Sam's Appointment Book (pocket scheduler)

A pocket-sized appointment book used as Sam's daily scheduler: a bound booklet of dated, ruled pages likely filled with pen entries and the occasional slip of paper marking changes. Cathy flips through it with practiced authority, fingers pausing on time slots as she reads aloud and confirms an unexpected appointment; the book functions as a tactile ledger that colleagues consult to settle disputes over Sam's schedule.

1 appearances

Purpose

To record, display, and provide authoritative reference for Sam's scheduled appointments and daily commitments.

Significance

Operates as Cathy’s instrument of calendrical authority and as the plot device that interrupts Sam’s attempt to reclaim his day—it names Mallory’s visit, reasserts workplace obligations over private intentions, and converts an abstract commitment into an enforceable fact.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

1 moments

S1E18 · Six Meetings Before Lunch

Mallory Drops In — Work vs. Personal Collide

Cathy consults Sam's appointment book aloud to read and enforce the day's timetable; the book functions as the procedural authority that overrides Sam's spontaneous impulses and enables Mallory's 'official' entry into his day.

Before: On Cathy's desk, open or thumbed through as she monitors schedules.

After: Remains at Cathy's desk, having been used to assert and confirm Mallory's appointment and the rest of Sam's obligations.

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