Standards Australia had fruit skewers on the table this week, and honestly, it made a lot of sense for a midday break in the middle of a busy Sydney workplace. Twenty skewers, threaded with fresh fruit, sitting on a large platter that could hold its own without needing anything else around it.

What works about this kind of order is how little effort it asks of the people receiving it. No plates to sort out, no serving utensils to hunt down. Staff could walk past, grab a skewer, and keep moving. For a team that was clearly in the middle of something, that practicality mattered more than anything elaborate would have.

The fruit itself looked the part too. Bright, cold, and not the kind of thing that wilts under a fluorescent light after twenty minutes.