President's Card Holder

Toby thrusts the President's card holder high, peeling it from obscurity off the seating board's edge—its crisp placeholder screams omission amid the Roosevelt Room's fluorescent glare. Staff jaws drop as the elegant marker dangles in his grip, a damning prop that punctures seven hours of meticulous chart torture, igniting shared horror and frantic laughter in the protocol pit.

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Purpose

Holds the place card designating the President's seat position on the state dinner seating chart.

Significance

Exposes catastrophic oversight in high-stakes diplomatic seating, Toby's reveal detonates premature triumph into collective scramble, humanizing the frenzy before smoke alarms shatter the night.

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S2E11 · The Leadership Breakfast

Seating Fiasco: Forgotten President and Looming Smoke

Toby thrusts the President's card holder aloft from its obscure spot beside the board, transforming it from neglected prop to damning symbol of oversight; its reveal punctures the staff's hard-won triumph, catalyzing collective horror and laughter before smoke crisis erupts.

Before: Neglected and obscured off to the side of the seating board on the table

After: Held high by Toby as focal point of group's realization, still on table periphery

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