“Are you remedial or just being a wiseass?” Vogel’s bald spot was growing red as he spoke. Hai shrugged—a part of him had this wild urge to be fired on the spot. “It’s competition. A McDonald’s within a five-mile radius from a HomeMarket will decrease sales by 7.4 percent. Monthly. It means we’re fighting for our lives here!” He shouted this part so loud Russia dropped his drive-thru headset. “Every store on the Eastern Seaboard that Bill”—this was the other regional manager—“oversees is scrambling to keep up. And guess what? The store in Redding increased meat loaf sales by fifteen points.
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