Annette was still confused about electricity usage in the old plant, and Carol said, “Okay. Let’s get on it,” and put it out of her mind. She knew she’d want to stand on something, but she hadn’t planned that out. She looked around at the women who were the regular plant laborers. She looked as many in the eye as she could, and she nodded and smiled without pretending to be friends. She wanted to appear as if she were in charge and as if it didn’t matter what they thought of her. She had been on plant floors before this one, but this time was different. She stood up straight and let the women look into her, and she hoped they could see she understood what plant work meant. She hoped they could see she was honest and was capable of running a company. She hoped they could see she was nervous but that she was steady despite being nervous. She stood among them until all of the office staff, including Parks and Annette, was down and had mingled.
