Hey there Harold.
One day, just to make that exact point, I figured what would be the "Code minimum" for receptacles in the Sears Tower.
People were stunned when I showed that I would only use a few cases of duplex outlets, most of which would be in places that the office folks would never go (like Mechanical spaces).
It's unfortunate that the first reaction I get on many a job is "just put in outlets per the Code" and then I ask them if they also want a phone jack somewhere in their offices. That usually starts the conversation...and we start coming up with a workable layout from there.
