[steven2012]

My dad taught me this lesson very early in life. Where he worked, he was always very kind to the secretaries, remembering to buy them gifts when he went on business trips, etc.

My dad was doing his PhD in the early 80s when things like word processors and PCs were not common. When you needed to type things up, you literally needed a typewriter and type it by hand. When it came time to typing up his thesis, the secretaries all volunteered to help him type up his thesis, so he ended up getting it done much, much quicker and with better accuracy than if he had to do it himself.