Linda and I were setting at our table having coffee with our dessert making small talk. We were attending the going away party for Linda’s boss Mike. Mike had just received a promotion and the company threw him a party to celebrate. This dinner party was also serving as his going away party by the company being his promotion was going to place him in charge of a plant back East.
All the speeches had been made and the evening was winding down. Mike was still at the head table making small talk with the company powers and thanking everybody for their well wishes. Mike’s wife Norma set down with us at our table asking how we enjoyed the dinner. We exchanged pleasantries and engaged in small talk while she waited for Mike to join her.
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