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Coffee on queue
Edited by Andrew Hornery with Ben Cubby
August 3, 2005
According to Business Review Weekly, John Singleton is worth $285 million - so naturally his time is pretty valuable. Perhaps that could explain the extraordinary measures he takes to get his morning caffeine hit. A regular customer of the espresso bar in the lobby of his offices on Sussex Street, Singo appears to have come to a nice little arrangement with the baristas to avoid the inconvenience of queueing with his co-workers.
As one witness, who assures us he has only ever had to wait five minutes for his coffee, reports from the scene yesterday morning: "I was at the coffee place on the ground floor, stood in the queue, paid my $2.50 for a latte and waited patiently. Up rocked John Singleton, took no notice of the queue, handed over a $50 note and got the very next coffee.
"It didn't appear he took any change. Healthy illustration of the difference between rich and poor."
Indeed. Spike's further investigations confirmed that Singo does have a special deal to avoid the queue at the coffee bar, with one mole telling us "it's a pretty easy way for us to make money ... as soon as we spot him coming, we start making the coffee". By our humble calculations, Singo the adman and mini media mogul would have to earn about $156,250 an hour to maintain his current ranking in BRW. That would mean five minutes of his time is worth $13,020.83 - not a bad return on $50.
Alleged queue jumper ... John Singleton.
Edited by Andrew Hornery with Ben Cubby
August 3, 2005
According to Business Review Weekly, John Singleton is worth $285 million - so naturally his time is pretty valuable. Perhaps that could explain the extraordinary measures he takes to get his morning caffeine hit. A regular customer of the espresso bar in the lobby of his offices on Sussex Street, Singo appears to have come to a nice little arrangement with the baristas to avoid the inconvenience of queueing with his co-workers.
As one witness, who assures us he has only ever had to wait five minutes for his coffee, reports from the scene yesterday morning: "I was at the coffee place on the ground floor, stood in the queue, paid my $2.50 for a latte and waited patiently. Up rocked John Singleton, took no notice of the queue, handed over a $50 note and got the very next coffee.
"It didn't appear he took any change. Healthy illustration of the difference between rich and poor."
Indeed. Spike's further investigations confirmed that Singo does have a special deal to avoid the queue at the coffee bar, with one mole telling us "it's a pretty easy way for us to make money ... as soon as we spot him coming, we start making the coffee". By our humble calculations, Singo the adman and mini media mogul would have to earn about $156,250 an hour to maintain his current ranking in BRW. That would mean five minutes of his time is worth $13,020.83 - not a bad return on $50.
Alleged queue jumper ... John Singleton.