JoAnna looked through cabinets in the kitchen, pantry, storage room, and anywhere else she saw cabinets… and found one more vase. She got her phone and texted Jeff: "If you get me more flowers, keep in mind that you are out of vases."
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Jeff is in a meeting, one woman, Martha Hindin, is presenting financial data from marketing department on the big screen. About dozen other people are attending the meeting.
Jeff saw his phone lit up with notification that he got text from JoAnna. He unlocked it and read the message. He kept his cool expression while texted her back.
[Jeff]: "Noted"
After a second he sent another message.
[Jeff]: "Correction: WE are out of vases"
People in the meeting noticed that he texted and thought how they never saw CEO White send texts during meetings before. Jeff would check the message occasionally, but he would not reply until the meeting ends.
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