title: Day Job: A Workplace Reader for the Restless Age
author:  Jonathan Baird 
description: Are the walls of your cubicle starting to close in? Have you just sat through yet another meeting trying to rally team morale? Time for a break. Grab a cup of coffee, find a quiet spot, and delve into Jonathan Baird's illuminating and hilarious book <I>Day Job</I>. Take comfort in the fact that you are not alone.
zlib_text: **_CHAPTER_ **
  
  **_ THIRTEEN _ **
  
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  **_Nexus II_ **
  
  Rafe had not believed he could sleep, but once he lay down on a cot in Gary's
  underground headquarters to wait for his transport, the relief of the rescue
  sent him under. Gary woke him only two hours later.
  
  "Sun's coming up. Time to hit the road. You're still a new helper in the
  business, same ID as what I gave you yesterday. We're going to my workshop--"
  
  "You really do make windows and doors? And why there instead of Balcock?"
  
  "My people need salaries even when we don't have a specialty job. And I have a
  legitimate small business within two hours of each of my…secure ops command
  posts, like this. The people at the nearest business don't work that op. And
  so far, that's worked for me. Enough chatter…you should pretend to sleep in
  the van. You're lazy. Once we're at the shop, you should have time for a real
  nap before you shower and change back into your Cascadia persona. We need to
  have you s