“He’s also four minutes over his anecdote quota ,” Maya snapped. “Do it.”

On her tablet, she began frantically dragging and dropping. The ShoFlo was a living document—it could be edited in real time. She pulled the Henderson tribute from 10:52 to 11:14, sliding it into the back half of the auction segment. She nudged the dance troupe’s interview earlier. She recalculated the total runtime.

The ShoFlo was mocking her.

The problem wasn’t the dancers. It was Mr. Henderson, the 84-year-old founder of Henderson’s Pickled Eggs, who was supposed to give a 90-second heartfelt speech at 10:52 AM. Instead, he was currently telling the stage manager a rambling story about his second cousin’s parakeet.