Small Places : Nick L Belardes [115 of 128]

• Me: "That's an interesting statement." I know she sits in her office and types emails to her boyfriend and writes about balloon festivals."
• The rest of the time Eliza wanders the halls and cubicles for $85,000 a year. Milt made more though. And he could speak French.
• While Milt seemed built from electricity and bug mandibles, she appears to have rolled out of an old 1970s TV set.
• After our talk she begins a new routine of staring at Mulani from her doorway. She looks like a sitcom extra. Franken TV. A caricature.
• At lunchtime, Eliza paces outside the elevator. She leans against a wall, pretends to read a novel while marking our coming and going.
• If that isn't enough, the marketing meetings have become celebrations of Post-Its and fat markers.
• "Think of your favorite color," she says. "Now, take a Post-It and describe that color.
• Take another Post-It and tell me three good things about this company.
• "Then tell me three things you don't like about the person on your left." Me: "Do you want that on a Post-It or share now?" Eliza stares.