.
Employee: Seriously, I gotta sit here? Where’s the coffee, dude?

What inappropriate workplace manners do you see in the dialogue?
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What inappropriate workplace language do you see in the dialogue?
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What topics in the dialogue are inappropriate for the workplace?
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Rewrite the dialogue to reflect appropriate workplace manners, language, and topics.
Boss: Good morning, and welcome to your first day on the job.
Employee: answer
Boss: I’m your supervisor, Juan Delgado. I hired you based on your resume.
Employee: answer
Boss: This will be your desk. Please have a seat, and I’ll be back shortly to give you a tour.
Employee: answer

Answer 1

What inappropriate workplace manners do you see in the dialogue?
- Overly familiar and disrespectful address of the supervisor ("bro," "dude").
- Casual, dismissive attitude about being late—no proper apology or brief explanation.
- Interrupting the supervisor on arrival with a personal/political question.
- Demanding tone and lack of basic workplace courtesy ("Seriously, I gotta sit here? Where’s the coffee, dude?").

What inappropriate workplace language do you see in the dialogue?
- Slang and crude informality ("bro," "dude," "gotta").
- Rude, brusque phrasing ("Seriously, I gotta…").
- Language that conveys entitlement rather than professionalism.

What topics in the dialogue are inappropriate for the workplace?
- Politics (asking who the supervisor voted for).
- Any personal, religious, or political questions about colleagues or supervisors are inappropriate in a professional arrival/conversation.

Rewritten dialogue (professional tone, appropriate manners and topics):

Boss: Good morning, and welcome to your first day on the job.
Employee: Good morning. I apologize for being a bit late — thank you for having me. I'm excited to get started.
Boss: I’m your supervisor, Juan Delgado. I hired you based on your resume.
Employee: Nice to meet you, Mr. Delgado. Thank you for the opportunity; I look forward to working with you.
Boss: This will be your desk. Please have a seat, and I’ll be back shortly to give you a tour.
Employee: Thank you. That works for me. Is there a break area or coffee station I should know about?