New Boss by Christine Heriat
Construction announces New Boss’s arrival before the HR department bothers to notify us. We watch from a safe distance as the crew erases the last artifacts of our Old Boss and replaces them with strange new things for New Boss, such as soft velvet chairs and carved tables. We find this ominous, even though we know nothing about her. One thing is certain: she takes up more space. Her office expansion eats our break room. New Boss’s first day soon arrives. We began preparations two weeks...