A moment at the Convention Authority offices
"No. Absolutely not."
"But you have to. It's your turn to open the Convention."
"You do it. I'm not going to stand on that itty-bitty platform that high above the Convention floor."
"Why not? Is this another of your strange ideas about how to work, like that 'no sex with co-workers' thing?"
"That isn't a strange idea. Most people don't have sex with their co-workers. And I already have a girlfriend."
"Pat and I aren't most people. And having a girlfriend doesn't matter. And you're trying to change the subject."
"You mentioned it."
"Fine, I started it, and I'm ending it. Why won't you stand on a raised platform?"
"A small raised platform."
"It has guard rails."
"I don't care."
"Are you afraid of heights?"
"... yes."
"Okay, I'll trade years with you."
"Thank you."
"But you have to go on a date with Pat and me."
"All right. Lunch tomorrow."
"That's barely time for a quickie!"
"With our schedules, that isn't time for a quickie. But we won't talk shop, so it's a date."
"... Fine. But next time, you won't get off so easily. No, you will and so will we."
As Pru smiled and left his office, Rob thought, 'Then I'd better make sure there isn't a next time. Bev wouldn't like that.'
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
"No. Absolutely not."
"But you have to. It's your turn to open the Convention."
"You do it. I'm not going to stand on that itty-bitty platform that high above the Convention floor."
"Why not? Is this another of your strange ideas about how to work, like that 'no sex with co-workers' thing?"
"That isn't a strange idea. Most people don't have sex with their co-workers. And I already have a girlfriend."
"Pat and I aren't most people. And having a girlfriend doesn't matter. And you're trying to change the subject."
"You mentioned it."
"Fine, I started it, and I'm ending it. Why won't you stand on a raised platform?"
"A small raised platform."
"It has guard rails."
"I don't care."
"Are you afraid of heights?"
"... yes."
"Okay, I'll trade years with you."
"Thank you."
"But you have to go on a date with Pat and me."
"All right. Lunch tomorrow."
"That's barely time for a quickie!"
"With our schedules, that isn't time for a quickie. But we won't talk shop, so it's a date."
"... Fine. But next time, you won't get off so easily. No, you will and so will we."
As Pru smiled and left his office, Rob thought, 'Then I'd better make sure there isn't a next time. Bev wouldn't like that.'
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012