Now it doesn't necessarily work the other way-that is, I can learn and know people's names and have them still be just objects to me. But if I'm unwilling even to try to remember someone's name, that itself is a clue to me that he or she is probably just an object to me and that I'm in the box. I asked worriedly, my face failing to disconnect from my emotions. Bud smiled reassuringly. Don't be fooled by the distance between buildings.
Word travels fast.
I heard about it from a couple of your quality team leaders who were discussing it over lunch in the Building 5 cafeteria. It seems you made quite an impression. I was regaining some composure and had managed to slacken the alarm from my face. It gets more difficult by the month with all of our growth, though. I nodded in amazed agreement, shocked that someone in Bud's position would worry about knowing the name of someone who was at Joyce's level in the company.