Over for another year, thank God I thought to myself. Why were these awards ceremonies always held in the middle of winter? Luckily, we men are dressed in tuxedos whereas the poor women are wearing their best cocktail dresses which although fabulous viewing to break the monotony of the ceremony, they offer little if any protection from the elements. The Grosvenor was its usual dull self, save the cocktail bar which had plenty to offer in terms of visual entertainment. Lots of young secretary types with LBDs trying to impress their workplace seniors.
Park Lane was as brilliantly bright as the air was crisp once stood outside awaiting the carriages to take the workers to their poor hotel rooms and their guests to the better accommodation. My company sponsors the after party casino, as a result I am often one of the last to leave, tonight was no exception. The event was becoming a tad monotonous, same old faces, same old products, nothing innovative this time round. I got stuck with one of our customer COEs who wanted to play Blackjack all through the night, I prefer the chance of the roulette wheel as opposed to the turn of a card.
I was last in the queue for the taxi back to the hotel, I had let the sales and technical directors leave early as their guests were keen to head back. Lucky them I thought. Still, here I am stood waiting when behind me to join in the queue comes one of the casino girls still wearing her outfit with our company sash blazened all over it. She looked cold so I offered her my jacket which she gratefully accepted. The roulette girl was older than the other girls we use and I don't think she had been before, certainly I would have recognised her fabulous legs and wonderful cleavage as she would have spun the wheel. Damn I thought, there I was playing Blackjack when I could have had a far more enjoyable evening!
So I introduced myself as the lead sponsor, which did little to impress the roulette girl. I was running out of small talk when a taxi arrived, naturally I offered the roulette girl the taxi, which she took. She gave me back my jacket and smiled, as she got in, I could see site of her stocking tops and the perfect shape of her backside. She said 'The Mandeville' to the driver. Without thinking I said, that's where I am staying, the roulette girl said lets share then.