Tech It to Ride (Big Tech Book 2) by Heide Goody & Iain Grant
Author:Heide Goody & Iain Grant [Goody, Heide & Grant, Iain]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pigeon Park Press
Published: 2023-06-21T16:00:00+00:00
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Randolph padded out to the corridor, noticing on the way how heavy the conference room door was for his female arms. It was one of those that stretched from floor to ceiling, which was a fine choice for style, but why on earth did he have to lean against it to open it, making him look feeble?
Around the corner he found a seat. What the hell just happened? he typed.
Holy shit, Derek, Constance replied. What do you want me to start with? The dick weasels who want to deploy ape soldiers into the African Congo? The limited vision of Krish and Martin once the dollar signs appear in their eyes? No, letâs start with you apologising to me about not taking my word for how women are treated in meetings like this. Go on, Iâm waiting.
Jesus. Break it down for me. What just happened?
Hey, get over yourself. I donât have the time or the knowledge to do the whole âIn the beginning there was the Patriarchyâ thing. You got treated like a woman and you didnât like it. Boo-fucking-hoo. We need to move on and we need to be a whole lot smarter about how we do it, or Damba and all of the other great apes are screwed.
Hey, I tried! They wouldnât listen!
Enough! I can tell you how to get a point across, but you need to strap in and pay attention or weâll be out of time.
Out of time?
Watch out for them slapping each other on the back when you go back in. Theyâll be forming a little male clique and you wonât be able to get inside it. You need to sort out that coffee and you need to go round and see how everybody likes it while you top them up. You need to make them like you again.
Seriously?
Weâre into damage limitation now. Then, as youâre moving around the room, and everyoneâs relaxed and chatty, you need to say something like âHey guys, I have a dumb questionâ and someone will smile indulgently and say âThereâs no such thing as a dumb questionâ and then you ask whether they have thought about the growing interest in great apes being assigned personhood, and, ohh, isnât that a massive risk to an idea like this?
So, I have to grovel for airtime?
Yes, you do. You need to appear non-threatening. They will give you some bullshit answer, but your main task here is to turn Martinâs head. Try saying that his husband, Graham, will not approve. Graham works as a veterinarian, and I can say without a doubt he will have some strong opinions on this. Bring them to the forefront of his mind.
What about Krish?
He will only care about the PR disaster this could bring. The trouble we have there is that rogue militia are not like companies trading on the stock exchange. Nobodyâs going to post negative reviews on the internet or arrange a boycott. Itâs a covert world and that works in their favour. Mind you, Krish is a yes-man and very much a coward.
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