When you send your friend an email at his work, the infrastructure to transmit and store that email is only a part of the cost incurred by his company. What other significant cost does your email generate?
A) the space on the company's email server
B) the cost of the gasoline your friend uses to drive to work
C) the cost of the electricity your friend's computer uses
D) the cost of the time your friend takes at work to read and view your email
E) the processing cycles on your friend's company's router

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The time your friend takes to read and view the email is a significant cost because it involves labor costs, as the time spent on reading emails is time not spent on other work tasks.

When You Send Your Friend an Email at His Work