The meeting ended.
Professor Whittle walked confidently out of the conference room. He cursed in a quiet voice, and he had an expression of resentment on his face.
"This dictator! Might as well fire the board."
When he worked in a similar position at CERN, no one dared to ignore his opinions like this. However, during his time on the ILHCRC board of directors, he experienced more frustration in one year than he had over the last 40 years of his career.
Professor Fernando, the board of director for the ILHCRC British Council, was walking next to him. Fernando hesitated a bit before he said, "Actually I think… he's being somewhat reasonable."
Whittle looked at Professor Fernando in disbelief. Whittle said, "I can't believe… You actually think he's reasonable?"