D and I had another example this morning of how many world's there are between our relative understanding of each other.
His girlfriend has just bought him a pen.
A "cool, trendy, stylish' pen. For meetings and that?
Meetings?
Yeah, y'know, so that I have a cool pen in meetings.
We have pens.
Yes, but this is a special pen.
A special pen?
Yeah, y'know, it's gonna be great.

Please tell me we don't do business with people who care about what sort of pen you have in a meeting???
You'll be suggesting they notice what brand of shirt you wear next...

Do we really want to work with people who judge us in this way?

I can hear him now.

'hang on, let me just right that down.' Elaborate gesture. 'Do you like my new pen...?'