Even if you call it a 'voice from above,' there are all sorts of them😅
Hello, this is Satsumimi.
By the way,
I can't play the piano, but I love watching and listening to people play, and in fact, I often watch such videos on YouTube♪
However, as is the way of the world...
Even if a pianist YouTuber uploads a song they composed themselves and I am incredibly moved by it, there will always be pros and consborn on the other side of the screen💦
From self-proclaimed pianists,
"Still lacking in ability"
No, no, no,
"It was very wonderful"
What does this mean?🙄
Naturally, 'pros and cons' refers to the existence of both favorable and unfavorable opinions, but it can also refer to a situation where no conclusion is reached as to which is correct.
However,
The person who posted it has also been playing the piano for over 20 years and had a fair amount of confidence, so they felt "Is that really true?" regarding the negative opinions, and when they went out of their way to have a famous person listen to it...
To my surprise, it did not receive their seal of approval.😱
Sigh...
It's quite a tough world.
It's the same at work; sometimes opinions are divided on a topic, and while it's usually decided by a majority vote in accordance with democracy, in reality, it's often decided instantly by the final word from above from someone in a position of authority. 😅
When you look into the content, surprisingly, it can sometimes be:
・Personal likes or dislikes regarding the content
・Personal likes or dislikes regarding the people
・Guessing what someone wants (sontaku)
And in fact,
At my company, it was customary to create a slogan based on a set theme once a year. It would go through a first and second round of selection, voted on by committee members, managers, and executives, narrowing it down to the final ten. Usually, it would be decided by the most votes in a final runoff, but...
“I’ve always liked this phrase! 💗”
With that one word from the president, it was decided as the winner, even though it had the fewest votes. I was told this as a behind-the-scenes story by my boss later.
Before that president, it seems there was an unspoken rule that the president wouldn't interfere, but for some reason, back then, two women from a certain department would take turns winning every year...
“That was a rigged game. 🤔”
In the past, it was not only whispered convincingly that decisions were made based on the managing director's favorites, but I also heard it loud and clear.
Seriously...
I think it also has to do with the fact that he was originally the direct supervisor of that department, but is this what you call favoritism?
I don't have any particular literary talent, so I didn't pay much attention to it, but it's true that things like this don't just happen in dramas. Well, there's no proof, but I can definitely smell something fishy going on.
I, who only made it to the final selection once, was told by my boss,
I cast my vote for you, Satsumimi😊
Oh, thank you very much😊
I see...
It is certainly nice to hear♪
But, I had no idea what the president's favorite words were💦
Wait a minute, though.
I wonder what the two female employees from that department thought when the president changed at the general meeting and they suddenly stopped being named for awards. Regardless of whether the situation reached their ears, they might have vaguely suspected that it wasn't really an evaluation of the content, right?
Were they actually happy at the time?
Well, I suppose they were happy since there was prize money involved...🙄
But just because you weren't chosen as the one and only person
doesn't necessarily mean you have no talent----
Exactly.
Returning to the pianist YouTuber, after receiving criticism from a prominent figure, they made adjustments, and when they had them listen again later,
"It's good👍"
they received their stamp of approval.
Seeing them so overjoyed they could jump for joy, it looked like they had regained some of the confidence they had been losing, and it felt like the fruit of honest effort✨✨
Surely, even if it is called 'a word from the top,' there was no favoritism or bias there; it might have been joy born from receiving appropriate advice afterward and facing it sincerely~
By the way,
"A word from the top"is
a term that means a person in authority makes a statement that overrides the opinions or discussions of many others to reach a conclusion.
Well, there are various reasons for that...
By the way
as for its synonym,
there is 'a sparrow's thousand calls, a crane's single call.' 'A sparrow's thousand calls, a crane's single call' means that one word from a superior person is better than a thousand words from a trivial person.
That way of putting it💦
But, well, logically speaking, I suppose that's true...
The end
Today's summary
'There are different kinds of cranes'.
It seems there are seven species of cranes living in Japan, but they look good, sound good, and they really do have an auspicious image, don't they?✨✨
But I think there are even more living out there if you add 'a single call' to them😅
Come to think of it
I once thought that if I became a selection committee member for a slogan contest, I could see the behind-the-scenes of the selection process, so I plotted—or rather, I secretly planned to run for it...
However, due to the unspoken rule of rotation, someone else was chosen, and my wings were clipped without a fight💦💦
Grrr
I empathize! I've had that happen too! If you found this relatable or interesting, please
give it a like♡ and follow me, I would really appreciate it🙇
I am very much looking forward to your comments😄