Employee saves her company from signing a deal with shady business after overhearing them conspire in another language: 'Do not scheme people and talk about it in another language, they might understand it'

Never underestimate the assistant in the room. First of all, you never know just how intelligent and capable they might be, but also, you never know if the roles will be reversed one day, and you may find yourself answering to them. 

The truth of the matter is that assistants see, hear, and digest more than most employees in an office environment. They might even hear confidential conversations that they weren't necessarily "meant" to overhear. Keep scrolling below to see how this assistant's understanding of Serbian slang proved to be very useful when it came to a pending business deal!

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