Body double

Carlos obligingly lent his support, and his scissor-shapped fingers, to stand in the spot where the no. 2 of the Mistake Factory would soon cut the ribbon marking the official opening of the Innovation Hub (four laptops and a rack of hard drives blinking away with blind enthusiasm). 

Once the light test had been performed, I asked if they needed me to carry out quality spot checks on the cheese cakes.

But my assistance was not required for that part of the proceedings.