Guys. For an elite group. This bowl is SO boring

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So this one time, in band camp...

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WTO riots in Seattle (1998?). Big party for our account at the Four Seasons. Bill Clinton took over our banquet hall so we couldn’t get in. Partner exec busted in and told the secret service (and Bill) that he could join us for dinner and drinks or get the “F” out. Bill and entourage cleared the room in 15 minutes.

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There once was a man from Nantucket ...

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Something’s I’ve witnessed in my career (I was responsible for none of these by the way):

New hire slept with the training at new grad training
New hire being sick in the office partners trash can
Guy got so wasted at a training event he thought the bar was the restroom and peed down a girls leg
Guy jumped in the river Thames on a work night out in front of the team
Senior associate spat a beer bottle cap at the global head of his service network
Same senior associate buy $4000 worth of drinks in his corporate card for the entire nightclub
New hire bought a new car on his corporate card

I’m sure I’ll remember more.....

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Have you seen House of Lies? Our stories have been told.

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Right...

Good point, I’ll replace this bowl with another one :)

Ok share stories about the craziest partner behavior you’ve heard. I’ll start:

Director of his office flies entire staff to a country under military rule for a weekend retreat. Smuggles in weed using his child’s stroller. Gets plastered, strips in front of his entire office and jumps in pool naked encouraging the co-ed staff to go skinny dipping. Later that night they jump on the back of a P who falls, hurts his back, and the senior guys end up in the ER helping the P get a CT scan. P flies home in a wheel chair....

Note: I think it’s a great story, but don’t condone this behavior myself. Happened within the last half decade, but obviously not in the US.

Gross

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$30k club bottle service at a nightclub in Vegas... three nights in a row. One of the main reasons I left consulting the first time.

MD2, wouldn't have been surprised, but in this case they had sufficient BD budget in initiative funds, although I don't know how they justified a case of champagne as part of the initiative...

My career counselor, years ago in the UK, eventually got fired when his expense claims, for his suite at The Savoy (for his mistress) and his building work at his house, came to light. He was basically stealing from his partners.

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