“Mr. Mansard, may I call you Shakbout? Let me be the first to congratulate you on your new position. I’m sure you’ll be every bit as good as you’ve been described.” He then smiled and appeared to be waiting for me to say something.
I smiled and said thank you, hoping what I strongly suspected was happening was actually not happening. No such luck.
“I’ll tell you that I was seriously considering taking you for my new group, managing resource allocations for targeted sub-sectors that need performance support. However, with the vacancy right now, it was deemed better to slot you in right away. Particularly given the strong support for the move from your predecessor.”
The look that accompanied this gave a strong impression that the gentleman greatly admired my o******x prowess and had been
