Career Change - Editorial

Just come back from Lunch with Vanessa in the grounds of Longbridge Manor (next to Warwick Castle) and there was wine and fine salads and strawberries and nice people generally wandering around in their summer finery and commenting in typical english style - 'It ain't 'alf hot in it?'

The sixteenth century manor has been beautifully restored and houses the headquarters of Forever Living 'Aloe and Honey', Products. (see FLP article below on how brilliant Aloe is for your ageing skin.) 

Everybody visiting the manor is self-employed have Forever Living businesses and I have got to say are the most care-free and relaxed bunch of people making a living it has been my good fortune to meet in many a day. I just soaked it in.

Compared to the BT manager I met recently who had bitten his nails down to the quick, the guy from Oracle who is six stone overweight and the lady from a large plastics factory who thought the smell was literally killing her. (and it probably is) these Forever Living types were light years in front. Having another bowl of strawberries was the tense moment of the day. Cream or creme fraiche?

I feel it is my duty to investigate this 'obvious' cult on your behalf and I will be reporting back to you at intervals about their motivations, empowerment and helicopter 'take' on the buffet table. My advice is to steer clear of them for the moment until I've figured out how they get so relaxed and get me some. (It must be all the holidays they seem to be planning - Vanessa has just bought herself a Spanish farmhouse!).

Ill-gotten gains - must be terrible.