Category: Tea Retail
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No Shame, but Plenty of Blame
I know from the evidence of my own 1.8 eyes (one’s not very good) that people often order coffee at the end of a meal. Most people do not eat out every day. Sure, some people might buy the same plastic burger everyday for lunch or start each day with an oil-soaked hash brown served at somewhere between the boiling point of titanium and the temperature of a…
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The Only Way is Ethics
A recent post by a fellow Tea Trader has got me thinking about issues like standards of behaviour, conflict of interest and business ethics generally. Now, let’s firstly dissect the phrase “business ethics”. As far as I’m concern that means ethical considerations in relation to running a business. It does not imply that “business ethics” is somehow different to “personal ethics”. And…
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Output
I once put in a pop-up sprinkler system to water our garden. That was in the days when it was sprinklers that were pop-up, not restaurants. The first stage involved measuring the water flow rate. This was done by using two scientific implements, a watch and a bucket. I filled the bucket with water and timed the…
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Steps to a Tea Spangled Christmas
I’ve been quiet of late on the blogging front. On-line generally. A few blogs here and there, a few incredibly funny or incredibly venomous comments – the best ones are both. But not much. I notice it has coincided with with a couple of other bloggers also going to ground a bit. Between @lazy_literatus and…
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Dear Father Christmas
DECEMBER 8th, 1970 Dear Father Christmas I am five and my brother is three and if there were any naughty stuffs done it was johns fault and i want some tea and a bike. Robby Aged 5 DECEMBER 12, 1971 Dear Father Christmas Last year you forgot my bike. Can you remember this time? Also thank you…