Several years ago we had a senior manager who was best described as intelligent, absent minded, full of “character”.
We had a company office based in Belfast. On leaving a meeting he was struggling to carry a briefcase, coat, files, keys. He got the briefcase onto the roof to make things easier. He forgot it was there. Off he went down the road, turned at a junction.
His briefcase was returned to him in a sorry state. It fell onto the road by an army checkpoint. Bomb disposal used a shotgun to open/make it safe. He sent a case of Irish whisky and cigars as an apology.
