Take It As Read

(My colleague comes in with a late, very complicated ad brief when we’re well over deadline and very stressed.)

Colleague: *magnanimously* “But don’t worry, I’ll type up the copy for you.”

(A little later, I finish up what I’m doing and am ready to start on the late one.)

Me: “[Colleague], where did you save the copy for that ad?”

Colleague: “I didn’t save it. I just typed it.”

Me: “Why would you type it up but not save it?”

Colleague: “Well, I printed it out. So now you have an easy to read copy.”