The big-time executive received a monthly bill from the law firm that was handling a major case for his company. This document included hourly billing for conferences, research, phone calls, fax, photocopying, and everything but lunch hours.
Unhappy as he was, the executive knew that the company would have to pay for each of these services. Then he noticed one item buried in the list:
"For crossing the street to talk to you, then discovering it wasn't you at all - $125