Many years ago, my feature manager and I were called into the project leader’s office for some reason or other, I forget exactly what. <\/p>\n
We were about five minutes into the meeting when the project leader’s mobile phone rang. This was back in the days when mobile phones were not commonplace, and having one was a way of showing off your status. <\/p>\n
The project leader answered the call, but instead of saying, “I’m in a meeting, can I call you back?” he proceeded to carry on a conversation with the caller as if we weren’t there, while we sat there and waited. <\/p>\n
I got up and left his office. <\/p>\n
I went downstairs to the lobby and read whatever newspaper happened to be sitting there for visitors to read while they waited. I think it was The Wall Street Journal<\/i>, but it could have been The New York Times<\/i>. <\/p>\n
After finishing a section of the paper, I came back upstairs to the project leader’s office. By that time, the project leader had finished his call, whatever it was. <\/p>\n
As I sat down, the project leader said, “Sorry, I don’t get calls on this phone often.” <\/p>\n
I immediately replied, “That’s okay, I don’t read The Wall Street Journal<\/i> often either.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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