Justification

Every once in a while, at work, I have to request renewal of authorization to use a resource. As part of that process, I’m supposed to provide a short reason justifying why I still need access. Of course, after asking for a “short description”, they give me an unlimited-length text field. Which means that someone, somewhere, gets a bit of flash fiction every once in a while, when I’m feeling particularly perky.

“Required to do my job.” My supervisor sounded the four words out slowly. “That’s all ...