Inferiority complex
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Talking of Monday mornings as we are somewhere else on this page, I wonder if like me you are made to feel a bit inferior most Mondays when the office boy asks: "Did you read such and such a thing in the business section of the Sunday Times or the Observer yesterday" and, like me, you've got to answer "No, I didn't". The thing is I just don't get time to read these great bulky newspapers on a Sunday morning, but it could be that I've been missing out.
Take, for example, my experience this week. I was talking to Tony Williams, the marketing director of Radiomobile. A few years ago Tony was interviewing Bill Lawrie before appointing him the UK sales manager.
"What are your hobbies?" said Tony. "Golf," said Bill. "What's your handicap? said Tony. "Fourteen," sai Bill. "What paper do you -ead?" asked Tony. "What papers do you want me to read?" was the theoretical reply. "Do you read The Times?" asked Tony. "No, but I'll start," said Bill.
Pause here for a passage of time. One year later Bill and Tony were in discussion again when Bill recalled the previous conversation. "I now read the Sunday Times," said Bill, "but my handicap has gone out to 20."
Aren't you transport men lucky? You get all you want to know in CM.