for his shifts, and who had arranged his life around the promise that his wages would arrive when they were supposed to.
He wasn’t a number in a spreadsheet.
None of the 1,237 affected employees were.
I had tried to explain that to Harold on Friday.
I wished he had listened.
“Thank you for following up,” I told Denise.
She nodded.
“You know, Eleanor, I don’t think most people understood how much work you did.”
I smiled sadly.
“Most people don’t think about payroll when it works.”
“That’s true.”
