No Relation (2014)
“For many, nothing. For some, not nothing, but not much. For a very few, blessed or cursed, it’s everything. I’m one of those few. And if you’re wondering, I usually count myself among the cursed.
When I turned forty, I lost the desire, and even the ability, to sleep in. So I was an early riser. Yet, at 7:45, I still wasn’t the first into the office that morning. I heard him as I crossed our marble lobby, past the futuristic “reception pod” where Angela and her headset would soon be stationed. H...e called out to me from down the hall.
“Morning, Hem. Um, you got a minute?”
Bob was standing just outside the corner office, the corner office, his corner office, at the end of the corridor. This was not good news. Bob was never in before 9:30. And when he eventually did arrive, it was to start a workday that was almost always devoid of any real work. Bob, BOB, BOB. I’ve never really liked the name “Bob.” It’s just so short. Simple. Primitive. Unrefined. In fact, I have a theory on the name’s origin.MoreLess
When I turned forty, I lost the desire, and even the ability, to sleep in. So I was an early riser. Yet, at 7:45, I still wasn’t the first into the office that morning. I heard him as I crossed our marble lobby, past the futuristic “reception pod” where Angela and her headset would soon be stationed. H...e called out to me from down the hall.
“Morning, Hem. Um, you got a minute?”
Bob was standing just outside the corner office, the corner office, his corner office, at the end of the corridor. This was not good news. Bob was never in before 9:30. And when he eventually did arrive, it was to start a workday that was almost always devoid of any real work. Bob, BOB, BOB. I’ve never really liked the name “Bob.” It’s just so short. Simple. Primitive. Unrefined. In fact, I have a theory on the name’s origin.MoreLess
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