“Can’t I Have It Right Away?”

I spent many years in jobs related to the printing industry. I came across this poem, and what it says is as true today as it was when written in 1904.
“CAN’T I HAVE IT RIGHT AWAY?”
By Strickland W. Gillilan
I sat beside the estimator’s desk one afternoon—
He hadn’t had a smell of lunch, but said he’d [...]