In fact, about the only thing he didn't hate was the tow truck driver who was ultimately dispatched to pick up he and the charge-depleted Tesla he had been driving through Connecticut.

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No one wants to pick up the ball and take charge because no one wants to get the blame levied on them.

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The hope here is that a huge business can provide the support and expertise needed to keep our project going, and that it will survive in institutional memory--even if the employee in charge of it today drops the ball, someone else will pick it up.

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Harry Redknapp's second game in charge of Queen's Park Rangers saw the Premier League's bottom side pick up a point against Aston Villa.

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That merits an email like, "I'm stuck in the North Wing, " which sends Ms. Jones jogging over to pick up the 20-pound device and carry it back to her room, where the VGo can charge.

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