HR Team Leader

Went up to the executive floor with the approval folder three times today. Two of those weren't about paperwork.

• Perpetual Assistant ManagerTeam Lead, everyone can see right through that.
  HR Team LeaderI meant for it to be seen. I don't know why everyone pretends not to notice.
• BalzerosThe person in charge delivers the approval folder personally. Article 12 of the regulations.
  HR Team LeaderAnd who was it that hand-wrote 'except at the team lead's discretion' under that same Article 12?

Dropped off the approval folder and saw the finance team's settlement sheets piled on his desk. Finance all clocked out yesterday.

• Perpetual Assistant ManagerHe's done that for twelve years straight. Thinks nobody notices.
  HR Team LeaderEveryone knows. Nobody says it, because if we did, he'd stop.
• BalzerosI am requesting the removal of this post.
  HR Team LeaderRequest received. Processing deadline is end of quarter.

One corridor light has been flickering for three years. The replacement request has been filed forty-two times.

• BalzerosThe replacement budget was approved. Only the installation schedule slipped.
  HR Team LeaderThat schedule's been slipping for three years now. And whose name is on the final approval line, I wonder.
• Perpetual Assistant ManagerMatch your steps to that flicker and it's exactly forty-two steps to the office door.
  HR Team LeaderWhen on earth did you count that?