Fantastic writing. I loved how the reader has to infer what The Question was. The story was short, but it didn't need to be long in order to convey its meaning. Overall: five stars.
Awesome story. I like how you didn't tell what "The Question" was, but I am curious. What was it? If it was so bad as to cause the manager to - well, I don't want to give off any spoilers. But, yeah. What was "The Question"?