Subject: Thoughts on the current trajectory
He typed a response. Folks,
4. I am reacting. This is my reaction. If you need me, I’ll be at my desk eating a cold lunch I brought from home, because I am constitutionally incapable of small talk about real estate prices and sourdough starters. vendeholt reacts
For a long moment, nothing happened. The silence in the office felt enormous. Then, one by one, the dots appeared. Three people typing. Then five. Then twelve.
Reaction received.
He didn’t go to lunch. But he did save the email chain to a folder he called “Wins,” which contained exactly two other messages from the past four years.
He deleted it again. Then he wrote:
Subject: vendeholt reacts
