{"sf1_id":633611,"sf2_id":null,"title":"The Corporate: Part 2 of 8","author":"Extrementalis","words":255,"posted_at":"2013-12-19T02:09:00.000Z","tags":["Christmas","Story Progression","Update"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/633611-the-corporate-part-2-of-8","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/view/633611","image_url":"https://www.sofurryfiles.com/std/thumb?page=633611\u0026ext=.jpg","description":"#2 of Writing\n\nSecond installment of the Corporate. After part 3, the story will continue to update daily up until Christmas.","content":"The Winter Chronicles\n\nDecember of 2013\n\nThe Corporate: Part 2 of 8\n\nThe boredom was stiffening. As Harold sat in his chair, glancing over each and every chart that\n\nevery marketer had been shoving at him. Harold hated board meetings, but they were necessary and he knew\n\nthat. But just now, the man presenting revealed one particular chart that sparked Harold's interest.\n\nThe chart was regarding a predicted spike in commercial activity. A spike which fell on the twenty-fourth\n\nand lasted until the twenty-sixth.\n\nBut those dates fell on the company's Christmas shutdown. And while Harold had never truly cared\n\nmuch about Christmas, he couldn't simply cancel everyone's vacation. Or could he? The company had always\n\nmaintained a strict morale policy. And if it was any other way, he would have every employee working\n\novertime during times like this. But Harold couldn't just pass up this opportunity. To hell with policy!\n\nHarold had made up his mind.\n\nWhen the marketer in front of him suggested to open immediately after Christmas day, Harold slammed\n\nhis fist on the table. No! The company would run all through vacation at full capacity. The company would not shut down\n\nthis year. The dismay of the announcement was visible around the room. Upon seeing this, Harold ordered them all back\n\nto work and declared the meeting over.\n\nHarold was proud of his decisive action. In his office, he poured himself a tall glass of scotch and\n\nlit himself a cigar. These would indeed be happy holidays, for him at least.\n\n  \n  \n\n","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/633608-the-corporate-part-1-of-8.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/633614-the-corporate-part-3-of-8.json"}