chapter 8

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business dining

Observing the Formalities

“If you ever have to choose between ‘advanced accounting for overachievers’ or ‘remedial knife and fork,’ head for the silverware.”

—HARVEY MACKAY,author of Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive

For a month, Miguel had been planning what he hoped would be the perfect visit to Boston for his biggest client and his wife. He arranged for them to be picked up in a limousine at the airport and whisked off to the exclusive Boston Harbor Hotel, to a luxury suite with a view overlooking the Boston skyline. Knowing his client loved lobster, Miguel made reservations for the best table at the famous ...

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