6.1 Alone in his office, Dan Crowen watched the interview on the display of his computer. It ran in a box in the upper right hand corner with the weekly sales numbers on the rest of the screen. The interview had begun as a typical Cosmo Validator charm session, so Dan’s attention shifted back to the numbers. But when he heard his own name, he quickly switched the interview to the main screen. That’s when he heard Validator say, “… full faith…” in a manner that suggested just the opposite. “You son of a bitch,” Dan said aloud. “You create this clusterfuck, you expect me to make it work—and now, just when I’m finally turning things around, you saw me off at the knees? All so that the mighty Cosmo Validator can take credit if it works, and shift the blame to me if it doesn’t.” “So, tell me, Cosmo,” asked Cavuto, “is all of this upheaval at Validator at an end? Will we now see a return to normalcy at Validator Software?”
