Wear IVR headset

You brush your blonde hair back - it still amazes you how much hair Sophie has, and how heavy it feels - and slip the headset on.

Instantly everything in your field of vision is relegated to a tiny box, tucked away to the lower right, labeled “RealSpace”. A welcome message appears:

GeneIVR Tech Intranet IVR System

Welcome, Sophie!

We're glad to have you join the GeneIVR Tech family of employees.

You're special to us, Sophie. As Mr. Smith's Personal Assistant, you will have a number of duties you will be required to perform that most women would balk at. Careful prescreening of your online activities, your personality profile and other factors make clear that you will find these tasks to your immense satisfaction. We're sorry that we couldn't outline the nature of your position more fully prior to your acceptance of the job offer, but we need to be protective of the special qualities of our office environment.

We can assure you that while we expect you to perform to the best of your ability, and to satisfy all the demands the position places on you, particularly with respect to Mr. Smith's personal well being, your contentment with your position is of paramount importance to us.

How to use this interface

The GeneIVR Tech Intranet IVR System permits monitoring of RealSpace activities while logged into the System. This is so you can attend to any of Mr. Smith's visitors to his physical office, deal with messengers, and so on. You can view what's going on in RealSpace at any time by thinking view RealSpace. If you want to log out of the system, think goto RealSpace. If you're logged out, but still wearing your headset, think goto IVR to get back into the system. Of course, placing the headseat on your head automatically logs you in, so you don't need to issue any commands when you start the day - just put it on and go!

Since you're a Personal Assistant, you have access to the Company Directory, but only when requesting a specific name - you can't just browse, nosy! To get information on a specific individual, think info [name]. For instance, if you wanted to look up yourself, you would think info Sophie Carruthers.

As Mr. Smith's Personal Assistant, you have access to his schedule. To view it, simply think Schedule.

You access info.

“Who do you want to info?” The IVR system prompts

Info Sophie Carruthers, you request, starting with yourself.

Directory Entry for Employee #2173

Name: Sophie Anne Carruthers

Position: Personal Assistant Grade C

Salary Grade: Entry Level

Reports to: Mr. Smith (#5)

Security Clearance: None

Physical Characteristics:

Age: 18

Height: 5'2"

Weight: 103 Lbs

Hair: Blonde

Eyes: Green

Hiring Details:

Date of Hire: 3/15/2030

Source: Recommendation by Mrs. Smith

Reason: Demonstrated affinity for position

Info Mrs Laura Smith you try next.

Directory Entry for Employee #3

Name: Laura Smith

Position: Chief Executive Officer

Security Clearance: (classified)

Physical Characteristics:

Age: 32

Height: 5'8"

Weight: 135 Lbs

Hair: Brown

Eyes: Brown

Hiring Details:

(classified)

Info Mr Smith you query.

Directory Entry for Employee #5

Name: Norman Smith

Position: Vice President, Clone Operations

Security Clearance: (classified)

Physical Characteristics:

Age: 37

Height: 6'3"

Weight: 175 Lbs

Hair: Brown

Eyes: Brown

Hiring Details:

(classified)

view RealSpace

The RealSpace icon briefly balloons outward, so you can, for a few seconds, see your office environment again. Nothing significant has changed. It collapses back down to the edge of your peripheral vision.

You access the schedule.

SCHEDULE FOR MR. NORMAN SMITH, V.P., CLONE OPERATIONS

9-10 AM: Meet w/ Mrs. Smith, Mr. Brady, agenda classified

10-11 AM: Train new Personal Assistant

11-2 PM: Quality Assurance, Clone Vats

2-4 PM: Meet w/ Mr. Jones, Mr. Carruthers, agenda classified

Sophie: I'm leaving at 4pm today for golf, so don't book anything for me today. Hold bookings until further notice. I'll introduce myself after my first meeting, and get you oriented. I understand you're well suited for the job, and expect you'll prove to be so.

Mr. Smith