And then in the back of the restaurant you have a bunch of waiters saying, "Hey, our pay cheques aren't ready!" Sometimes our cheques would be late and it's just like, "Sorry, cheques aren't ready".
Needless to say the champagne is on ice and giant cheque at the ready to celebrate an extraordinary win".
Whereas in a different restaurant "cheques aren't ready" is a big fucking deal, it's a problem.
Although Mr Arnault is not renowned as a wine expert, Mr Frère is a long-term wine-lover and thus more typical of the newcomers moving into the area.Until recently few rich Frenchmen from outside the region had ever invested in the region's vineyards, but these newcomers keep their cheque books at the ready.
Whether you're sitting there wondering what a press release is, or waving a blank cheque in the air and ready to drop £50k getting your message heard, make sure you cover the bases and do your homework.
Meanwhile, new credit cards and travellers cheques were on order and would be ready for collection in the Ecuadorian capital, Quito.
They always thanked him, but they also shook their heads as they wrote out the cheques, offered chunks of cash for less, offered VAT-off ready money.
Many emails and phone calls later, we received an email with an apology and an assurance that easyJet were "ready to reimburse" us the slightly smaller amount of £260 once we provided details to enable cheque payment to be made.
Only then was she ready to step forward to receive the trophy, presented to her by the Olympic sprint champion Maurice Greene, and a cheque for £403,000.
I was ready to uphold my side of the promise".In the event, GM was prepared to write Mr Marchionne a cheque for $2 billion to escape being forced to own Fiat's declining car business.
There may well be a day when cheques are no longer used, but at the moment thousands of people still rely on them, and are not ready or able to use the alternatives".
