[Intro]

Nine o’clock:
Release escalation.

Nine thirty:
Budget escalation.

Ten:
People escalation.

Mentoring:
Reschedule.

[Verse 1]

I write his name across my pad —
Jonas Weber, first-day plan.
An office tour, a coffee first,
access later, smallest scope.
By nine-oh-five the call runs long —
TitanBank says the data’s wrong.
My phone lights up beside my hand:
“Hi Daniel — where do I begin?”

[Pre-Chorus]

I type, “I’ll call you in a bit.”
Someone says my name. I send nothing.

[Chorus]

Your mentor is in a meeting!
Your questions wait outside!
Your mentor is in a meeting,
where every fire collides!
The wiki says, “Go ask Daniel” —
the calendar just says, “Denied!”

[Verse 2]

At lunch I cross the seventh floor —
his coat still hangs beside the door.
A laptop open, guide in hand,
a checklist built the best he can.
He’s circled one line, tight and small:
“Probably wrong — ask Daniel first.”
I point at the door: “Give me ten.”
At six, his empty chair’s still there.

[Pre-Chorus]

Seven-fifteen. The office stills.
I find two lines in chat, unread.

[Chorus]

Your mentor is in a meeting!
Your questions wait outside!
Your mentor is in a meeting,
where every fire collides!
The wiki says, “Go ask Daniel” —
the calendar just says, “Denied!”

[Bridge]

No meeting called the failure down.
No calendar pulled a single wire.
A culture built of back-to-back
just fed one kid straight to the fire.

[Double-Kick Drum Break]

[Final Chorus]

Your mentor is in a meeting!
Your questions wait outside!
Your mentor is in a meeting,
where every fire collides!
The wiki says, “Go ask Daniel” —
the calendar just says, “Denied!”

[Reprise]

Your mentor leaves the meeting
when every room’s finally bare.

He reads the questions too late —
the danger’s waiting there.

[Outro]

I type:

“Do not change anything yet.”

One grey mark. Delivered, unread.

Jonas has closed his laptop.

By morning,
the ticket beats me to my desk.