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I’m in the new Vancouver office training sales staff. Everyone here is really nice.
It’s unnerving.
They all seem so happy and relaxed. It must be the mountains.
Or the pot.
So, there’s really nothing to report.
Well… One thing…
Ever since I’ve found out that Carlita is my new boss, I’ve been [...]

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This is disturbing.
Today I suddenly realized that I’m attracted to Carlita Paonessa.
It happened in (of all places) the elevator…
3rd Floor
I want to say: “Carlita, you’re looking rather tempestuous.”
Instead I say: “Snort! I mean, hi…”
Carlita rolls her eyes.
6th Floor
I want to say: “It saddens my poetic soul that we must avert [...]

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Today I shared an elevator with Carlita Paonessa.
Just the two of us.
Ironically, that was the Muzak playing as we were going up.
3rd Floor
I say “Hello.” Carlita checks her blackberry.
4th Floor
She looks up and says “It’s Adam, right?”
5th Floor
I say “Alan.”
6th Floor
I scratch my head.
7th Floor
We both cough at the same [...]

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This was weird…
Even weirder than the time Mary Margaret asked me if I had an extra pair of socks she could borrow.
Today I got an email from Carlita Paonessa…
Mom,
I tell you about my new promotion and you write back telling me about the latest crown Adriana won at her beauty pageant… Puh-lease! What? Do you [...]

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This place is a hotbed for gossip. In the course of eight hours something can transform from observation to rumour to absolute fact to long-standing truism. It’s amazing to watch.
8:47am:
My boss, Clark, gets off the elevator at the same time as Carlita Paonessa. People see this…
9:02am:
Typhoid Mildred comments on how “tired” Clark and Carlita appear. [...]

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