When an ex-manager of mine told me they's speak to me offline about something I couldn't help help replying that I wasn't a printer.

The problem we have at the moment is three way meetings and meta-meetings. We're dealing with two different but related companies that both have different needs for the same data. We have a meeting with company X who have a meeting with company Y who have a meeting with us and then we all have a meeting. This cycle can continue for weeks because of the endless loop of questions and answers that's generated. The irony is there it's only our company that benefits from the process dragging out.