The big boss from Germany was in town to kick the tires and spread the corporate gospel. I had recently been bumped up to production manager at our little pharmaceutical plant in the Midwest and I busied myself with paperwork while he was talking to the plant manager.
We had been meeting our production targets and the quality was good, so I had hope that this was just a routine visit. Eventually the grey eminence of Dr. Blickensdorf heaved-to outside my door. He was not happy.