Priority in perspective

Mary has been hovering around Maisie's desk for the past half hour waiting for her petty cash claim for one-ninety-nine's worth of crayons bought at nine o'clock this morning for this afternoon's schools event. Frog isn't impressed:

"I wish she'd make the same fuss about finding the car allowance claim form she lost on her desk last month. It's only for ninety quid."