Be Careful What You Wish For: the Clifton Chronicles 4
“She had been looking forward to this moment for some time.
‘Gentlemen, allow me to open the meeting by reporting to the board that, yesterday, the company’s share price returned to its high watermark, and our shareholders will be receiving a dividend for the first time in three years.’ Murmurs of ‘Hear, hear,’ accompanied by smiles on the faces of all the directors except one.
‘Now that we have put the past behind us, let us move on to the future. Yesterday, I received the Department of... Transport’s preliminary report on the Buckingham’s seaworthy status. Subject to a few minor modifications, and following the completion of the navigational trials, the department should be able to grant us a full maritime certificate by the end of the month. Once we are in possession of that certificate, the ship will leave Belfast and sail for Avonmouth. It is my intention, gentlemen, to hold the next board meeting on the bridge of the Buckingham, so that we can all be given a tour of the ship, and see at first hand what we have spent our shareholders’ money on.MoreLess
‘Gentlemen, allow me to open the meeting by reporting to the board that, yesterday, the company’s share price returned to its high watermark, and our shareholders will be receiving a dividend for the first time in three years.’ Murmurs of ‘Hear, hear,’ accompanied by smiles on the faces of all the directors except one.
‘Now that we have put the past behind us, let us move on to the future. Yesterday, I received the Department of... Transport’s preliminary report on the Buckingham’s seaworthy status. Subject to a few minor modifications, and following the completion of the navigational trials, the department should be able to grant us a full maritime certificate by the end of the month. Once we are in possession of that certificate, the ship will leave Belfast and sail for Avonmouth. It is my intention, gentlemen, to hold the next board meeting on the bridge of the Buckingham, so that we can all be given a tour of the ship, and see at first hand what we have spent our shareholders’ money on.MoreLess
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