At the last possible instant, I stood and forced the lifted tablecloth back down. Calmly placing one hand between Robert and us, I pushed him aside and said coolly, "Mr. Komora, your eagerness has made you overstep."
Generally, an employee as far down the hierarchy as Robert had no business approaching the chairman directly. His behavior surprised me, but it was also perfectly in character.
When Robert first entered the workforce, his bluntness offended countless people. After a competitor in his own company set him up, I used what I had learned in my psychology minor to teach him, step by step, how to survive in the corporate world and manage professional relationships.
That was how, in just 10 years, he had risen from an entry-level technician to a powerful manager with complete contr
