“I do really appreciate what you’re doing here,” I tell him. I don’t, but kissing his arse is the only strategy I’ve got that’s not illegal, immoral, or embarrassing to try in front of a pyramidal display of Croydex Flexi-Fit Grosvenor Toilet Brushes. “A lot of bosses wouldn’t have given me this chance, like.” “Are you sucking up to me, Sam?” “Is it working?” He raises an eyebrow. I’m beginning to think he seriously overuses them. “Do you think I’m the kind of man who likes being sucked up to?” I do. But I also think he’s the kind of man who likes to think he doesn’t. “Probably not, sorry.
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