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What does it mean?
Ford sarcastically calls the three-martini lunch efficient because it combines work, eating, and drinking.
In plain terms
A business lunch with drinks mixes work, food, and alcohol quickly.
What can you take from it?
Satire on how business culture blends leisure with productivity.

Where it applies

  • business meetings
  • corporate culture
  • social commentary

Putting it to work

  • observe corporate habits
  • question business norms

Questions to consider

  • Is mixing work and drinking productive?
  • What defines efficiency?

Another view

It glorifies drinking at work as efficient.

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