I was at a drinks party last night for the launch of a hedge fund set up by a former colleague. Boris Johnson MP was there and gave an impromptu and hilarious address on behalf of the guests. Classic quote ...."I am very confident that this wonderful team is going to be hugely successful. Indeed I venture to suggest what we have here is the leylandii of hedge funds." And whilst on the subject of politicians, George Galloway is a hideous man, but I have to confess to a sneaking admiration for his performance earlier in the week on Capital Hill.
The tooth fairy probably does not immediately spring to mind when thinking about lessons on price negotiating. But, in my view, Henrietta, our 12 year old, was sitting on a gold mine with a collection of 4 frighteningly large teeth extracted by the dentist earlier this week, as part of a long and painful orthodentic process on which we have embarked. She missed the opportunity though. To be honest, the tooth fairy forgot to visit at all on the first night and received an abrupt reminder from Hen the following day. But I was pleasantly surprised when she told me she was hoping for £5. Thus the lesson on bargaining. I couldn't resist telling her I thought she would have pitched for £10 at least and rubbed salt into the wounds by saying that as she'd hoped for £5, she'd get £2.50. Soft touch that I am - but they were very nasty looking teeth and it had been quite a traumatic process - the tooth fairy left her £10 which she was thrilled with. Or at least she was until her younger sister, completely oblivious to the careful educational process that had gone on, told her that she'd been done and should have got £20. "Well you certainly know how to blow my bubble" was Hen's disgruntled reaction to that.
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