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He was a new employee [ɛmˈplɔɪiː.
He introduced himself to one of his
new coworkers. She was looking at her
computer screen. "Hello, my name is
Don," he said. She looked at him. Her
face was a blank. "I don't have time
to say hello," she said. She went back
to looking at her computer screen. Don stood
still for a moment. Then he walked away.
That was rude, he thought. No one has ever
done that to me in my whole life. How long
does it take to just say Hello?! He turned
around to look at the woman again. I'll remember
you, he thought. "Did I say Hello wrong?" he
asked his supervisor later. He was half-joking.
"No," Bill said. "Sandra's a little paranoid 【ˈpærəˌnɔɪd].
She thinks every new employee might be after her job.
She treats them like the enemy." Well, that's certainly
how I'll treat her, Don thought.
