curmudgeons

If all this makes curmudgeons sound tough to please , that 's because they usually are .

如果这些建议让性情乖戾者听起来难以被取悦，那是因为他们通常本来就难以被取悦。

Curmudgeons , look away now : consumers bought 16m tablet computers last year and 15m of them were iPads .

容易生气的人现在可以把视线移开了：消费者去年购买了1600万台平板电脑，其中1500万台是iPad。

And that 's not all : Even if someone else in the organization does hire you , " curmudgeons will not give you a fair chance to prove yourself . "

这还不够：即便公司的其他人把你招了进去，“乖戾的领导也不会给你一个公平的机会来证明自己。”

So what does it take to impress these folks , who may well be " executives in their forties who have every appearance of being open-minded and cool ," but are in truth closeted curmudgeons ?

所以，应该怎么做才能打动这些家伙呢，这些很可能在四十多岁时就担任高管，表面上显得无比开明和优秀，私下里实际上却十分乖戾的人？

So what does it take to impress these folks , who may well be " executives in their forties who have every appearance of being open-minded and cool , " but are in truth closeted curmudgeons ?

所以，应该怎么做才能打动这些家伙呢，这些很可能“在四十多岁时就担任高管，表面上显得无比开明和优秀”，私下里实际上却十分乖戾的人？

Moreover , " when the curmudgeons in your life were twenty-two , most of them found that getting started in the job market was characterized by low pay , boring entry-level work , [ and ] little job security ," he writes .

他写道，此外，许多乖戾者二十二岁毕业，在就业市场找工作时，等待他们的只有薪酬微薄且枯燥乏味的低级工作，也几乎没有就业保障。

Moreover , " when the curmudgeons in your life were twenty-two , most of them found that getting started in the job market was characterized by low pay , boring entry-level work , [ and ] little job security , " he writes .

他写道，此外，“许多乖戾者二十二岁毕业，在就业市场找工作时，等待他们的只有薪酬微薄且枯燥乏味的低级工作，也几乎没有就业保障。”