Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Salaryman Kintaro Pamphlet




I found this pamphlet at one of the hospitals recently. It asks "What if Salaryman Kintarou was the president of Chuushou Kigyou" (small and medium-sized businesses). (I don't know if this refers to a specific company name in the manga, since I've never read it, or if it's just "a small business"). Either way, the story, for what it is, has one of Kintarou's employees complaining of various health ailments, but refusing to go to a hospital to find out what's wrong, and Kintarou berating the man for being stupid. The main point is that if the employee dies from something, it has a negative impact on company productivity, and that everyone that knows him will be sad.



In the end, the guy gets treated, and thanks Kintarou for being so concerned about the company's bottom line like that (I'm paraphrasing). Kintarou then tells the reader to go to the hospital for regular checkups.

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