'I'd Sooner Starve!' is the engagingly true story of one man's quest to escape his monotonous nine-to-five existence and open a charming delicatessen and restaurant in a delightful market town. With naked honesty and occasional breathtaking na???vet???, it records his arduous journey and painful reappraisal that customers are always right. Amidst tales of bulimia, public menstruation and day-to-day abuse, this tragic story is an eye-opening account of what happens after you say "I quit!" A warning to some or entertainment ... Read More
'I'd Sooner Starve!' is the engagingly true story of one man's quest to escape his monotonous nine-to-five existence and open a charming delicatessen and restaurant in a delightful market town. With naked honesty and occasional breathtaking na???vet???, it records his arduous journey and painful reappraisal that customers are always right. Amidst tales of bulimia, public menstruation and day-to-day abuse, this tragic story is an eye-opening account of what happens after you say "I quit!" A warning to some or entertainment to others, 'I'd Sooner Starve!' is a shockingly comical account of culinary highs, customer lows and one woman's fixation with thigh-warmed Stilton. Read Less
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How many of us have sat at our desks and thought: ?There?s got to be more to life than this?? How many days have we wasted daydreaming about life on the other side?
Mark Sinclair knows that feeling. So much so, he ditched his dreary nine to five desk job and moved to a small market town, affectionately known as ?Bitch Slap Town?, whereupon he opened a restaurant.
There was just one small snag ? he had absolutely no experience in catering ? apart from a GCSE in Home Economics and the ability to make a quiche from memory.
Armed with said skills and ignoring the bank?s assurance he?d surely go bust, our debutant restauranteur plodded on.
He had a vision you see ? a culinary prophecy. He wanted to bring tapas to the masses. Educate their palates and liberate their taste buds. An unenviable task in ?an oven chips kinda town.?
What followed then, is a horror story of seismic proportions, made all the worse by the fact it?s all agonisingly true.
Fascinating, funny and frank, the author takes us through every harrowing experience with a deft literary touch that colourfully brings to life every achingly awful moment. From battling to open the business until the arrival of the customers, we join him on an extraordinary journey.
With many genuinely funny moments and periods of emotional fragility, we see into the very heart of his struggle and the beast of retailing in the 21st Century. As he makes clear: ?If you think the customer is always right ? you?re wrong.?
Peppered with ?Customer Alerts? that provide some of the most outrageously shocking or downright hilarious experiences acquired over his time feeding ?the great unwashed,? I?d Sooner Starve is a great read, great gift and is thoroughly recommended. Five stars!
