When it came time to discuss money Attila became conscious of accenting his speech with a nervous flourish of the hand, a literary looseness in the wrist, a bit of overacting while he articulated his salary requirements: “No, I don’t see how I can accept that sort of start. It is not commensurate.” Did he actually say commensurate? Commensurate with what? There was something wrong with his sentence, if it qualified as a sentence, which it probably did not. Either it was a fragment or it was missing an object.
His employment counselor sighed, toyed with a pencil and said, “Oh – kay. How would you like to take the Wunderlich Test, guy?” Mr. Garcia explained the test was designed to sort applicants into the proper slots: clerical, sales or mechanical. “Should be a breeze for you. You’re co
