Management a la Trotter

摘要

Would you like charlie trotter to be your cabdriver? Of course you would. If Charlie Trotter, the famously perfectionist Chicago chef, drove a cab, its door handles would gleam like polished flatware, and if you weren't satisfied with your ride, he'd offer to drive you somewhere else, gratis. "It would be so easy to say, 'Hi, how're you doing?'" he mused recently, apropos of his favorite topic: why the rest of the world should be more like Charlie Trotter's restaurant. " 'Where can I take you today? Do you have a preferred route?' " So of course you'd want Charlie Trotter as your cabdriver—even if, based on the prices in his restaurant, a ride to Chicago from O'Hare might set you back $175 before tax and tip.