Manager (F): Charles, can you come in here for a minute, please?
Secretary (M): Sure. What do you need?
Manager: It’s the mail. You received it this moming, didn’t you?
Secretary: Yeah, the mail room guys brought it up hours ago. Is something wrong?
Manager: To be honest, yes, there are a number of issues.
Secretary: I’m so sorry! What did I do?
Manager: For starters, you opened a letter that was marked “confidential”.
Secretary: Oh, right. I just wasn’t paying attention at first. But I didn’t read anything.
Manager: That’s not the point. You need to focus on what you’re doing.
Secretary: It won’t happen again.
Manager: It had better not. But that’s not all. None of today’s letters were stamped with the correct date.
Secretary: I can’t believe I forgot that. I don’t know what I was thinking.
Manager: I want you to go through all of today’s mail again and fix it. I can’t have this kind of disorganized behavior in my office.
Secretary: I understand. I’ll grab the mail log and get started right away.
Manager: And Charles, in the future, please get it right the first time.
Secretary: I won’t let you down again, I promise.