Tuesday, May 04, 2004
Wined, Dined AND Salaried at Market Value!
One week into Sean's new job, and we have an invitation to dinner on a yacht with a major client. Whee! Being drunk on the excitement of having an occasion to get glammed up in a cocktail dress and spiky sandals and do the whole introductory thing, I'm much more excited about it than Sean is. I've been warned that there will probably be questions about Baby Cheezleton. Well, get yourself a complimentary beverage and have a seat right thur, because I'll have three boat-bound hours to kill!
Sean and I had a little snickerfest remembering some of the other times we've been on boats for company events and wedding receptions. Those things make for great contained people-watching experiences! Maybe not quite as entertaining as a WalMart at 5 AM on the day after Thanksgiving, but still pretty damn good. If you ever have an opportunity to go to such an event with the general masses, bear in mind that bringing a camera along to preserve the good times is an absolute must. Anybody want to see a picture of the company mattressback trying to do the Y-M-C-A on really badly DJed boatride? I've got one, courtesy of a horrified boatparty-attending friend-with-camera! If you look closely at the picture, you can even see her belly button POKING THROUGH HER SPANDEX DRESS. Fortunately, we can expect a higher caliber of attendee for the upcoming event. The camera will remain at home in good faith.
Dovetailing with the dinner invitation is the implementation of our new Arms Length Coworkers policy. Simply stated, former coworkers-cum-friends will be grandfathered into a privileged position in the Cheezleton Inner Circle, but henceforth new coworkers shall be treated as coworkers. Typical office pleasantries and obligatory parties notwithstanding, interactions will be primarily work-oriented, and will take place in the office ONLY. That means that this newest batch of folks won't be popping up at our barbecues or meeting us for lunch in DC, but then again we also won't have to hear about chronically unemployable spouses, or who does what with whom during business trips, or which newlywed had an affair even before all the wedding cake was eaten (shh! we said we weren't going to talk about the business trips!). I'd say that being free of the sordid knowledge is more than worth giving up the amusement factor of the daily soap opera.
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