You arrive at work at 8:55am and immediately go to the third floor. You find that...

 

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You arrive at work at 8:55am and immediately go to the third floor. You find that you have an email from your supervisor who needs some figures for a client presentation that will occur at 9:25am. You will need to go through a few filing cabinets on the second floor to find the appropriate paperwork and spend additional time compiling the figures into an Excel document which will take at least twenty to twenty-five minutes. You also are expecting an important client call to your office that is scheduled for 9:10am. The call should only take fifteen minutes to confirm a few purchase order numbers that are already printed out on your desk. In addition, you receive a text message on your cell phone from a co-worker asking you to come down to the first floor and let them in the building as she forgot her key How would you handle this situation and in what order? (Please be sure to include a timeline for the events.) You arrive at work at 8:55am and immediately go to the third floor. You find that you have an email from your supervisor who needs some figures for a client presentation that will occur at 9:25am. You will need to go through a few filing cabinets on the second floor to find the appropriate paperwork and spend additional time compiling the figures into an Excel document which will take at least twenty to twenty-five minutes. You also are expecting an important client call to your office that is scheduled for 9:10am. The call should only take fifteen minutes to confirm a few purchase order numbers that are already printed out on your desk. In addition, you receive a text message on your cell phone from a co-worker asking you to come down to the first floor and let them in the building as she forgot her key How would you handle this situation and in what order? (Please be sure to include a timeline for the events.)

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