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《365个英语小故事》:实用简洁的小故事，都是日常生活小故事，在学习英语的同时了解美国文化，循序渐进，轻松掌握。 He was in his 60s. He was short, fat, and arrogant. He was the plant manager, the supervisor, the boss! His name was Tom. He relished every minute of his power. He yelled at the employees. He called them names. He smoked daily, even though it was against the law to smoke in the workplace. He didnt care. As the license plate on his car said, he was The Boss. California is an at will state. That means that your employer can let you go for no reason or almost any reason . You can take your firing to court if it involves discriminationsexism, racism, or ageism. However, even if you were discriminated against, proving it in court is difficult. Tom considered himself a macho man. He did not know that his employees considered him a jerk. They made fun of him behind his back. They called him Tommy Troll because he was short and mean and had no manners. Never once had anyone heard Tom use the words Please, Thank You, Excuse Me, or Im Sorry. Everyone wanted to attend his funeral. But that wasnt going to happen soon. After his last physical, he presented his blood test report at a weekly staff meeting. Every item on that report was within the acceptable range. The doctor said Ill live to be 100, he said proudly, immediately depressing most of the employees. | 
