From The Centrifuge

I hear a rumour that another valuable and, therefore obligatorily undervalued employee of a local branch of a national chain has handed in his or her notice due to the continued incompetence of the higher echelons and the constant underestimation of the relative talents of their workforce. This letter was intercepted on its way to the manager of an independent book shop for whom said employee was re-aligning his or her loyalties: “Dear Sir, I have been reliably informed that you have snatched one of the finest bookselling talents of this or any generation from the cold embrace of a local branch of a national chain (currently resisting asset-stripping) who can ill afford to lose such a gem. I am appalled.