” It’s legal on the other line, I should grab this…. Yep, I’ll call you back.
Hello?
Yes, I remember. Diane from legal. How can I help you?
You need me to spin what?!?
Yes, sure. By end of business. I’ll see what I can do.”
Oh my god. They want me to make the deaths of forty people seem like a small price for progress. A chemical spill. Christ. The media will eat us alive if I don’t get this right. Fuck. I need a raise.
And because of the EPA’s oversight, the corporation’s behavior was sanctioned.
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