There’s no value for silence. Bizarre day. Presentation, twenty thousand phone calls before and after and then a meeting on a conference call. I stumble back to my seat and announce:
I’m tired of talking.
SNC (in an indecently gleeful tone):
I think I’ll send that out on an all-company e-mail!
SFOS to SNC (on chat accompanied by smileys):
I heard that! Is that true??
Me:
I saw that!
Everyone:
Khee khee khee…
Hmph. Now I’ll sulk.
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