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The Premise is wrong

I starting watching MyMister based on its outstanding reviews. Every review I read were impressive. I admit that I only watched the first two episodes. The reason for this is because the premise of the show is way off. In every other K-drama, a temporary worker goes out of his/her way to keep their job in the hopes of becoming a permanent employee. Also, because there are hundreds or even thousands who would love to take her job. She knows this. And of course management knows it too. In My Mister, Ji An, IU's character is a temp in a large company. She is in desperate need of money to pay off a loan shark. Yet, she acts totally indifferent to her job and her fellow workers. Even to management. Everyone, even her superiors act like she owns the company. They let her continue her moody attitude without any corrections or scolding, They treat her like she is irreplaceable. That's not how it should be. Since I didn't not keep watching I can only speculate. But this unusual treatment of Ji An is the basis for what happens to her and the other characters from what the synopsis says. This was too unrealistic to me so I dropped the show. Based on the reviews, I dropped a "masterpiece." But I hate when a show has to make too many concessions to reality for the show to progress to where the writers want it to go. I just felt that was what was happening in the first episodes of MyMister.

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