Wisely, I didn’t complain when the staff canteen suddenly went vegan overnight, without consultation, leaving us with nothing but a pile of dry carrot and hummus sandwiches to ‘feast on’ during working lunches.
The canteen went vegan overnight, with meat and fish only allowed when catering for visitors.
Meat and fish were allowed only when catering for visitors, and it always amused me how, the minute they left, there was a stampede for the leftover sausage rolls.
And worryingly, there are many older managers like me in companies across the country left unable to do our jobs for fear of triggering the childish but ultimately ruinous animosity of an over-indulged generation who have never heard the word ‘no’.
Anyone could say anything they liked with no evidence to back it up, Caroline Harvey writes.
