Word of the Day: Sector

“Look, I’m sorry, but there’s just …it’s getting harder and harder to justify your research, okay?”

“So that’s it?”

“Come on, don’t make me out to be the bad guy.  You know I’m on your side.”

—–

“When we brought you in, things were different.  Industry standards have changed, and we’re just not sure your data is commercially viable.”

“Commercially viable?  Commercially viable!?”

“Please, calm down.”

“You calm down!”

“Dave, please.  You’re acting like a child.”

“HA!  Show me a child making breakthroughs in reptilian metaphysics!  Come on!  I’d like to see a kid wrap his head around that!”

“Dave.”

“This was Randal’s decision, wasn’t it?”

—-

“Wasn’t it!?”

“He’s the president of the board, Dave.  Of course it was.”

“That guy’s been out to get me ever since he hired me.”

“Don’t be ridiculous.”

“It’s true!  It’s all true.  He never liked me.  He never respected my work.  He thinks I’m a hack, thinks I’m wasting precious endowment money on crackpot pseudo-science.”

“I mean, you are studying reptilian metaphysics…”

“So now you’re on his side?”

“Look, Dave.  You’re making this harder than it has to be.  Let’s not pretend you didn’t know what you were getting into when we brought you on.”

“You mean getting stabbed in the back?”

“You have until Friday to vacate your office.  Isn’t that enough?”

“I thought you were my friend.”

“It’s just business, Dave, you know this.”

“Yeah, business as usual.  Business as usual.”

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