Riding the Corporate Ladder (Indigo) by Walker Keith Thomas

Author:Walker, Keith Thomas [Walker, Keith Thomas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Indigo
Published: 2007-03-30T23:00:00+00:00

Mr. David Markham had an office way up on the twenty-eighth floor. Just taking the elevator up that high was a thrill in itself. When Deena first got on, it was filled with the common riff-raff: lawyers, paralegals and secretaries. But the higher up she went, the less people stayed on. And that felt good. She felt important, and when she stepped off she held her head high.

Mr. Markham’s secretary was a big black woman with an air of superiority Deena found infuriating. She stared at Deena like a disheveled vagrant was approaching her desk.

“Can I help you?” She actually had a sneer on her face. Deena couldn’t believe it.

“Hi. I’m here to see Mr. Markham.”

The woman looked from her visitor to her appointment schedule, her bad attitude growing by the second. “Who are you? You don’t have an appointment?”

“I’m Deena Newman. He’s expecting me.”

She checked her book again. “If he’s expecting you, then you would have an appointment.”

Deena wanted to slap some humility into her. “Could you maybe call him, and ask if he wants to see me?”

The secretary let out a big sigh like that was going beyond her job duties. “Just a minute.” She made the call and apparently heard something she didn’t like. When she looked up at Deena again she was even more snippy. “You can go right in.”

Deena rolled her eyes at her on the way by. Some people turned into utter fools when you gave them a little authority. Deena hoped she wouldn’t turn out that way when her ship finally came in.

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