alis' place of work is in kensington. alis works in a large callcentre. alis is employed by a digital communications firm.
there are thirteen other teamleaders in the callcentre. alis is the only woman. alis knows the names of three of her colleagues. alex (27, married). james (23, partner). tim (29, gay).
alis does not talk to her coworkers much. alis has little time to talk.
today most of the others are already networked by the time alis arrives.
employees are referred to by their interface serial numbers.
alis is 37542.
alis has the oldest interface in the office. alis' interface is nearly two years old. 35709 had an upgrade implanted a month ago. 35709 has been redesignated. 35709 is now 56303. 56303 has the fastest processor on the network. 36919 was not upgraded. 36919 was made redundant.
alis' turn will be next.