Espresso Tales
“Old Business “You gave me your word,” said Bruce, chiselling out the sentence. “You gave me your word, George. You told me that you would come in on this business with me. It was in the Cumberland Bar.”
The words the Cumberland Bar were uttered with all the solemnity with which one might invoke the name of a place in which commercial promises are scrupulously observed–the words the floor at Lloyds, for example, might be spoken in the same tone. But on this occasion, even the mention of the locu...s of the conversation failed to have the desired effect.
“Actually, Bruce,” said George, “actually, I didn’t promise. I said that I was interested, but we didn’t make any firm arrangements, did we? We agreed that we would draw up a partnership agreement, but you never showed that to me and I never signed it. We were talking about the prospect of going into business, not the actual mechanics. We didn’t do a proper deal, you know.”
“There’s no proper deal,” chipped in Sharon.MoreLess
The words the Cumberland Bar were uttered with all the solemnity with which one might invoke the name of a place in which commercial promises are scrupulously observed–the words the floor at Lloyds, for example, might be spoken in the same tone. But on this occasion, even the mention of the locu...s of the conversation failed to have the desired effect.
“Actually, Bruce,” said George, “actually, I didn’t promise. I said that I was interested, but we didn’t make any firm arrangements, did we? We agreed that we would draw up a partnership agreement, but you never showed that to me and I never signed it. We were talking about the prospect of going into business, not the actual mechanics. We didn’t do a proper deal, you know.”
“There’s no proper deal,” chipped in Sharon.MoreLess
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