Escape Clause

A mistreated worker decides to take matters into his own hands.

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I was just tidying my bench for tea break when the intercom buzzed in the next cubicle. Fernbark's cubicle. Again. Now I'm not the nosy sort, but the boss has a loud voice and the words came through the cheap plywood like bullets.
'One more cock-up like that and you're history!' he yelled, his deep voice rattling the intercom on my desk.