Journal mcgrew's Journal: Mars, Ho! Chapter Twenty Two 2
Golf
"You've been practicing, boss."
"Putting," the CEO replied. "Been practicing putting, that's where I'm weak at this game. First time I ever beat you, Bob."
"Well, Charlie, I was a little off today. And you only beat me by one stroke," Bob said. "That was a great hole three, you eagled that one."
"I got lucky on the initial drive. Bartender, two beers. Guinness draft, please. Bob, you're paying for a change! Oh, bartender, a couple shots of your best scotch, too."
Bob laughed. "Well, that was the deal. Maybe we should try some zero G golf sometime."
"Zero G? Damn, Bob, I'm not twenty any more. That's a young man's sport. Besides, I hate space."
"Really? You run a shipping company and hate space?"
"No, I just hate traveling in it. You did pretty good on number two or I'd have done even better against you. How are we doing on the sabotage front?"
"Come on, we're just starting. You can't just solve a complex problem like that in a few days. Did you finish that report Knolls wrote?"
"No, I got sidetracked by the book Doctor Winters' wrote that Knolls mentioned in his report. Damn, we need to check cargo closer, that book was horrible. I'm sure glad the charity sent her, it might have been catastrophic otherwise.
"Then I read the report she made to her charity. I'll finish Knolls' report when we get back from 'lunch'."
"How did you get Doctor Winters' report? She works for the charity, not for us."
The CEO smiled. "Don't be stupid, Bob."
"So, how much of Knolls' report have you read?"
"Past where he saved her life. You know, Bob, you have a terrible taste in literature. Knolls couldn't write his way out of a paper bag and you enjoyed it? Damn, man."
Bob shrugged. "We were sure lucky the charity sent Doctor Winters."
"Yes, we were. Like I said. And Knolls was even luckier, and is probably glad he had her and the whores, he'd have been a dead man, and probably Kelly as well. Nobody expected what happened."
He continued. "Have you talked to Human Resources to see about training a replacement for Knolls?"
"Of course. I hate to replace him, especially with a greenie. Some of the maneuvers and weapon use he displayed in his second encounter with the pirates should go into our training manuals. "
"Yes, he was a damned good captain. The company will miss him."
"Well, I intent to try and talk him out of retirement."
"Good luck with that! If you succeed you're the world's greatest salesman. I'm taking the afternoon off today, Charlie, I want to be refreshed and rested for the board meeting Monday. Do you want to shoot another nine?"
"Sorry, Bob, I can't. I should have gotten back earlier, I want to finish reading Knolls' report, and I have a meeting with Richardson from engineering. I'm that close to firing that dumb son of a bitch. That was a hell of a boner he pulled, and I'm sure glad you brought the matter to my attention."
"Hell, if I hadn't we should have both been fired!" the underling said, smiling, as if that was ever likely; between the two of them they owned 63% of all company stock.
The CEO laughed. "Yeah," he agreed, "we should have! Look, Bob, enjoy the afternoon and I'll see you Monday morning. Like I said, I have to get going."
"See you, Boss. Bartender, can I get another beer?"
Typo (Score:2)
s/intent/intend
Re: (Score:2)
Thanks, I should have taken better care proofreading. That's the trouble with spell checkers, they make me sloppy.