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alchemist, beaver, bluegrass, Brad, caterwauler, drink me, eat me, fish, Fred, frog, Henry, Irishman, Joyce, Lewis Carroll, Lola, moose, Myrtle, Orwell, Pfeffer, Prima, Rand, Secunda, Tertia
Episode 34: Part 1 of “The Imposter’s Koan Drill“
“How the creatures order one another about, and make one repeat lessons!” thought Alice, “I might as well be at school at once.”
L. Carroll “The Lobster Quadrille”
Alex, like Pfeffer had promised,
was promoted out of
the forging works.
That was his reward for covering the Coquettish Queen’s
rather large rear-end. The productivity of the forge
had quadrupled. Alex had explained to
the chalkies that their future was
in their own hands. Thereafter
they paid homage to the queen
but instituted their own
manufacturing
methods.
Alex’s new workplace was the development lab.
He was thrilled with his environment
but was surprised to find
ponytailed Brad and
wing-tipped Henry
(his previous mentors)
also assigned
to the lab.
Once Alex had assured himself that these two
would not be his mentors he set about
planning out his future.
This was done by
visiting various
areas of
the lab.
He showed genuine interest in each phase of the
business by asking meaningful questions.
Alex also developed friendships
and working relationships
throughout
the lab.
Over the next few years Alex also sensed some
troublesome facts. Brad and Henry appeared
to have some type of influence within the lab.
Alex also noted that the third proposed
mentor, Lola, and Pfeffer
(from time to time)
would appear in
various meetings.
These two also
seemed to have
a following.
One day Alex found himself invited
to one of these meetings.
The invitation came
from Pfeffer.
The subject of the meeting was listed as
“Our Corporate Culture.”
Alex scanned the memo
for any additional
information that
might give him
a hint about
the subject.
But alas, there was not any more data
that would help him. Being a little
perplexed Alex decided that
there may be something
gleaned from the
invitee list.
The list only confused Alex farther.
Besides himself the invitees
included Brad, Lola,
Henry, Myrtle,
the moose,
the beaver,
and the
fish.
It was, indeed, a strange group.
