note: found this video, I think on youtube, back in 2007.
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From Wikipedia: Bartering is a medium in which goods or services are directly exchanged for other goods and/or services, without the use of money.
In this day and age, one would think that this method of doing business is obsolete. However, with the world economy in such horrible shape and a lot of mega corporations falling under, it is no surprise that the small and medium companies (SME) are getting even worse hit. But instead of laying down and dying like other companies, they got creative. They’ve turned back to bartering for products and services.
This movement, according to BBC, may or may not have started in Singapore but it is for certain that a lot of companies around the world are following suit and they’re all doing quite remarkably well. Some of the benefits are savings on costs, of course. It also increases the company’s stature and reputation. It makes things a little better for them in coping with the downturn.
They do their trades online through the barterxchange website and they have their own universal currency. It’s definitely not the US Dollar, mind you. To date, it is reported that there are close to half a million companies doing this around the globe.
These companies have remembered that the Chinese word for crisis is composed of two elements: danger and opportunity. The world financial situation is the danger. Barter is the opportunity.
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I am a hedonistic creature. I love pleasures and activities associated with such. For this reason I love food. Not just any food, good food. Fine food and fine dining are things I’ve missed from days of yore. Blame this passion on my Mom. She loves to cook and the food she cooks could easily spoil a person for great food. Current living proofs are my kids. Suck finicky eaters they have become.
While stumbling through the internet browsing for some semi gourmet recipe which I can somehow adapt to my current circumstance and budget, I happened upon the website of the Upper East. After reading through the one page site I was totally blown away! This is not going to be your usual dining experience, I’m sure. Here are some quotes from their site.
Just don’t expect to dine whenever you want to.
After all, UPPER EAST is not always open for business. We close our doors when we want to, and we certainly won’t wait around for guests who, frankly, need to get a move on. No lunch is served after 1 p.m. and no dinner after 9 p.m.
UPPER EAST is not for the weak of heart. Expect to be serenaded, as you sip your wine and savor every bite of your meal, by the screaming and ranting of our compulsive Executive Chef for whom incompetence is a crime, set against a sonic backdrop of AHA students sobbing and scrambling to do his bidding.
Basing on the above quotes from their website, you tell me if it is not worth visiting at least once. I’ll bet it’s going to be worth it.
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