When Mrs Masakado enquired about the nature of the position, she was told it was ‘composing content for cracker wrappers’. ‘Don’t they ask people from outside the company to do that kind of thing?’ I asked her. ‘The director told me that it was considered a really crucial role, and they didn’t want someone to be doing it alongside other work.’ ‘They want someone who’s there exclusively to think about cracker wrappers?’ ‘It seems so.’ The words ‘really crucial role’ made me feel an instant sense of pressure.
