I see. May be my Berkeley experience is outdated or may be its because I
spend more time with Russian artists in Berkeley than with American
students....
I will be in the area (most probably) at the end of March - Roy and I have
some business to do - would you consider a quiet hour together at any of
these locations?

Sasha.


"Davelcorp" > wrote in message
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> Ever since opeining an ITC in San Francisco's gourmet haven at the
> Ferry Building, Mr. Fong has seen a great boom in bussiness. He has
> been working very hard to open this new Berkeley location and I'm sure
> it will be a great success.
> ITC seems committed to maintaining a high quality of product, but I
> fear how this will affect the staff. Since the Ferry Building location
> opened and proved to be a success, Mr. Fong seems to have a hard time
> hiring and training knowledgeable employees. His best employee
> recently left to pursue his academic career, and now when I go to the
> main store the workers cannot answer simple questions about tea source,
> age, leaf quality, etc. This is particularly true of the puerhs.
> So, I wish Mr. Fong continued sucess, but I hope he can invest time in
> the training of a knowledgeable staff.
>
> 'odors' in Berkeley, most of the recent UC grads that I know are
> more concerned about earning potentials and investment portfolios to
> have time for a little weed. The same cannot be said for the Stanford
> grads that live above me and stink up the stairwell of our apartment
> building.
>
> -David L.
>