Thank you for all your hard work

The doctors had formed a circle around their patient in the surgical room. Everyone wanted to see and be part of the procedure. There were several technicians sitting around a computer in the corner, pointing at the screen and mumbling amongst themselves. An older man sat by the door, reading the newspaper with two burly bodyguards standing on either side of him. The room was full of surgical equipment and computers.

One of the people sitting at the computer terminal looked up at the doctors, “I think we may have found the problem.” All the doctors stopped and turned their heads to look at the technician. “Well?” asked one doctor. The technician responded, “There was a loop back statement in the speech processor component, we removed it and need to reboot.” “Excellent” said the doctor. “We can now see if he sounds more realistic.” “Not so fast, we still need to upload the new speech patterns and the pre-written scripts. That should only take an instant” said the technician.

“Uploading now, you can remove the USB and cover the port as usual” said the technician. “Thank you.” said the doctor as he applied the finishing touches. Another doctor reached over and waved his hand in front of the patient. An immediate response was generated.

“What the hell is going on here? Mr. Vice President, what are you doing here?” The man sitting by door reading the paper slowly lowered the paper and replied, “Just waiting as usual, Mr. President. How do you feel?”

“Just fine, thank you. Let’s get out of here. I have to meet with the ambassador from the Sudan this afternoon. Something about sending troops to help out.” "Excellent" replied the Vice President. He turned towards all the others in the room, "Thank you all for your hard work." He and the President turned and left the room.