Thursday 10 November 1664 Up, and not finding my things ready, I was so angry with Besse as to bid my wife for good and all to bid her provide herself a place, for though she be very good-natured, she hath no care nor memory of her business at all. Such a minor thing as staff training was not part of Pepys management style. You were either up to the mark or for whatever reason not up to it in...

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