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> My theory is his ego let him get over-extended with tpo many
> enterprises on the go and inadaquate caliber of staff who couldn't
> perform well without close supervision. 

So how did he transfer his self-estimation to his underlings?
Was it something like "I hired and trained this person, (s)he
must be capable of jumping small mountains at a single bound"?

He was also so tired and
> hagard looking but overly animated towards the end that I suspect
> cocaine may have been involved. 

Many fortunes have gone up many noses.

In any event the owner handles the
> finances and planning, Pierre runs the day to day operations.

And so one is thankful for his being a not-so-general
manager.

> I just saw the numbers. We have gone from 200 Chinese visitors five
> years ago to 7000 last winter. There were 25,000 altogether: 11,750
> Japanese, 4250 Koreans and 2000 others, mostly German.

Well, you went from the advance guard to the cream of the crop.
The day will come when you regret having seen Chinese visitors.
Not me, of course.

---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.01

      Title: Scott Baio's Ricotta Puffs
 Categories: Desserts, Cheese/eggs, Italian
      Yield: 24 servings

      1 c  All-purp. flour                     1 ts Baking powder
      2 tb White granulated sugar              1 tb Vanilla
      2    Eggs                                1 lb Tub low-fat ricotta
cheese
  2 1/2 c  Vegetable oil                   99999 x  Powdered sugar

  Using a cooking thermometer, heat vegetable oil in a deep saucepan to 375
  degrees.  mix all other ingredients together except for powdered sugar.
  carefully, add a tb of mixture at a time to hot oil.  within a minute,
  balls will form puffs and turn a golden brown.  drain on a paper towel
and
  sprinkle with powdered sugar. Serve warm. --- ˙ DeLuxe˙ 1.26b #5627 ˙ I
was
  a cat in my first nine lives...purrrrrrrr

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