Front Desk Manners

It was a big apartment building. Thebuilding was in a big city. Delivery people left packages at the front desk.The front desk held the packages for apartment tenants. Mr. Smith was expectinga package. He stopped at the front desk. Had his package arrived yet? Norasaid, "Yes, sir." But only Simon could hand out the packages."Where's Simon?" Mr. Smith asked. Simon was on break. "He'll beback in 5 minutes, Mr. Smith," said Nora. Twenty minutes later, Simonarrived. Mr. Smith told Simon that he had a package. "Apartmentnumber," said Simon. "A," said Mr. Smith. Simon went into thepackage room. He came back about five minutes later. "Sign here," hesaid. Mr. Smith asked, "Where?" Simon pointed at a blank space in thenotebook. Mr. Smith signed in the blank space. Simon gave him the package. Mr.Smith said, "Thank you." Simon said nothing.