The world may see Goldman’s bonuses as the epitome of capitalism, but earlier this week a bit of capitalism British-style warmed the cockles of the heart.
In an archetypal British pub, The Nag’s Head in Kinnerton Street in the heart of the UK’s poshest residential area, Belgravia, there is a handwritten sign saying: ‘No mobile phones. Thank you.’
A couple of evenings ago, a superior-looking type pulled out a mobile and began a conversation. Suddenly he noticed the landlady pointing at him. The finger moved to point at the door.
Like a lamb he left, never to return, laving a large glass of good wine behind.
The Nag’s Head, a genuine free house, makes and enforces its own rules. It’s run by an owner/manager who lives by the rules of common sense.
Pity these rules aren’t applied on trains, planes, pubs, restaurants and in public rooms everywhere.
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