Coffee and the PDA

For some reason we had an absolutely frantic lunch session yesterday. I can tell you at the end of it all, I was quite drained. So I had just sat my weary old arse down with a nice cup of Earl Gray and a shortbread when the door bursts open and in flies Simon Sue (Sue, Grabbit and Runne, LLP International Attorneys). Red faced and flustered he wheezes, “Have you seen my Palm Pilot?”

Before I continue this tale, Am I the only Bitch in the world that thinks that Palm Pilot is not a great marketing strategy? When I hear the term “Palm Pilot” I cannot but help thinking of a prepubescent schoolboy who has just discovered what his right hand is for. You know the Freudian stage of psychosexual development where the penny had dropped but the boys haven’t. Anyway back to (simple) Simon.

As you can imagine I wasn’t best pleased with this interruption to my hard earned tea break so I looked up and with the most innocent expression I could muster I asked if it was important. “Yes”-squeaked Simon, “it has all my appointments, client details, court appointments and billing hours”. “Oh” I reply with even more concern, “did you back up the information?” “No”, whined Simon “not forever. Have you seen it?”

“Well Simon, as it happens, I have”. “Oh thank God, where is it”. “At this precise moment it is on Ebay with a reserve price of $200”, I reply. “Please be sure to bid nice and high I would hate to see the memory erased before it is sold”.

You would think that a Lawyer would know that the law in Virginia is finders keepers.

I really do rule
TCB