Ragwort, a weed with distinctive yellow flowers, may be attractive to look at, but it is poisonous to some animals, and it spreads at such an alarming rate that its control is covered by an Act of Parliament. So if King Charles, who employs a dozen gardeners at Highgrove, his private residence in Gloucestershire, wants a solitary ragwort plant removed from the garden, he surely has a right to ask for it to be done.
I think this says more about the modern workplace than it does about one man’s obsessive interest. King Charles, I can imagine, is not an easy man to work for: he has clear ideas on how he wants things done, and it wouldn’t be a stretch to imagine that he has some old-fashioned ideas about working practices.
He hasn’t really experienced any other way, and, besides which, he is the King. The clue is in his title. In my experience of working for a wide variety of powerful, successful and rich people, they only have one thing in common: a ferocious attention to detail that brooks no compromise, and which is complemented by a deep knowledge of the task at hand.
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So I think he has earned the right to be a demanding employer. I like that his attention to detail extends to the use of grammar and spelling in memos sent to him. “NO” he writes if a plant is not spelled correctly. And the picture of him on a walkabout in the garden, hands clasped behind his back, issuing instructions “to be written up and acted on before his next return”, has a real ring of authenticity.
I would think that, if your chosen trade is gardening, going to work every day in one of the world’s great gardens, rather than in a call centre, is a boon to your quality of life. So what if you’ve got to listen to your boss banging on about a rogue bit of ragwort?
The world, even the natural world, is full of imperfections, but that shouldn’t stop us seeking perfection where we can, and applauding those, like King Charles, who undertake that quest on our behalf.
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