ex-Oddbins employee not amused by wine offer from Simon Baile

Dear Jim,

 

I am the ex-manager of Oddbins Westminster.

I have just got this email from Simon, which I consider an ultimate insult from the person that is responsible for the demise of our company.

I have not found back a job in the wine industry yet, and the market doesn’t look very good for ex-oddbins employees. I hold him personally responsible for the financial difficulty I am in (and I really am…) and cannot believe the cheek of it.

 

Anyway, I thought you might want to publish this, if you do, feel free to include my name.

 

Yours sincerely,

Gwenole Quiel

From: Simon Baile [mailto:simon@excellar.co.uk]
Sent: 10 June 2011 18:55
To: gwenquiel@
Subject: Ex Cellar 35% Off Wine Voucher

"In quick time they were at the wine-pipe; for a moment the new hands seemed at a loss for the means of getting the wine to their mouths; but the "wide-a-awake" boy sliped (sic) off one of his shoes in a twin­kling, dipped it into the cask and drank. "Drink, you devils, drink!" he said; "its all one how much you drink, only don't get drunk!" And again he filled his shoe, and again he drank. The previous debauch in con­nexion with the new, soon tum­bled him on the ground; and he lay there gradu­ally sinking into stupidity; but, as he took his leave of conscious­ness, he admon­ished the others to take care of themselves; to take as much as they could rightly carry; but not to get drunk, saying, as he sunk lower and lower him­self, "Fill your boots, boys-fill your boots! Give me one small drop in a shoe to make me well again, for I'm- I'm-." Alas, poor hu­manity! There lay in the deep­est degradation, as good a fight­ing soldier, and, when he could not get drink, as cleanly and ac­tive a fellow as ever the English army pos­sessed."

* Terms and conditions apply: purchases must be made by people over 18 - offer is subject to availability - a valid email address is required - offer only applies to wine - no further discounts - other discounts & deals do not apply

Interesting discussion on Tom Cannavan's Wine Pages' Wine Forum over whether the sending of these emails has contravened the Data Protection Act.