red rubber grease

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Well imagine the scene right... important meeting, you are feeling generous and willing to make a concession... you dunk a rich tea... and NOOOOOO ... soggy biccy in the bottom of your cup. No fooking way are you going to concede anything then, it'd sour the whole deal!

I remember reading in a business book about a woman in acquisitions for a large American firm. She said that she found one of the best indicators of whether or not a company was really doing well was if they offered free sanitary towels in the women's toilets. If they didn't (and particularly if there was a machine, but it was empty/out of order), it suggested things weren't going well and the bean counters were resorting to silly cuts to save pennies and hence the company wasn't worth buying.