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Time to toughen up and embrace the joys of conflict

By Stefan Stern

Published: January 14 2008 22:48 | Last updated: January 14 2008 22:48

OK, so it was early in the morning and they were very busy and I probably was in the way and perhaps the woman in question was having a bad day, but did she really have to shout at me like that?

I should explain. On the way to work most mornings, I stop off for a fix of strong coffee from one of London’s finest outlets. The queue that forms here is a good indicator of the quality of the product.

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