May 5, 1895 — Roman's Office; Ministry of Magic

Roman's job often had him hopping as well as meeting with the department heads and assistant department heads pretty regularly. He had just finished compiling his report on different proposed policies people had sent in and had weeded out which were actually worth anyones time rather than simply "let's have a holiday for cheese toasties" or something. People could be odd.

Next on his agenda was a meeting with Timoleon Maxime. He wondered what the younger man had to say. He cleared his desk of his previous task so that he could devote his full attention to the assistant head.

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Leo hated taking time out of his day to do things that Murdock asked of him, but he was still his superior (ugh), so it wasn’t like he could argue with him over having to do his job. The old man would have to retire sometime, and Leo could only hope that it was soon.

He knocked on the door once before stepping in, offering a curt nod before he sat in the chair in front of Crouch, hands folding on top of the desk. “The conjured object disposal proposal,” Leo started out in lieu of a greeting, “where is the signature at on it?” He and Greyback worked on it last week to submit, trying to get clarification on who was responsible when conjured or transfigured items get left in shared spaces – Leo was tired of it falling on his department because he could use the workers in better places. “We’ve had everything from floating teacups to a chair that tried to bite someone. It should fall on another department to do the cleanup.”

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The lack of proper decorum and etiquette was idly noted by Roman. But other than that, he also dove right into the issue of the moment. He did have more pressing matters after this to be attending to and it would be a lie to say he enjoyed being in the others company overly much.

"More clarification was needed on that. Is this for shared spaces within the Ministry among coworkers or out among the public? If you could please clarify that now just so we have everything clear, I can see that the proper procedures get followed and issue a clarification to see that the responsible party continues to do so."

If it was within the Ministry, that was the job of the Magical Maintenance crew to take care of - if they had not been doing so then they would need a reprimand. If it was among the public, then it was the responsibility of the spell caster in most cases and if the witch or wizard could not handle it than either the Improper Use of Magic sub department or MA&C would be called in. So either way, this was something to be handled but it was not entirely Maxime or Greybacks area.

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It took every ounce of effort for Leo not to roll his eyes – was this man an idiot or something? He had been very clear in his report and if there were questions it just meant that someone had a comprehension issue. All he wanted was a dry signature and here he was, being questioned like he didn’t know how to write a proper report. Leo arched a brow, lips pursing together as he tried his best to not look annoyed. He didn’t bother to hide the exhale that came close to a sigh.

“Clearly inside,” he snapped, although he couldn’t actually remember if it was public or inside the ministry when the proposal had been written, not that he’d ever admit that to anyone. “Because the Improper Use of Magic actually knows how to do their damn jobs in public.” It was as close to a compliment as he was going to get, although half the time they took too long.

His gaze flicked over to the other with a kind of restrained impatience as he leaned forward in the chair. “All I know is I’m getting damn tired of people coming to my department like it’s my job to fix it. So this proposal is meant to fix that, putting the responsibility back where it bloody belongs.”

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Maxime continued to not impress him with his behaviour. Performance reviews would be coming up soon and this interaction was definitely one he was going to be noting down in his files. The lack of professionalism! This was the department of the Minister himself. Not a public pub where one might curse and act like a petulant child when the mans superiors required more information on their paperwork.

"It is then indeed the duty of the magical maintenance department, not yours or any other departments for that matter," Roman said, stamping the proposal as approved and signing his name on the edict. "This is something long established so a proposal should not have even been needed. The appropriate department will be reprimanded and a clarification shall be issued. If this issue persists, please do report it and we shall take swift action." He didn't like people being fired, especially when they were of the working class, but if people could not do their jobs then there was no other choice, really.

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The corner of his mouth twitched. It wasn’t quite a smile and certainly nothing polite. (It was a word he never bothered to learn because politeness never got anything done.) He watched as the man stamped the paperwork, doing his best not to roll his eyes at the dismissal he felt like he was receiving.

“Of course,” Leo said dryly, his voice clipped. “Wouldn’t want to burden anyone with initiative.” Leo stood then, his arms folding across his chest. “Is that all then?” He wasn’t going to stand around and be reprimanded by someone who was beneath him, so after a moment to give the man to reply (not that Leo gave two shits if he needed something else or not), he turned sharply on his heel to stalk out of the room.

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