Message from the Chairman

by Steven Ferry

Another substantial newsletter, so I’ll keep this message short again. As the humor offered in the last message proved popular, here is another to offset all the serious stuff in this month’s MBJ:

Looking for the collective noun for various professions, finds:

• A Brace of Orthopedists
• A Joint of Osteopaths
• A Rash of Dermatologists
• A Flutter of Cardiologists
• A Guess of Diagnosticians
• A Cell of Biologists
• A Slug of Gardeners
• A Groan of Punsters
• An Order of Waiters
• A Litter of Trashmen… er… Sanitary Engineers
• A Stack of Librarians
• A Pen of Writers
• A Pride of Egotists
• A Lot of Realtors
• A Dose of Pharmacists
• A Fib of Fishermen
• A Flush of Plumbers
• A Snap of Photographers

and unhappily,

• A Sneer of Butlers

If you have any others to offer, we’d love to share them.

The Institute is dedicated to raising service standards by broadly disseminating the mindset and superior service expertise of that time-honored, quintessential service provider, the British Butler, updated with modern people skills, and adapted to the needs of modern employers and guests in staffed homes, luxury hotels, resorts, spas, retirement communities, jets, yachts & cruise ships around the world.”