Testing a Theory
by Joe Six-Pack
Meeting the man was like chugging
Nyquil. It was the way he droned. It was the gray suit. It was the sleepy eyes.
It was everything about him. You'd meet him and you couldn't operate heavy
machinery for the rest of the day.
The 'get to know me' meeting was
now into it's third hour, and the roomful of disgruntled employees were all
chafing at their collective bits. On the big-screen TV at the front of the room
was Dr. Jim Dunney, previously known as the President's famed appointee to head
the latest "education initiative." Dr. Dunney had now been talking
for over 140 minutes, and would not stop.
Dr. Dunney was greeting his new
employees for the first time with the closed-circuit speech to all of the giant
multinational company. He was here to take over as CEO of Lan-Cor Global, for
which all the collected, chafing employees were currently employed. Lan-Cor had
been in terrible trouble lately, losing money left and right. The previous CEO
had sensibly taken his golden parachute and bailed months ago, leaving an
aimless, moribund company that was starting to look like it was doomed for
failure.
