The way he told'em blunt

Proving that every cloud has a silver lining, Backbites has learned of a design and build contractor who profited from a most unpropitious D&B conference.

Normally the order of these things is that converts pay a modest sum to hear someone preach to them what they already believe.

But in this case, the contractor paid out œ800 for two tickets to an RIBA conference on design and build opportunities for architects, only to hear speaker after speaker slag off the one-stop shop concept.

By mid afternoon he could hold his peace no longer. Rising during questions, he delivered a thundering rebuke. The silver lining came in the interval: not only was his back slapped all the way to the tea room, but a client approached him and promptly gave him a job!