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One of the original members of the Buying Department, Hewitt begins as another bitter rival to Bristow's career prospects but evolves into a congenial co-worker. He was quick to take control of the department during a prolonged absence by Fudge but is otherwise content to rub along with the other clerks. He is just as wily as Bristow and earns Bristow's
admiration and contempt in equal measure for his dedication to not working
(something Bristow will grow to emulate and finally master). We first
meet him strip 3 where he uses artificial methods to prolong his tea
break and here is another example of his talent -strip
38
By strip 177
Hewitt seems to have been responsible for introducing Bristow to the
craft of making paper aeroplanes. Bristow
takes some pleasure in destroying his latest creation, ironically describing
it as childish. It is around this time that Bristow is slavishly following the advice in that get-ahead manual for self-improvers, Space at the Summit and paper aeroplanes are not part of the armoury of the modern thrusting business man.
Hewitt shares one of Bristow's less pleasant characteristics - but
you can probably blame this one on the Buying Department ethos strip 3631
.Hewitt is just as keen to take power as Bristow, and quicker off
the mark. He also has very definite ideas about to motivate his fellow
clerks - browbeat them into submission through exhortation - strip 54
In the radio series, Hewitt was presented as a young, keen and relatively fresh worker. This does not really convince. Given the chance to watch the firm's founder on television, here is the real Hewitt. strip 2085
Yup, he is as jaded and cynical as the rest.
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