For Ms. Applebaum, seems to subscribe to Ayn Rands Objectivism! When a manufacturing assistant appears with the tuna-fish sandwich he is requested for, he stops in the center of his huddle with the Steadicam operator and tells her "Thanks a million." David Letterman claims this sort of stuff as well, but Letterman usually states it in a way that allows you know he is making entertaining of about 400 factors at the very same time.