"Jimmy in work was just saying about layoffs at our place."
Ralph resettled into his easy chair, put his feet up on the hassock like a king.
"Huh? Did you say somethin'?"
The news had moved on to another company. Another crowd of angry workers. Another hepped-up young underpaid journalist sticking his mic into faces that looked worried or mad or stunned.
"Hey look at this, Alice. Detroit."