07 Apr 1998
Enterprising Englishwoman Lyndy Janes has set up a charm school for ill-mannered but brilliant nerds. Janes and partner Sue Fox are teaching techies who are high on IT talent but low on table manners how to behave at meetings. The lessons cover basics such as buttering bread and not wearing an anorak to boardroom meetings. Janes dreamed up the idea after being appalled by the table manners of cocky youngsters in top restaurants in San Francisco.
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