1994 Promotional Trips to France & the December Turmoil

In 1994 Cragglethorne Stationery went on two separate trips to France to advertise Cragglethorne Stationery Company to various places In France.

## First French Trip 17 May - 31 May 1994

Locations the Staff gave speeches at:

* 17 May - FNAC, Nancy, France
* 18 May - Exo 7, Rouen, France
* 19 May - La Cigale, Paris, France
* 20 May - L'Escale, Nantes, France
* 21 May - Salle des Concerts, Le Mans, France
* 24 May - Dorémi, Bordeaux, France
* 25 May - Le Bikini, Toulouse, France
* 26 May - Le Rockstore, Montpellier, France
* 27 May - L'Espace Julien, Marseille, France
* 28 May - Forum Rexy, Riom, France
* 30 May - La Salamandre, Strasbourg, France
* 31 May - L'Usine, Reims, France

After the success of the trip to Switzerland and Northern Italy, a new trip was soon planned to France. They set off from Notting Hill to France on 15 May 1994. The trip was relatively normal, unlike the previous trip. On 16 May 1994, they arrived to Nancy, France where they would give a speech at the retail store FNAC the next day. The Speech didn't go to well, as a French man lied to Denzel Pepper and mistranslated the speech. This is a copy of the speech:

''D'accord mes petits Français, je vais vous dire que j'ai eu une merde hier soir. Jedediah m'a giflé et je suis mort, oui c'est vrai. Vous êtes un chien! Tu es le fils du diable! Je te renie, salope. Meurs chienne, meurs''

Translated to English, that is the following:

''Okay my little French people, I will tell you that I had a shit last night. Jedediah slapped me and I died, yes it's true. You are a dog! You are the Devil's son! I renounce you, bitch. Die bitch, die.''

This almost lead to Denzel being fired, however his speech the next day at Exo 7 was transmitted on the radio and turned out great. On 19 May, Denzel went out clubbing in Paris with Fred and Bernard. They encountered a French man who offered them brownies. Denzel, Fred and Bernard gladly accepted the brownies. ''Mmmm Brownies, yummy yummy in my tummy'' they though. A few minutes later, the three men started seeing visions. It turns out the Brownies were laced with Ecstasy and Speed. This lead to Denzel being rather disorientated the next day during his speech to L'escale in Nantes. In fact, Bernard vomited on a child.

## The December Turmoil

In Late November 1994, a scandal was leaked to the press about the CEO of Cragglethorne Stationery, William Tansworth. Tansworth had been spending company money on his own luxurious trips to his private Carribean islands. This was discovered by Jebidiah Thornton, Chief Accountant of Cragglethorne Stationery Notting Hill Branch. Jebidiah was well known and well liked by most of the company and was plotting on overthrowing Tansworth, as he believed that Tansworth was spending far too much money. Jebidiah had garnered allies from the Corporate Branch such as Thomas Campbell to help remove Tansworth.

Jebidiah eventually started a campaign to remove Tansworth from his position of CEO. The campaign lasted from 19 November 1994 - 24 March 1995. Denzel Pepper gave a speech on 20 February 1995 to the gathered branches of Cragglethorne stationery in London, announcing Jebidiah's plans to cut on costs. This was when it was revealed that the Chelsea and Notting Hill Branches would merge into the Kensington and Chelsea Branch. The Campaign was successful and on 24 March 1995, Tansworth announced his official resignation. Two days later, Jebidiah Thornton became CEO. On April 7, Jebidiah announced his plans in a speech that went down in Stationery History.