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Staff seem to have discretion as to allow a free coffee to their favourite punter every now and again.


I'm on my third free coffee today in about 6 weeks. Today it was from Dominka, my favourite... :)


It could be a computer generated random offer, in which case I'd of course be very disappointed. I prefer to think she selected me.


Happy Bunny - and this little thought helps the hangover :)

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Chief Executive Clive Schlee gave staff permission to hand out free drinks to anyone they fancy.


"They will decide 'I like the person on the bicycle' or 'I like the guy in that tie' or 'I fancy that girl or that boy'," he told the Evening Standard.


"It means 28 per cent of people have had something free. It?s a nice, different way of doing it."

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> Chief Executive Clive Schlee gave staff permission

> to hand out free drinks to anyone they fancy.

>

> "They will decide 'I like the person on the

> bicycle' or 'I like the guy in that tie' or 'I

> fancy that girl or that boy'," he told the Evening

> Standard.

>

> "It means 28 per cent of people have had something

> free. It?s a nice, different way of doing it."


Well it's the boys who give me freebies ;)

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> Chief Executive Clive Schlee gave staff permission

> to hand out free drinks to anyone they fancy.

>

> "They will decide 'I like the person on the

> bicycle' or 'I like the guy in that tie' or 'I

> fancy that girl or that boy'," he told the Evening

> Standard.

>

> "It means 28 per cent of people have had something

> free. It?s a nice, different way of doing it."



They obviously liked your tie Mick

???? Wrote:

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> Mick Mac Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Chief Executive Clive Schlee gave staff

> permission

> > to hand out free drinks to anyone they fancy.

> >

> > "They will decide 'I like the person on the

> > bicycle' or 'I like the guy in that tie' or 'I

> > fancy that girl or that boy'," he told the

> Evening

> > Standard.

> >

> > "It means 28 per cent of people have had

> something

> > free. It?s a nice, different way of doing it."

>

>

> They obviously liked your tie Mick



I thought that, but I wasn't wearing one, so she must have liked something else.

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