It all began when Brock opened his email on a Monday morning to see if he’d had any responses to his online want-ad for a new employee. There were three résumés waiting for him, one from a Mr. Anthony Miller, a second from Mr. Franklin Ingles, the third from Mr. Patrick McKenzie. After reading through Mr. Miller’s, Brock eliminated him because of his lack of experience. Ingles and McKenzie, however, looked promising. He checked their references, and then got in contact with them to set up interviews—Ingles on Tuesday morning, McKenzie Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. Ingles, whose overzealous attitude matched his red hair, managed to rub Brock the wrong way from the moment he introduced himself. Brock still gave him the benefit of the doubt—at first. During the interview, the man talked about the j
