MENIAL COPYING*
‘Stephen, sorry to dump this on you, but could you possibly take photocopies of this marketing strategy document, personally deliver one copy to everyone who is coming to my management meeting at noon, and return the original to me.’
‘But it’s after half past eleven now, Brian.’
‘Yes I know, I’m sorry to be a pain, must dash.’
Stephen, efficient as ever, did meet the deadline, though 159 sheets of paper were churned out of the photocopier in this exercise.
How many people do you think were at Brian’s meeting?