“Do you call the owner of the Daily Planet by his first name?” she replied with a raised brow, putting Lois in her place.
Normally not, thought Lois. Lex, Leslie Luckaby, and James Olsen being the exceptions to the rule.
Which would actually make Mr. Stern the exception. /ignores those unnamed Upstairs who held the Planet before Lex.
“Mr. Wayne seems a little overly flirtatious. Does Wayne Enterprises have problems with sexual harassment?”
No. Mr. Wayne doesn’t mind his girls making a move on him.
“Most women like his attentions.” Margarite shrugged. “They all want to be the first Mrs. Bruce Wayne.
So, Mr. Wayne. And an uncounted number of all-female employees, all vying for his attention. Sounds like a…catfight waiting to happen. No wonder they need Kevlar vests.
If he liked women at all.
/Actually, this paragraph reminding me of LaraMoon’s vignette Family on the dark side.
Margarite laughed. “Of course. I’m Mr. Wayne’s Senior Personal Assistant.”
That’s a…coincidence.
Was Bruce acting like a scuzzbucket on purpose?
Well…
I’m still single, officially. My girlfriend
Can we quote this to Penny, please? /waits for her to go all T-X on him.
is going to be Lois and CK’s new nanny while she goes to graduate school.”
Uuuuuuuuu
Okay, I know you mentioned this, but since his unauthorized biographies all talk about this, wouldn’t it have also been big press back then had he been born wealthy? Or was Jimmy so completely in love with Lex, that he bought the phony stories and continued to gush about him, disregarded all counter-indicators?
“You’re a gullible, but goodhearted, idiot?” Lois asked.
Michael
