Naming at Namer's Peril

The risk of naming gifts is often put on the side of the institution: what if the donor gets into trouble, or can't pay up in full? But a recent story in the Yale Daily News about the Thain Cafe in the new Bass Library at Yale (yes, the Thain running Merrill Lynch) shows that the exposure can go the OTHER way: in this instance, some students are alleging that the Thain Cafe's operator has been passing off decaf espresso as the real thing.

Read more here:
http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/24755

We bet Mr. Thain has other things to worry about, but as a coffee addict, I gotta say, the right thing to do here is to give the students their real espresso!