4. -... So itās finished? Youāll send it to me by e-mail?
- My e-mail address? Frankly, I donāt remember it !!!
5. - Just a minute, let me check.
-NICOOOLE, ...
WHATāS MY E-MAIL ADDRESS?
6. - No, no, thatās my home e-mail address!
- Listen, I canāt find it.
Let me check and call you back.
7. - Oh!... Youāre going for lunch...
OK, Iāll send you the address by fax.
Youāll have it when you get back. OK?
8. OK. So give me your fax number.
- What! You donāt know it?
9. - OK, hereās what weāll do.
You e-mail me your fax number and Iāll fax you
my e-mail address.
- No, that wonāt work.
Wait, Iām getting mixed up...
Let me think...
11. - Whatās your cell-phone number?
- Oh, your battery is dead ... Mine too...
12. - OK, listen, hereās what weāll do...
- You charge your cell-phone battery, Iāll call you in a couple of
hours and leave you my e-mail address in your voice mail.
13. - Then you take my e-mail address in your voice mail and you
e-mail me your fax number.
-Then I can fax you my e-mail address.
14. - Thatās plan A. Now for plan B!
I send myself an e-mail to see what my e-mail address is
and then I record a message for you in my voice mail....
15. ā¦when you get it, you send me the answer on my pager...
ā¦so then, I send you a fax with my e-mail address.
16. - Complicated?
No, itās not at all complicated.
-We just need a bit of coordination... and luck...
17. -Thereās also a third possibility thatās much simpler: plan C...
You send me the contract directly by express messenger.
-Yeah!... Itās the best plan strategically speaking...
18. - But actually, I have a small question...
ā¦what was I supposed to send you by e-mail?
My e-mail address, my fax number, my cell number,
pager, telephone?
19. - Oh! You donāt remember either.
- It would probably be a good idea to have periodic
bilateral coordination meetings concerning protocols
for internal communications.
20. - But anyway, since your office is at the other end of the corridor,
Iāll come by to pick it up in 2 minutes... OK? Bye!
21. And the moralā¦:
Thanks to technology, we can now
waste time with an efficiency until
now unimaginable, all in the name of
saving timeā¦