Who is Lou Flammer from Welcome to the Monkey House and what is their importance?

Lou Flammer is David's supervisor. He is close to David's age and, like Dilling, wears a surface personality at the Works. His attitude changes drastically when he finds out David is not the scoutmaster with whom he was expecting to meet. He becomes immediately gruff. He tells David about the rating-sheet system at the Works and about his own rise to prominence. He believes each man must look out for himself first in order to get ahead. Flammer goes into a frenzy when he finds out about the deer in the Works. He sends David away to get the story as if it is the most important thing ever to happen in the Works. Flammer is disingenuous; he plays the character he needs to play depending on the situation. He also plans to kill the deer after using it as a publicity stunt while it is still alive.