Some questions required answers.
Some required records.
Some required only time.
I had become better at telling the difference.
One Friday afternoon, a junior staff member came into my office holding a purchase request.
She looked nervous.
“Mrs. Sterling?”
“Clara is fine.”
She placed the document on the desk.
“I wasn’t sure whether this needed your personal signature.”
I read it.
Office equipment.
Nothing important.
No hidden company.
No false authorization.
No disguised consulting firm.
No competency strategy.
Just office equipment.