Fair's fair

Despite seeing most of his employees walk, the chairman is more concerned with treating customers fairly

"Sorry to hear about all your employees," I said to the chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment company SmallBluePlanet as we enjoyed a pint or two of Insert Your-Own-Pun-Here at The Merry Flotation - and yes, needless to say, it was a lock-in. "Is it really true that SmallBlue is the first financial company to experience a mass resignation by its entire staff." "Not its entire staff," said the chairman quickly. "OK," I conceded. "Its entire staff except for the company chairman." "It'll all turn out to be a bit of a misunderstanding," replied the chairman. "More likely still, it'...