After the new supervisor, Robin, is hired, Max notices that Pat is not as friendly as he once was. Pat does not say hello in the morning or stop by Max’s cubicle to chat. When Max works through an entire weekend to get a rush project done that Pat really needs completed, Pat doesn’t even say thank you. Max is perplexed.

Not long after the rush project is completed, Max comes into the coffee room while Pat is there, and Pat tries to leave without speaking to Max. Max steps aside to let Pat pass, and despite wanting desperately to speak with Pat, he says nothing.

Pat spends most of Monday with the new supervisor, and at one point Max looks up from his work station to see Pat and Robin looking his way and laughing. Max’s feelings are hurt, but he doesn’t want to approach Pat while Robin is around, if at all.