Liquid Lunches

[Rachel Bray]

Four martini lunch kinda day, eh?  Not good.

When I used to work for a drilling company, there were 4 
secretaries (including myself).  Our four bosses and the 
CEO took us all out for Secretaries Day to this wonderful 
restaurant where they went all the time.  Our bosses and 
the CEO were all drinkers so they ordered each of us a 
glass of wine.  Well, one glass led to two....to 
three....to four....by the time lunch was over, we were all 
pretty annihilated.

When we got back to the office, Becky had the out-of-hand 
giggles that turned into a bawling session that lasted for 
almost an hour, Alma was rather aggressive (she was 83 
years old and usually very quiet but that afternoon she was 
telling everyone where to go and how to get there), and 
Betty and I fell asleep at our desks!

Needless to say, they never took us out for a liquid lunch 
again.  We got roses and gift certificates from then on.

Rachel Bray
The Ohio State University
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