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with as bein' unusual, as worker types are notorious
jokesters and unlikely to pass up such an obvious oppor-
tunity for low amusement.
The reason for this did indeed beome crystalline when

we finally broke for lunch,
I was just settlin' in to enjoy my midday repast, and

chanced to ask the worker type seated next to me to pass
me a napkin from the receptice by him as it was not
within my reach. Instead of goin' along with this request
as one would expect any civilized person to do, this joker
mouths off to the effect that he won't give the time of
day to any company spy, much less a napkin. Now if
there is one thing I will not tolerate it is bein' called a
fink, especially when I happen to be workin' as one. I
therefore deem it necessary to show this individual the
error of his assumptions by bendin' him a little in my
most calm, friendly manner. Just when I think we are
startin' to communicate, I notice that someone is beatin'
me across the back with a chair. This does nothin' to
improve my mood, as I am already annoyed to begin
with, so I prop the Mouth against a nearby wall with one
hand, thereby freein' the other which I then use to snag
the other cretin as he winds up for another swing. I am

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just beginnin' to warm up to my work when I hear a low
whistle of wamin' from the crowd which has naturally
gathered to watch our discussion, and I look around to
see one of the foremen ambling over to see what the com-
motion's about.

Now foremen are perhaps the lowest form of manage-
ment, as they are usually turncoat worker types, and this
one proves to be no exception to the norm. Without so
much as a how-do-you-do, he commences to demand to
know what's goin' on and who started it anyway. As has
been noted, I already had my wind up and was seriously
considerin' whether or not to simply expand our discus-
sion group to include the foreman when I remember how
nervous Bunny was and consider the difficulty I would
have explainin' the situation to her if I were to suffer
termination the first day on the job for roughin' up a
management type. Consequently I shift my grip from my
two dance partners to my temper and proceed to explain
to the foreman that no one has started anythin' as indeed
nothin' is happenin' . . . that my colleagues chanced to
fall down and I was simply helpin' them to their feet is all.