We've got a photocopier and it can copy anything
Friday is normally the end of the working week – unless you're one of those brave souls dangling from the end of a phone. Welcome toToday's story takes us back nearly half a century to when our hero,"Rich", was working as a field service engineer for a well-known photocopier maker in Philadelphia."For the sake of efficiency, it was routine to check in with the office via the customer's desk phone after each call, in case there was a new call nearby.
"You're on the 6pm flight to [outer nowhere in the deep south]," came the instruction. Rich's bags had been packed, cash arranged, and car and motel reservations booked. He was to arrive at the regional office at 7am the following morning.
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