Something that may not be known .... "China", as in the crockery, originated in the UK. It became known as "China" after the Chinese ripped it off and and started selling mass-produced inferior copies (sounds familiar?). For the majority of people, price is king, not quality.
I used to get 'told off' by my boss when I worked in a Service Company, as he regularly reminded me of the phrase "The Best is the Enemy of the Good" when I used to be a bit slow providing something as still improving it - in other words, you don't need to deliver perfection in everything and have to recognise when something is good enough. While I fully agree with that, still find it hard not to make something as good as it can be regardless (hence why for example after I do something like fix a heating pipe under the floorboards, I vaccum underneath before putting the board back. Or removing the EGR from my T4, I fully cleaned it anyway knowing I was not replacing it. Mad.)
Category in the shop, so anyone who likes to support UK Manufacturing can spot those products more easily
