"I watched him closely. In my opinion, he expected exactly this conversation. He tried to work up wounded indignation, but his relief was palpable. I ...aited for his expression to settle down, then continued, "I appreciate all your hard work. I think the next manager will appreciate it as well. You have many skills and admirable qualities, but I do not think being the boss is one of them. If it is any consolation, I am going to try recruiting a veteran Concord insider. He or she will need your. This was going to be his treat to himself, something he rarely does. He paid for the equipment and set up delivery for next Wednesday. He was really excited about this purchase. So with that accomplished and since it was almost dinnertime, Brian decided to head over to Friday's for a drink and grab something to eat.He thought he'd sit at the bar and have a drink first, then order from the bar menu. When Brian had just sat down, someone tapped him on his shoulder. It was Pam. "Hey Brian, did you. None of them were chatting which was even more upsetting to me, because that meant that somehow we were all in deep shit for whatever reason. I didn't have long to dwell on it as we were all called into the General's office by a small woman wearing a Red Cross Volunteers uniform. We all filed in and I waited till I was the last one in trying not to be noticed being out of uniform. Good luck with that, as the General immediately started in on my ass about it, pissing me off."Why the hell are you. I thought he was going to scream when he saw it. It's funny now, but he never called me again." "How was he?" "What do you mean?" "In bed!" "Oh, I've had better. But that cute guy at The Gap looked like he was barely legal. I bet he could go all night with you." "Oh stop it!" We laughed, and sipped our coffee. And ironically, who should come by, on his break? Counter boy himself. I gave Amanda a light kick under the table. "No!" she said. "Yes!" I insisted. "Well, OK," she relented. We struck.