What is the maximum amount you can spend on a night out before people stop asking questions and start making assumptions? Assuming you’re not gambling.
I say it’s $2,500 per person.
I don’t have to use my imagination to picture a $1,200 business dinner for four, or even for two. As a matter of fact, I can easily imagine that number per person without much trouble.
But $2,500? I can’t get there without also picturing… well, not to put too fine a point on it, but… hookers. Or blow.
So when a buddy of mine showed up hungover to a business lunch a few weeks ago, and explained that he had rung up $2,500 on his credit card a few weeks prior, I scratched my head. He didn’t seem the type.
So I asked him, naturally, if he got tested for diseases after that night and if he was still married. He told me that, as it turns out, you can get to $2,500 for an individual pretty quickly if you know how to party, without buying anything illicit. All you need is a club with a VIP room for the night and a foreign country with a lousy exchange rate.
Which goes to show how often I hit the clubs.
But still, I had to ask:
Hungover at lunch? Where the hell were you last night?
(Don’t try this at home, kids.)
As I have said before, if it’s not a great experience (or if you’re going to catch hell anyway), at least make it a great story.
And for those of you wondering how I can be friends with someone who you think “clearly has a problem,” all I can say is—besides the fact that I happen to catch him during an international victory lap to celebrate a profersonal win of sorts—life’s a lot more interesting and fun when you can experience it without judgment.
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Jason,
The final punch line says it all. Thanks for that.
For that kind of money he better have a good story. And pictures.