She’s such a bitch, ” Tina says, which I find a little contradictory, but overall quite true. “She’s got to be in charge of everything.” I sit next to her. “Well, I guess. But in business, that’s leadership.” Tina stares at me for a second. “I can’t believe you consider that a positive trait. How about her inability to accept other points of view? Is it good leadership to be narrow, too?”“ Focus, ” I say. “They call that focus.” Tina stares at me. “Her paranoia?”“ Business savvy.”“ Compulsive need to have everything just how she wants it?”“ Organizational skills.”“ Aggressiveness?”“ Aggressiveness, ” I say, “is already a good thing.”“ Jesus Christ, ” Tina says, her eyebrow ring glinting in the morning sun. “Sometimes I worry about this country. Max Barry
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