Lee Seo-jin and His Staff’s Brutally Honest Quotes—and the Realities of Dating as a Middle-Aged Single Man
\n Lee Seo-jin and the “Art of Saying No” Revealed by a Fleeing Secretary A secretary expected to accommodate a star’s every demand suddenly says, “I don’t think I can do this,” and runs off to the parking lot. In a typical variety show, dutifully serving the star to the very end might be portrayed as a virtue. But Lee Seo-jin of the SBS variety show Whatever You Want – Secretary Jin was different. In the episode featuring Seo In-young, he faced a tightly packed schedule and a series of demanding requests before honestly declaring his limits. Faced with tasks ranging from preparing for an underwear pictorial to handling every last detail, he said, “I can’t do this,” and walked away. The scene goes beyond being a simple source of laughter. That is because Lee Seo-jin’s role is no longer to be a secretary who will “do anything.” Rather than silently processing every request from the guest, he is closer to an observer who judges whether those demands have gone too...