Quick Quick Quick — Zero Tolerance for Lag

“Kwek often expects near instant results, delivery or products. His favourite phrase is “quick, quick, quick.””

“Once, he gave De Silva instructions to draft a press release in his office on the 61st floor of Republic Plaza. By the time De Silva took the lift to his own office on the 36th floor in the same building, and sat down at his desk, the phone rang. It was Kwek on the other line, and he asked: “Are you done?” When De Silva replied that he had just reached his work station, Kwek grumbled: “You are always so slow!””