Thursday, November 25, 2004
Posting for Maxim Readers Party, 18 Nov
Yeah this is quite late. Cos it's not an really important event to me.
Maxim Readers party is mainly for the Maxim readers(subscribers & those who write in Readers' letters).
Venue: Double O
Time: 7-10.30pm.
Theme: Casino ( which was why the invitation card is in a form of a Spade of Ace card.)
Was asked to help out at the reception again. Though can join the party at 8.15pm, but by then had missed out the games where guests gambled with the colour chips which we handed out.
Some "eye-brow raising" incidents
1) The first in the queue were two very kiasu middle age women (auntie-style, not Tai-tais style) who made sure they got everything (chips, poker card. lucky draw coupons). Wonder how did they get their invitation passes, perhaps from their sons? Hmm , won't they feel so left out from the crowd of guys? Later, heard from my collegue that he saw two very aggressive aunties who took the gambling games very seriously. When they found out that no price winnings are given out, they were like shouting "What! No Money involve?". ( Hey, who they think we are, private gambling organisers arh?)
Most likely they are the culprits, for I had only seen two middle age aunties passing our recept counter
2) Witness the dark sideof the celeb (well if you consider the Cover girl of Dec issue a celeb. Won't bother to mention her name).
She came with a male friend (who gave up a snobbish galnce at teh recep counter) without passes. By right, this party is strickly by intation only, one party pass admits only one. We could have call the editor to come down with her passes, but knowing he had to mingle around, my colleague and I being flexible, took out the stack of the extra invitation cards we have. As we about to give her
two passes, she quickly added that
Four of her friends are coming along.
Then she say " Can I have
Six? "
And quickly changed her mind again "No, no.
Seven ".
Apparently, she must had taken avantage of this situation and busy counting in her mind how many friends she can called up to attend the party.
so gave her
NINE passes .
But that's not the end of the story.
Later when one of her friends came. She refuse to let us collect back an invitation card, saying she got one more friend coming.
...............
(a good example to explain the meaning of 得寸进尺, or what my colleague commented " So Cheapo.")
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