Sidney's Comet
“in which he led a moto-shoe procession from New City to Philadelphia for the cause of newness, collecting old consumer goods for disposal.Monday, August 28, 2605To President Ogg, quitting time was as sacred a moment as starting time. Glancing irritably at his watch, he thought, Seven minutes past five. The preliminary forensic report on Munoz should have been here twenty-two minutes ago!He rose angrily and rolled into the outer office. Crisis or no crisis, he thought, I’m not staying any longer!Two minutes later, he rolled out of the elevator at the rooftop helipad. While crossing the pad to reach Autocopter One, Ogg heard the elevator doors open behind him. He turned to see Billie Birdbright rush out, face flushed, carrying a sheet of paper.“Mr. President!” Birdbright gasped, holding the sheet up. “The report! It just came in!”“And?” Ogg said, raising a bushy eyebrow impatiently.“I glanced at it in the elevator. Product failure, sir. Munoz was electrocuted when his waterbed sprung a leak.
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