14The Yes Person
During a staff meeting, Ms. Rooklyn, the district sales manager, asked for a volunteer to work with Jamie to coordinate the proposal to be made to Avex in two weeks. As she scanned the room for any takers, she saw Teri, who smiled awkwardly, looked around at the other staff, and volunteered for the job.
They made a lunch appointment to work out the details, but Teri called at the last minute to cancel. “Listen,” Jamie said. “If it’s a problem, why don’t we just work this out on the phone?” “That’s fine, if that’s what you’d like to do!” said Teri obligingly. Teri agreed to pulling together the information needed from the other ...
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