Reciprocal Relationship Analysis

As we learned in class, key relationships people have in their lives could be identified as non-reciprocal relationships or reciprocal relationships. In the following paragraphs, I will detail the relationship between me and my landlord, Ms. L, which is a good example of the reciprocal relationship, and my relationship with my previous manager, Mr. Q, which well represents those non-reciprocal relationships I have in my life. Also, I will further evaluate my roles in those two relationships. The concept of ‘reciprocal relationship’ refers to relationships which develop with agreements ‘which rights and responsibilities are divided’ (Colangelo, 2018). People who involve in this type of relationships respect their partner and share decision
L’s daily living status by following her routines. I avoided to stay up or wake up too late, because Ms. L began her day in early morning. When I arrived home earlier than her, I cleaned snow on driveway, let her dogs out, took care of dogs until she arrived home. I tried to provide support when she needed. I tried to help her to clean the snow on driveway at night. After I knew she would have a busy schedule, I asked if she need anything before I left for shopping. I help her to package up, and I moved heavy things to right places for her. When she had problems with electronic products, I helped her to fix them. There were several times her son visited us with his big Kin Shepherd. I brought her small dog to my room and took care of him. We celebrated her birthday and Christmas together, and I prepared gifts for her. Also, I introduced Chinese culture to Ms. L. We celebrated Chinese holidays and shared Chinese food
We received an urgent request which need my supervisor to confirm. I tried my best to contact my supervisor, but I didn’t get any feedback. I reported the issue to Mr. Q immediately, while he seems was busy dealing with something else. Mr. Q came to me half hour later, and he asked if I heard anything from my supervisor. I told him that I was keep calling my supervisor, and I didn’t know what happened or where she is. Mr. Q suddenly got mad at me. He threw all documents on my desk, yelled at me in front of group people and asked me to find my supervisor, to ‘fix it’. I was shock, and I was mad. At that moment I didn’t say anything or acting out. I thought like he experienced a burnout or something bad. I kind waited for an explanation or an apology, but I got nothing. I left the job one month