He Said, He Said

Please note that no one in my firm uses formal memoranda to record anything, let alone an intra-firm discussion. However, most large firms do. Everything here goes from the Managing Partner's mouth to some minion's notepad, which ranges from legal pads to 3x3 inch sticky notes. As you can tell, unless it makes it to the minion's notepad, whether or not it was said is arguable. Case in point:

Managing Partner: "Did you start the affidavits we discussed?"
Associate: "What affidavits?"
Managing Partner: "The three affidavits for our clients."
Asocaite: "We never discussed any affidavits."
Managing Partner: "Yes we did."
Associate: "No we didn't."
Managing Partner: "Yes we did. If I have to start sending you formal memos, I will."
Associate: "Yes, please start sending me formal memos."