#condescensionfail.

This confirms my suspicions.

Sandra is part-timing for Werner H. who is a subcontractor for Schrodinger Veterinary Transport, Inc.

Even though she appreciates the dicey, almost nebulous, nature of her relationship to Prof. H. as a contract worker and the Prof.’s similarly uncertain relationship to the Cat-in-the-Hatbox people (you will recall the clever commercials that tweaked the competition’s nose by using the tag line “When you open the box, will the cat be Fed, or will it be Ex?”), yes, even though Sandra knows all this, she still tried to get a few questions (pretty sure it was three) pitched toward Casey’s desk.

But of course, the HR department operates under the Rutherford model. Casey indeed made three extra-human essays at the questions, but since you can’t (roller skate in a buffalo herd or) hit an electron cloud with a Louisville slugger, well, the otherwise Casey done struck out…which is why Sandra is, well, if not positive about the inefficacy of Casey’s services vis a vis her (Sandra’s) part-time work, at least a lot less uncertain than she had been.