Drinking at lunchtime... I wish
And as I get ready to put my overcoat on at the end of a busy week, I thought I'd muse for a second on the drinking I did this lunchtime.
Oh what joy to be allowed to drink as part of the job!
Very important meeting. Very important contacts. A table full of very senior gents (and a lady). Starters, main course plus cheese and biscuits. 12.30 sit down, best part of two hours to dine and discuss issues, successes and potential stories for the future.
I bet there was gin and tonic, Chablis and port, I almost hear you snort (or is it just myself snorting?)
Alas, pre-dinner drinks were tomato juice (with Worcester Sauce to splash in if sir wants). And with lunch there was still water. And coffee.
I felt like a drunkard in a desert of sobriety.
What is this modern world coming to?
(Excuse me now, for I'm phoning Mrs D to nip under the stairs and prepare some chilled vino for tonight.)
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Steve Dyson - Blog from the Editor on recent issues and events.
Do you drink most days then? Is an editor's life normally hazy with alcohol?
I wish!
No, I was kind of joking.
It was a nice enough lunch with very interesting people, and quite insightful.
But I must admit I was on that occasion gasping for a glass of wine.
It was Friday!