address

appointment

barcode

contract

cooperation

documentation

expectation

habit

infrastructure

introduction

invoice

language

maintenance

password

protocol

queue

receipt

reputation

routine

schedule

spreadsheet

standard

trust

Things That Quietly Run The World

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is like a URL only it points to a spatially located home page.

is a waste of time because being early wastes yours and being late wastes the other person's.

Appointments are a waste of time because being early wastes yours and being late wastes the other person's.

is the fingerprint of the invisible hand of capitalism

is an agreement made up of big words and little type.

Contracts are agreements made up of big words and little type.

is a deceptive document --- The large print giveth and the small print taketh away.

The large print giveth and the small print taketh away.

is worthless if not written --- a verbal contract is not worth the paper it's printed on.

A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's printed on:

is a document written by lawyers for lawyers in order to make people immediately realise that they cannot do without lawyers.

Contracts are written by lawyers for lawyers in order to make people immediately realise that they cannot do without lawyers.