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signs of nervousness when preparin' for a major assign-
ment. I once worked with a guy what had a tendency to
fidget with a sharp knife when waitin' for a job to com-
mence, usually on the bods of his fellow caperers. One
can only be understandin' of the motivationals of such
types and not take offense at their personal foibles when
the heat is on. This is one of the secrets of success learned
early on by us executive types. Be that as it may, I am
forced to admit I am more than a little relieved when it




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Robert Asprin

is time for the job to begin, allowin' me to part company
with Bunny for a while.

As a worker type, I report to work much earlier than
is required for office types like Bunny. Why this is I am
not sure, but it is one of those inescapable inequities with
which life is fraught. . . like your line always bein' the
longest when they are broken down by alphabet.

To prepare for my undercover maneuverin's, I have
abandoned my normally spiffy threads in order to dress
more appropriate for the worker types with which I am
to intermingle. This is the only part of the assignment
which causes me any discomfort. You see, the more suc-
cessful a worker type is, the more he dresses like a
skid-row bum or a rag heap, so that he looks like he is
either ready to roll in the mud or has just been rolled
himself, which is in direct contradiction to what I learned

in business college.

For those of you to whom this last tidbit of knowledge
comes as a surprise, I would hasten to point out that I
have indeed attended higher leamin' institutes, as that is
the only way to obtain the master's type degree that I
possess. If perchance you wonder, as some do, why a
person with such credentials should choose the line of
work that I have to pursue, my reasons are twofold:

Firstus, I am a social type who perfers workin' with
people; and second, I find my sensitive nature is repelled