At 11:39 this morning, I was getting ready for an early lunch when I saw the grounds around the company restaurant beautifully reflected in the windows of one of the private dining rooms. There are roughly half a dozen such private rooms on this side of the restaurant; for the most part, they are used to host meals for visitors to our Executive Briefing Center. In the early evening, the rooms can also be booked by employees who wish to celebrate a change in department, a promotion, or even an upcoming retirement with a few colleagues. In such cases, beverages (soft drinks, punch, champagne, wine, beer, and so on) as well as hors-d’oeuvres (sweet, salty, or both) can be arranged by the restaurant staff at extremely attractive prices. Convenient...