Violet stood in front of the door, nose right in front of the plaque. She hesitated not because she was nervous. It was true that she had a new Department Head, but the others hadn't really lasted very long, had they? No, Violet wasn't nervous about having to answer to a new boss. She just didn't know what that boss would be like.

Should she knock and wait, or just enter? She decided to make a compromise. She was a Division Head, after all.

She rapped her knuckles loudly on the wood of the door, and then gently opened it a crack, trying not to make too much of a disturbance. Just in case.

She poked her head into the room. It was already somewhat full. All righty then.

"Hello," she said. "May I come in?"