Iwanted to take joe carp and frank reilly out to lunch to celebrate, but joe said he had to buy some things for his wife, and frank said he was meeting his cousin for lunch. i guess it'll take a little time for them to get used to the changes in me. everybody seems to be frightened of me. when i went over to amos borg and tapped him, he jumped up in the air.

people don't talk to me much anymore or kid around the way they used to. it makes the job kind of lonely.

—“flowers for algernon,”
daniel keyes

how do charlie’s coworkers feel about how he has changed?

they are happier since his operation.
they continue making fun of him.
they like working with the “new” charlie.
they are no longer comfortable around him.