75 grand in 4 days
just on booze in Ibiza, luckily it was on expenses...
(TheBat, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 13:42, 63 replies)

I'm calling this out as nonsence
whilst hoping its a joke.
( WormuIus, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 13:47, closed)

That's the thing about QotW
I just can't spot the jokes, not because they aren't funny but just because they're so close to the 'genuine' posts.

This could just as easily be 'haha politicians claim loads of expenses', 'haha I'm referencing a news story', 'haha look at all the lies' or equally 'I spent £75,000.00 in four days but don't worry it was on expenses'.
( WormuIus, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 13:50, closed)

The net result is that I don't know how to pitch my replies.

( WormuIus, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 13:51, closed)

Why not post a variety of different responses, covering all the options?
Then delete the 'wrong' ones when the OP replies, explaining their rationale.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 14:00, closed)

I'm fucking SLY, me.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 14:02, closed)

I think doing it this way is best.
its sympathetic to the OP if they've tried to make a funny and makes them look even worse if they're a liar becuase my response implies that their story beggars beleif.
( WormuIus, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 14:03, closed)

haha, we've got a response

( WormuIus, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 14:04, closed)

I think you'll find it's spelled nonce sense

( rofl harris, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 15:48, closed)

Absolutely true, £750 bottles of Champagne, £500 bottles of grey goose, all day, all night, racks up pretty quickly. Obviously it's ridiculously over priced when you drink in VIP areas and beach clubs over there, but I wasn't paying so I just enjoyed it. It's not the worst drinks bill I've seen. Some guys from a city brokerage racked up $189,000 in the Wynn hotel in Vegas.
(TheBat, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 14:02, closed)

How many people?

( WormuIus, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 14:04, closed)

Just him, his dad (Bruce Lee) and some secret SAS spy mates.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 14:06, closed)

£500 would get you a Jeraboam sized Grey Goose which is 4.5 litres of vodka
You could get 150 of those, which is 675 litres of very expensive vodka.

I've no idea what the absolute limit of vodka that a healthy person could drink in 4 days.

Already this claim sounds pretty unlikely but we need more detail.
( WormuIus, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 14:13, closed)

Also, I'm going to double the prices to reflect expensive bars.
and factor in 14 people.

It still leaves over 24 litres of vodka per person over 96 hours.
That's 1/4 of a litre of vodka every hour, non stop for 4 days.

That's if all the money was spent solely on vodka and 14 people were drinking it constantly for 4 days.
( WormuIus, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 14:16, closed)

Sorry but I just think this is bollocks.
No company would ever justify £75,000 in four days for a marathon piss-up holday, anyway, ignoring the rest.
( WormuIus, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 14:17, closed)

someone who could afford to spend £30m on his daughter's wedding might overlook something like that
(TheManWithThePlan cussed your mum on, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 14:25, closed)

Yeah, I'm inclined to believe this actually.
Just because something is stupid and pathetic and indictivive of what is wrong with huge parts of society doesn't make it false.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 14:30, closed)

Believe what you like, but it happened. Brokers do this stuff all the time. Although with the new anti-bribery laws this kind of corp entertainment may have to stop...
(TheBat, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 14:29, closed)

500 gets you 1 litre of Grey Goose in Pacha, Amnesia etc.. we also bought a 6 litre bottle of grey goose for 3000 in Pacha which came out on a little wheel barrow (which didn't all get drunk I might add) Also the tables we had in these clubs were mainly minimum spend of 10,000 euros, so even if you didn't drink that much you got charged. Blue Marlin Beach club was the same, we had the main cabana which was min spend of 5 grand but we spent over 10 in there. Anyway, it all added up.
(TheBat, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 14:24, closed)

^^^
This.
( The Mock Turtle ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 14:57, closed)

Generally 8 but up to 14 in a couple of clubs
(TheBat, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 14:08, closed)

Receipts or it didn't happen

(likeajackhammer, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 14:22, closed)

Hahahahaha

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 15:14, closed)

What do you do for a living?
If I might ask.
(Rimmer, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 14:25, closed)

I work in a Financial Brokerage in the City.
(TheBat, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 14:29, closed)

THE CITY!

(likeajackhammer, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 14:31, closed)

City of London sorry...
(TheBat, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 14:32, closed)

No,
we're sorry.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 14:35, closed)

^What he said^
FFS. Spend five minutes in a pub in the city to know all you'll ever need to know about these people.

