too many dinners with clients..#@$!@#%!@

[TheEngineer]

Too many dinners with clients lately have added to my girth but worse yet, for whatever reason, they've all seem to go cheap all of a sudden on my expense account. I mean, I never really minded all that much trying to justify nice bottle (it would never be outragiously expensive, mostly under $400, generally under $200), but for some reason, many of my guests as recently noted have ordered things like Yellow tail..... nice on my company but for me, no bonus.

Late night was the worst. A client wanted to go Japanese for dinner and consume Sake. I was kinda looking forward to this as I like my sakes..... I like real sakes.... not the WARM CHEAP stuff that is like drinking white zinfandel...... ARRGGHHHH.....!!!!!! Where do they all come from all of a sudden!!!!! I would have bought the better stuff!!! I WANTED the better stuff....

@#^%^$%$#@%

Nuff said....glad to be home soon.

[winophite]

$200...Wow, time to have dinner with your wife, (or husband, I don't know). Surely it musty be business eh?. Healthy homelife has to be top priority! WP

[TheEngineer]

Nope. All dinners are with clients...I don't generally buy that type of wine for myself. but lately...I mean last night's dinner with a client, the total drink bill came out to....get this...

$8.95.......

My company is loving this......

[Bucko]

Come take ME out to dinner -- I'll blow your company's account! [img]http://wines.com/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img]

[TheEngineer]

It's tough enough having dinner with people that you don't really want to... the wine order is just this one small escapism..... It's not the values of the wines that are picked (let me reset, it averages around $125 a bottle so some below $100 and some above but generally not much). There are generally always wines in the $50-75 a bottle area that are interest, it's when they pick up a bottle of Penguin or Lizards or any number of these wines for $35 that makes me have nothing to look forward to other than their self boosting discussions, or their incredible stories of escapes from death, or was that dirth....

I know what it really is....I've been on the road for well over 5 months now,.... for work (not vacation)....... time to go home.......


okay...I've decompressed down now.....

[This message has been edited by TheEngineer (edited 11-11-2007).]

[wineguruchgo]

I think it's time for you to start choosing the wines with dinner. Since you are paying everyone will follow your lead.

If it's more than 4 people order a bottle of red and a bottle of white to be brought to the table.

I'm hoping they are just being considerate.

You're actually lucky that you are in this situation and not the other way around where they are ordering large and you have to justify your expenses!

[TheEngineer]

hehehe....your right... needed that hit on the head.