Requiem by Jim Moens

Author:Jim Moens
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2020-04-06T04:00:00+00:00

Doug had to rush to get home, change, and make it to work. Even having probably broken a variety of traffic laws, he was still ten minutes late. He hurriedly punched in, hoping to dodge the Brian bullet.

“Is that Doug?” he heard.

Not so much.

Doug entered Brian's office. “What's up?” he said.

“You're late,” Brian said, not looking away from his computer screen. “I presume you have a good reason.”

“I had to go visit a friend in the hospital. You remember Bill Murphy, right?”

“Tardiness is epidemic around here,” Brian said and leveled his gaze at Doug. “That needs to change.”

“You heard what I just said, right?”

“I believe in a little something called discipline,” Brian said. “That means doing what you're supposed to be doing... when you're supposed to be doing it.”

The emphasis on the word “when” was not lost on Doug. “This is the second time I've been late in the past year, Brian.”

“Good for you,” Brian said, “but I'm more concerned with what's going on now. Today.”

“Well, I'll tell you what's going on today,” Doug said, mindful of not letting too much venom creep into his voice. “My friend... your employee... is in a coma. It's possible that he'll never regain consciousness. You've pissed off basically everyone that works here and fired one of the best employees this store ever had. Fired her for basically no reason, I might add. That's what's going on.”

Brian was speechless.

“You want to write me up for insubordination? Go right ahead. In fact, I dare you.” Doug stepped forward. “You're a bully. That's all there is to it. And it's about time somebody stood up to you.”

Brian glanced at his computer screen. His face was beet red.

“We done here?” Doug said.

Brian nodded, not looking away from his screen.

“Good. I have to get to work now.”

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