DP's Secretary was a secretary at Barkers stationery firm, with a desk just outside managing director DP's office. In April 1989, she coped with an irate Derek Wilton, who had just been demoted from sales to despatch due to the results of his pension medical. Derek waited outside DP's office nearly all day for a quick word with the boss, but DP was tied up in far more important matters due to his impending visit to Amsterdam and didn't have time to see him. Throughout the day, the secretary had reacted to Derek's situation with a quiet amusement.