#12 was celebrated by his peers. With his joining of the team, they were able to replace the entire accounting department. They were sad to lose Jonah, but confident a guy like that would land on his feet. Now #3 could get out of the inventory room with those wretched men. #8 no longer had to work as a tech in the lab, which is good as he was not very good at it. They actually had #11 doing janitorial work. The very idea!
When they arrived to the department, everyone instinctively walked to the original’s desk. #2 made a beeline for it and jealously guarded his cubicle. The supervisor tried to negotiate a compromise, but was not willing to buy more of the same chair for everyone. In the end, the chair was setup on a rotation so that each day a new person would get it. #2 was not at all happy, but agreed because the boss told him to, and he did not want to get reported.
The workday progressed very efficiently. No one had anything to talk about, no funny emails to forward, no interesting stories from the night before to share. The accounting department had always been pretty efficient, but they swiftly burned through the tasks for the day. The boss was very proud. #12 was proud to have been the one to enable the team to make it all happen, and wished that the boss would point this out. Instead he simply said, “Great job today everybody! See you all tomorrow.” #2 stood next to him, as though he were somehow in charge as well, which #12 did not care for. After all, they were all on the same team.
That night, everyone rushed through dinner and hurried over to the television to watch the weathergirl. Beyond that, a few played cards and most went to bed. #12 wondered if he had the same dreams as the original.
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