I watched a cookery program today which just brought home to me how easy
it is to bring chaos to the supply chain.
The chef was using ‘banana shallots’ and ‘egg plant’. What fun that would be on a shipping
invoice particularly in the hands of someone for whom English is not their
first language!
Of course ‘banana’ refers to the shape of the shallot – not some
genetically modified weird vegetable and ‘egg plants’ are otherwise known as
aubergines.
Sometimes it is really important to look carefully at what you write and
how others might interpret it.
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