it wasnt that she was unsociable she explained
she was sociableif she wished
on her own time
her manager sitting cross from
her in his office trying to rub the crease from his brow with his thumb gave
her a pained confused look
Howbout we try this on for
size she said
I
gave you my pitch
You hired me
For
a specific job
I do the workto a level exceeding your expectations
but my coworkers
feel
Im not sociable
Okay
I confess I have little concern
for punching a clock performing for others who have functions Ill assume to
provide for our employer who though absent
as they maybe are happy and arent
complaining about my efforts
he nodded though the pained look continued in his eyes
as if he were a longing puppy waiting for her to flip him the ribbone she
gnawed at at a barbecue in someones greenlawned backyard
not that she would give a dog a
bone
or
attend a barbecue other than she and her boyfriend had made together to share
he worked she worked
both
they often worked late
but neither tolerated office
politics to the detriment of their relationship
there was nothing untoward about
them
unless perhaps someone dared to accuse
them of being selfish of their time together
she pushed her rollered chair
back exacting a sharp metre
Then
If
there is nothing more Sir
I have
work accruing on my desk that others prefer I do because it might tax them
Not that they cant
Just that it
taxes them
Thats as much office politics as
I play
she was to her feet straightened
her skirt extended her hand to shake his without him rising while thanking him
for his valuable time
and gone
he wondered how that went
when
he had called their meeting
evening, Day-between-Two-Ts, 17 2.
16
2257, Friday,
19 2. 16
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