. . .The part-time soldier liked the occasional cup of coffee. Blameless though that would be in any other office, at the Haven Executive Office it proved a real problem. Coffee was banned as, apart from adverse health effects on those who drank it, the steam contributed to indoor pollution. He brought in some instant coffee of his own – he was no coffee connoisseur – only for the offending material to be taken off him and replaced with a formal warning about his failure to respect the rights of others. He framed this warning and put it on his desk, but the frame was smashed when he wasn’t there, and he was handed another for failing to take official warnings seriously. Unlike the previous warning, Gideon received the second in an interview with the head of the workplace rights committee – the committee that all the others, even HR, were afraid of. “Your behaviour shows that you don’t respect warnings about the rights of others,” she said.“On the contrary, keeping the warni. . . Read More