Makinson d’Apice Lawyers had a box of assorted pastries delivered to their Sydney office this week, and for a working morning, it was exactly the right call. Fourteen pastries between a legal team means there is enough to go around without anyone needing to do the mental arithmetic of whether it is polite to take one.
Pastries like these tend to disappear fastest when meetings run through the usual coffee window. Nobody has to step away, nobody has to organise anything, and the food is already there when people sit down. That practicality is quietly the whole point.
A 14 pack is a number that suggests someone counted the room before ordering, which is always a good sign.
