Rush Jobs: 
The New Reality

Customer (to the university chancellor): "You will need to read this proof in the next 20 minutes or Printing Services says we cannot make our deadline for this job."

Chancellor: "Well, I have two state senators in my office at the moment so I guess we need to find a new printer."

The point here is not that we don't need proofs back in a timely manner; indeed we do. Sometimes checking a rush proof just isn't the highest priority for the administration at your parent organization. Yes, your in-plant will get beaten bloody if you don't make the due date. But no, returning the proof still isn't their highest priority.