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<\/span> Notes from a booth<\/p>\n\n\n

Arthur\u2019s
Working Notes<\/em><\/h1>\n\n\n

I used to work at the plant. Now I sit in the diner with a notebook, trying to work out who gets served first and why. Carmen knows, but she\u2019s busy.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Read the first pages \u2197<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

Get the book \u2197<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

No system
for refills.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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NOTES
01<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n

\"A<\/figure>\n\n\n

A seat by the window, if it\u2019s free.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

FIG. 01<\/span> The room, before the breakfast rush.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Arthur\u2019s notebook<\/p>\n\n\n

A novella by Joe Proveaux<\/p>\n\n\n

Keep reading \u2193<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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01 \/ THE NOTEBOOK<\/p>\n\n\n

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Things that seemed small
until I wrote them down.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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From the notebook<\/h2>\n\n\n

Working notes<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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01<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s hard to watch people without rooting for them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n

\u2727<\/p>\n\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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02<\/p>\n\n\n

\u201cCarmen rotates my chipped mug when she refills it, so the flaw hides in back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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03<\/p>\n\n\n

\u201cWho makes the seating chart?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

04<\/p>\n\n\n

\u201cWho ENFORCES it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n<\/article>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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I wrote it down. I haven\u2019t settled what to make of it.<\/p>\n\n\n

Read the opening pages \u2197<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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02 \/ BETWEEN REFILLS<\/p>\n\n\n

I\u2019m still
taking notes.<\/h2>\n\n\n

Two weeks in and still no consistent metric for influence at the Table. I figured it would be points-based. A chess rating. One of those apps that converts productivity into streaks and badges.<\/p>\n\n\n

Instead, three regulars rose and fell in status over coffee refills for no reason I could chart. The only constant: Carmen remembers everyone\u2019s score, even if she refuses to say what it is.<\/p>\n\n\n

\u2727   Observation: another refill.
Conclusion: not ready.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n