observed and noted

I've been a Product Manager for seven years, and most weeks go the same way: something broke.

It enters the room before he does.

“As long as I am alive,” says entropy, “you cannot win.”

“So, you’re just going to drive me around?”

“Time for your probation review,” his manager said.

“Hey, you need to dial it back,” one of them said.

“You know, discretionary means I don’t have to pay it, right?”

"Give me ideas, people—the crazier, the better."

“I’ve got worlds inside me.

“This?

"Hey, are you going to the offsite next week?"

Pay is excellent, benefits even better.

"Uh, that's my desk."

"What's wrong with it?"

"This is the only way.