Private Knowledge — Short-Sleeve Mock-Neck Tee

You would like to hand this over and remain slightly indispensable. You have not put both ambitions in the document.

The document is quite good. There are headings, a useful drawing and an explanation of why one apparently unnecessary step must never be removed. You have prepared it with the satisfaction of someone finally becoming free and the care of someone describing their own replacement.

For the handover you wear the short-sleeve mock neck with the trousers you usually save for dinner. The close, high collar is a pleasing way to look composed while three people inspect decisions you made when you wanted to go home. You have even remembered a decent pair of shoes. There is no reason the mistakes should get all the attention.

The new developer says, “Oh, I see.”

You have been explaining for eleven minutes. It is an encouraging response. You discover you would have preferred another question.

They turn back a page and ask whether two of the steps exist because an older service sends the date differently. You say yes. They suggest a way to remove one. You say that might work, in the careful tone you use when something is going to work and you are annoyed not to have thought of it.

By lunch, they have sent a shorter version of the drawing. You open it twice, looking for the oversight that will restore some balance to the afternoon. There isn't one. The drawing is better.

You reply that it looks good. You add a sentence about being available if they get stuck, then another about an unusual case that has happened once in four years. It takes some effort to stop the message becoming longer than the handover.

You promise to stay reachable. Nobody has asked you to.

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