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Originally Posted by knighty
Brutal!.....in the past 20 years i have worked in the automotive and motorsports R&D industry with all manner of nationalities.....many individuals could be labelled as stubborn, a scottish guy and Portuguese guy in particular drove me up the wall, but i would not therefore label all scots and Portuguese as stubborn, the individuals concerned were just "girls front bottoms"......i have said it before and ill say it again, in the asia region ageism is rife, once an engineers older boss says it is to be done a certain way, the engineer dare not question his elders instruction, its as simple as that.
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Ageism:noun
1. discrimination against persons of a certain
age group.
2. a tendency to regard older persons as debilitated, unworthy of attention, or unsuitable for employment.
I think subservient or obeisant is what you are looking for Knighty.
Anyway, I guess it's time for Honda to fire Captain Mainwaring's butt and move on!