Everyone was so concerned that I was shocked to see a New Employee already there. His name was Bernard. He was going to take over Tommy’s place until he was better.
I knew that Tommy would need time to recover. And of course it made sense to bring in someone. However the feeling I got was that Tommy was not coming back. He was in the hospital and would be okay, but it could be months.
Berbard didn’t look like a Marketing Manager. On the contrary he was the opposite of Tommy. With his bald spot always bright red, wrinkle white shirts and his slip-on shoes that had seen better days.
He was constantly munching on a large jar of candy and pepperoni sticks. On his (Tommy’s desk) and would come over to my cubicle and wonder why I never stopped by to enjoy his treats.
We had ship bell that you would ring if you got a sale. So, I rang it almost every day. Tommy was still in the Hospital and it had been three weeks and no one knew when he would be coming back.