Hi, it's Bob Safian. You've been hearing me as the host of rapid response in this feed for a few years now,

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My first office at Google was an 8 by 12 office, just enough room for me in my desk and my little chair,

and one day I walked in and I find I have a roommate.

He said hello and he says hello. I said hi I'm Eric and he goes hi I'm a meet.

That's Eric Schmidt. This story happened on his first day as Google CEO in 2001.

Now as a new person company to company, it's very important to not create a cultural faux-pau.

Like it would be incorrect to say,

I'm the CEO, get the heck out of my office.

I looked at my secretary and said,

did you want anything about this?

She said, no.

And I said, well, who said you could move in?

And he said, the VP of engineering.

And I said, ah, they're playing a joke on me.

And I said, well, why did you move here?

Well, because I was in a six-person office who was very crowded and your office was empty.

So we became colleagues.

So was Amid playing a joke on Eric?

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