C12 “Must I really?” Kim furrowed her brow.

“You’re a manager, so I’m afraid it’s required,” Rolf Winkelmann, her new department head, said. “I’m not exactly thrilled about it either. I’ve been going to these things for years. There’s nothing we can do about it. It’s a total waste of time.”

“You said it.” Kim sighed. “Shall we drive over together?”

“Yes.” He nodded. “That’d be best. In half an hour.”

Kim returned to her office