TallFatSue
Well-Known Member
Just when I think life can't get any goofier, it does. But in a good way. Last month I was in foodie heaven on the company nickel. 
I'm an office manager in the Toledo area, but in May I went with some of our PR people to schmooze a major client in Philadelphia. It is unusual for me to be part of a major PR blitz to a client 500 miles (800 kilometers) away. Sometimes I visit clients in Ohio or nearby states that are within a couple hours drive, or help our marketing people give presentations, but mostly in a support role.
Now I know why I was recruited. One mover and shaker had visited our company months ago, and according to the grapevine, just before our trip he asked, "Is Sue Whatsername coming too? The big woman?" My boss's boss hustled over to my office as soon as he hung up the phone, and "volunteered" me to join the PR group! Our visit lasted 3 days, we wined and dined some major decision-makers and spouses, and Mr. Bigwig's wife was as fat as me. Aha! He just might be an FA!
Our group went to some great restaurants in 3 states, and I sure put it away. Here's what I ate, and I still get a buzz just thinking about it: :eat2:
City Tavern Restaurant, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
http://www.citytavern.com
Washington Street Ale House, Wilmington, Delaware
http://wsalehouse.com
J. G. Cook's Riverview Inn, Pennsville, New Jersey (scenic Delaware River-front location)
http://www.riverviewinn.net/index_riverview.htm
It was a good trip, but I almost felt I was recruited to kinda sorta be the middle-aged obese bimbo of our PR team, even though I conducted myself as a professional.
But it's easy to twist my arm for that blissful chocolate buzz I got. :eat2:
I'm an office manager in the Toledo area, but in May I went with some of our PR people to schmooze a major client in Philadelphia. It is unusual for me to be part of a major PR blitz to a client 500 miles (800 kilometers) away. Sometimes I visit clients in Ohio or nearby states that are within a couple hours drive, or help our marketing people give presentations, but mostly in a support role.
Now I know why I was recruited. One mover and shaker had visited our company months ago, and according to the grapevine, just before our trip he asked, "Is Sue Whatsername coming too? The big woman?" My boss's boss hustled over to my office as soon as he hung up the phone, and "volunteered" me to join the PR group! Our visit lasted 3 days, we wined and dined some major decision-makers and spouses, and Mr. Bigwig's wife was as fat as me. Aha! He just might be an FA!
Our group went to some great restaurants in 3 states, and I sure put it away. Here's what I ate, and I still get a buzz just thinking about it: :eat2:
City Tavern Restaurant, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
http://www.citytavern.com
Washington Street Ale House, Wilmington, Delaware
http://wsalehouse.com
J. G. Cook's Riverview Inn, Pennsville, New Jersey (scenic Delaware River-front location)
http://www.riverviewinn.net/index_riverview.htm
It was a good trip, but I almost felt I was recruited to kinda sorta be the middle-aged obese bimbo of our PR team, even though I conducted myself as a professional.
But it's easy to twist my arm for that blissful chocolate buzz I got. :eat2:
