Citation
Catt, G. (2004), "The tears of a sensitive man", Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Vol. 17 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/aaaj.2004.05917aae.002
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2004, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
The tears of a sensitive man
Graham CattSuperPartners
the man is weepinghis tears splashonto files and spreadsheetsstain the company’s reputationcolleagues whisper and giggleas he dabs at his eyes with a tieand his business suit shuddershis employers dismiss himthey’re outsourcing sentimentcannot market his emotionwhile his wife is embarrasseddivorces herself from sensitivitytells him that real men don’t crythe meaning of all thingsis questioned, overturnedis he mad, a freak, a museum piece?they place him in a glass casewith a brass plaque that reads:beware the tears of a sensitive manthey fall like bombs, explode upon impact(from Shooting Stars, Ginninderra Press, Canberra)