he worked produce at the market
when he applied for the job he
told the manager he preferred produce because he was really good working with fruits
and vegetables had been all his life
the manager looked down at his
resume
I don’t see you worked at a market before . . I see you were a senior
customercare representative.
Yes
I worked frontline with the public he smiled quickly the
man had no sense of humour he wanted to
grab him by the collarshake him scream
Deduce
its never any fun explaining a
joke
Yah Ive worked with the public most of my life
Can you lift fifty pounds?
I can
I like what I see when can you
start?
When would you like me to start
Tomorrow.
evidently the HELP WANTED sign should have read NEED HELP NOW!
it wasnt a week before he was
brought to the store managers attention by the produce manager
I caught him changing signs in
the Organic vegetable shelves and bins. He said he was using initiative. And it
was commonsensical.
Did he bring it to your attention
first?
He did, but I thought he was joking.
He wasn’t joking.
No. Apparently not.
the store manager fingered the
placards his new-hire took the initiative to make they were well-executed utilised the same font though smaller
mulled over in his mind why the hire saidreferred to them as stimuli subliminal would work on the customer at a new different level would definitely move more Organic products
Thank you. Have him come in.
Would you like me to stay?
No. You’ve told me what I needed
to know, thank you.
the produce manager stepped out
Lance will see you.
Thank you
he enteredimmediately extended his hand as he walkedup on the desk Lance sat behind
Don getup
setting the placards down he took
his handshake
Theyre good arent they had a friend accent them a subtle flourish a touch more exotic she followed my suggestion evince quiet eroticism
She crushed it
You understand we can’t use these
in the store.
I don Its marketing Sex sells
Anything posted in the store has
to be approved by corporate.
Corporate
A panel An individual
Your boss at corporate
My boss is your boss.
Yare my boss corporate isnt So Is
corporate an individual or a committee Anhas whaever corporate is visited this store
My boss is your boss.
As you said
Has it visited the
store Do it do face-to-face with our
consumercuz who knows our customers better than us
You’ve been here a week.
Ive lived in the community
for wha since Eightynine Math
Eleven plus twentythreethirtyfour years
Has it been here since youve been here
That’s not the point.
Initiative isnt the point Do wha
yare told is the point
Before you say no bump
it up to corporate Let it say no to me preferably
to my face if it can get up off its
fannyoff its expensive leather chair
I’m not going to do that.
Do you
want this job or not?
Idiom Your way or the highway
Highway
he picked up the placards off
Lances desk and turned to leavechuckled
turned back and handed him one
In case
yare ever struck by initiative
it read Orgasmic
1234, Twosday,
28 3. 23
1221, day-between-2-Ts, 29 3.
23
