ABSTRACT
Not wanting to take on entertaining their Navy customers ahead of the meeting, Alex decided it would be wise to arrive just before 9 a.m. As he entered the conference room, computer in one hand and coffee in the other (i.e., ready to go), he identified three visitors from the Navy; the whole group was standing at the front of the room. The largest, an imposing man with a deep boisterous voice, was wrapping up a story he was telling to Joe and David. Alex spotted Joe’s computer and set himself up in the chair left of Joe.
