"Denton McKay liked plans and he liked to change plans. He called meetings of the staff, which were then canceled. He send around a memo asking each staff member to state the project he or she was working on, but this effort at refining operations was then rescinded. Most of his time appeared to be spend bumming cigarettes from people whose annual income was about a fifth of his own. This offered him some minimal contact with the staff. His deputy was Roy Borden, a pale man who wore pale pink glasses and kept in his office photographs of the golden retrievers bred by his wife. A great deal of hearty laughter between Roy Borden and Denton McKay covered an essential hatred."
-Laurie Colwin, Happy All the Time. Bosses!
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oh oh oh, my absolute favorite! Love Laurie Colwin, almost too much to function now that she’s dead.
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