To establish relationship, some would recount to me how well they knew my father, they had no idea I was his son, to them I was just a young new face. They could come up with the most exaggerated stories about my father.
Mr Higgins Favourite Coffee
I am often asked “Mr Higgins, which is your favourite coffee?”
That question takes me all the way back to when I first Joined the company. Then I was the most junior member of staff. Though I had worked in the business before leaving school and for as long as I could remember, I was the new boy, a trainee.



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