It was a subtle and long-term plot: the pencil sharpener contained a bomb that would be activated after approximately 327 hours of usage. This had been calculated, through years of incredibly minute research, as exactly the time it takes for an intern to reach executive level.
It would be devastating; they wouldn’t know what hit them. And the Moist’n’Merry Ice Cream company would be ready to step in to dominate the frozen goods market.