The corporate escape artist

Is someone who comes into work at 9.30 a.m. because he won’t get parking space for his car otherwise. His motivations for coming early, like his motivations for most things in life, are driven by time and practicality. He is a dedicated employee to his employer and a reasonably nice colleague to his colleagues. He does not really need to walk around, even within his office. He does not really need to talk to many people either.

His back turned to the world at large, the corporate escape artist looks at his laptop screen with a love he probably reserved for the eyes of his first girlfriend. Because his laptop screen is, like the eyes of that girl, a portal into a world he can get lost in. Here, he has made travel bookings and plans for a vacation he has not had since his honeymoon. He has bought the trekking gear he will use someday. Most importantly, he has resigned from his job. The corporate escape artist sees things beyond the sight his spectacles show him.