Speaking of archives, were you ever able to dig up any clips of James Earl Jones's recordings for the CPSC hotline?

That’s what is known as a bargaining unit status (BUS) code. It identifies whether or not someone is *eligible* to be in a union, not whether they actually pay dues and are union members. 8888 = management, 7777 = eligible but no union exists, any other 4-digit number = bargaining unit ID

she joined in January so what if she’s a probationary employee?

Fun fact: if a cardinal named “in pectore” is not revealed before the death of the Pope, his claim to be a cardinal expires. So Benitez was not eligible to participate in the conclave.

We did see “loose tires” and “ran out of fuel” last season. Perhaps an Andretti-less Andretti will have better luck!