Author: Kazuo Ishiguro
Most irritating of traits in an employer – inconsistency
‘My, my, Stevens. A lady-friend. And at your age.’
For it was then that I felt the first healthy flush of anticipation for the many interesting experiences I know these days ahead hold in store for me.
What you mean by “professionalism”. It appears to mean getting one’s way by cheating and manipulating. It means ordering one’s priorities according to greed and advantage rather than the desire to see goodness and justice prevail in the world.
There, that’s all my high principles amount
Whenever I thought of leaving, I just saw myself going out there and finding nobody who knew or cared about me. There, that’s all my high principles amount
‘When are they not, Mr Stevens?
The hard reality is, surely, that for the likes of you and me, there is little choice other than to leave our fate, ultimately, in the hands of those great gentlemen at the hub of this world who employ our services.