responded with an average “Hello” and a slight bow of the head then continued on. He made sure that each and every step and motion that he took was an exact duplicate of prior ones he had taken each time before. He stepped into the elevator and monotonously pressed twenty-four, watched the doors close and started on his ascent. It took some time to reach floor twenty-four, what with all the stops made along the way but finally he arrived and the doors opened. He stepped out and turned right to walk up the long corridor towards suite 2469.
Once he had reached the correct office he rang a buzzer located next to the door. Shortly thereafter a voice from an intercom said, “Good morning Mr. Smith, come on in.”
The door latch-light went from red to green and then he opened the door and entered. “Hello Mr. Benkins,” he said as he closed the door behind him. He noticed that some unknown person stood next to Benkins.
“Ah-Jim right?” Benkins asked, obviously already having trouble with his first name.
“It’s John sir,” he replied, not in the least disturbed by his forgetting.
“Oh yes John that’s right. I would like you to meet Daran Oldemayer, he is the Chief Executive officer of our company,” Benkins introduced nervously.
“Pleased to meet you,” Nolan said, as he shook the VIP’s hand making sure not to be effusive, keeping in his usual everyday manner as well.
“Nice to meet you,” The executive said, not meaning it at all as he had an attitude of “I am the most important person you have probably ever met.”
“There are the files that I need you to correct today,” Benkins said distractedly as he pointed towards two
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