Seeds of Extinction

About an hour later, my bad premonition came true.

As soon as the turnover was completed, work started pouring into the office like a broken dam. Paperwork, both digital and physical, piled up into a mountain with no end in sight, threatening to swallow me whole.

Apparently, all the newly reinstated officials were giving their 120% best effort to display their competency before me. At least, that's what I heard from my ever-dutiful secretary, Herman, who kept adding to the pile without mercy or hesitation.

I paused for a moment, putting down my pen and surveying the total amount of papers stacked around me.

If I were to carefully and meticulously read through each and every one, it would take me weeks—maybe even months—to finish. Thus... Trusting my subordinates, I decided to only check what absolutely needed to be checked, sign what needed to be signed, and promptly ignore the rest.