Knock Their Socks Off

Again I’d hoped for some awareness of my feelings. But again there was genuine puzzlement. Yuen didn’t do Position 2 either.

I had one final try: “Yuen, imagine Claire [a close friend and respected colleague] was listening to us having this conversation. What would she say?”

There was a pause — a sudden dawning realization. “Well,” Yuen said, “she might say that it wasn’t fair that you have to take my calls.”