Every quarter the survey goes out with a promise that leadership is listening. The wearer runs the listening. Forty-two responses came back: three about the parking lot, one about the thermostat, and one from Dave that runs four pages and cites a podcast. Each was read, thanked, and filed in the same place as the last batch. A follow-up meeting has been scheduled to discuss the themes. The theme is that nothing will change. The wearer will be nodding through it with a notebook open to a blank page. Action items: none. Feedback status: noted.

THE FINE PRINT

I Value Your Input* in loose brush script over a weathered wooden box stenciled SUGGESTION BOX. A red envelope sits halfway into the slot on the lid, and red shredded strips pour out of the bottom into a heap. The footnote below: *AND I WON'T BE USING IT.