Dear Christ.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 15:15, closed)

I think tarring all city people with the same brush is pretty ignorant, yes some are loaded, obnoxious wankers, but that doesn't apply to all.
(TheBat, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 15:23, closed)

www.b3ta.com/questions/consumption/post1302268
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 15:24, closed)

Ha Ha, yeah alright, it does come across badly.
(TheBat, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 15:58, closed)

Yes - you have sold your right to any righteous indignation or sanctimonious commentaries on morality or behaviour.
That belongs to us now.

You just enjoy your trinkets and toys.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 16:03, closed)

I personally earn a very average wage, so no trinkets and toys for me I'm afraid, I have nothing now.
(TheBat, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 16:06, closed)

It can't be that average if you've got liquity for 75k to go on booze.
Expenses account or no.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 16:14, closed)

I didn't front the money, it was my boss, I was merely an observer / participant
(TheBat, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 16:33, closed)

^Nazi defence

(square go, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 7:30, closed)

Hahahahahahahahaahahaha

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 15:52, closed)

Indeed
I stayed in the Hoxton hotel once in London for a gig, it was full of banker/money cunts, I have never felt such utter loathing for humanity as I felt sitting in that bar and earwigging the conversations.
( Brandy_Bumwinkle, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 15:30, closed)

This is the receipt I was talking about from the Wynn Hotel in Vegas, absolutely shocking. I'm not of the circumstances but it's ridiculous whatever they were... img33.imageshack.us/img33/930/img0458yj.jpg
(TheBat, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 15:19, closed)

Strewth
What are the two red bull things for 100 somethings, super vodka red bulls?
( LemonEntryMyDearWatson This time, Moriarty, the hand is on the other foot, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 15:34, closed)

Which lightweight had the small San Pellegrino?

(Nanny Pat vote for me, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 16:37, closed)

I'm shocked the place had the balls to charge them for a San Pellegrino after they'd spent 189 grand. The worst thing is the 29 grand service charge, surely it gets to a point where service should be capped rather than a %!
(TheBat, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 16:44, closed)

Fuck 'em.
They should have doubled it.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 16:49, closed)

Not that I doubt your original story
but this isn't a receipt from a bill run up by a City brokerage firm. This was posted on Twitter by a writer from Sports Illustrated:

https://twitter.com/#!/SI_BenReiter/status/68762417047412736

So, unless you have some special knowledge of where this receipt came from that the rest of the internet lack, I call bullshit. Especially given that it's reportedly photoshopped anyway.
(Robin of the Hood isn't into the whole brevity thing, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 0:23, closed)

I was told it was from a city brokerage firm, the chain of emails I got it on originated from mf global, so presumed it was from there. Either way the Ibiza spend happened.
(TheBat, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 8:07, closed)

yuck
MF Global - used to work there.

Massive bunch of cunts.
( rofl harris, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 15:57, closed)

And
I always trusted email chains. I feel so foolish :-(

But your original story could easily be true. 10 - 20 people over 4 days could easily spend that much, especially if it's not coming out of their own pockets.

And there are wankers and decent people in the City, same as there are wankers and decent people in every industry. The difference being that most wankers working at Tesco don't have enough money for Ferrarris and expensive hookers, so don't attract the same level of vitriolic hatred we save for those we don't like and who earn more than us...
(Robin of the Hood isn't into the whole brevity thing, Wed 3 Aug 2011, 15:44, closed)

Oi,
It wasn't my story.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 8:42, closed)

I
know and blame my injudicious selection of "reply" button.

Must have the seven jeroboams of Grey Goose I had last night.
(Robin of the Hood isn't into the whole brevity thing, Wed 3 Aug 2011, 15:47, closed)

I call bullshit
A couple of points - the top tables on the upper balcony at Amnesia cost €5k, with a minimum spend of €3k (included in the price), and a bottle of Goose there costs €400, not £500. Work in the ForEx and you're looking at the equivalent of c.215 bottles of Vodka between 8-14 of you. Even just spending on Champagne at £550 a bottle you're looking at over 34 bottles a night. Just doesn't add up...
( Hunter Stockton was murdered by a bicycle wielding axolotl,.,.,.,., Mon 1 Aug 2011, 17:03, closed)

It wasn't just grey goose and standard bottles of champagne being drunk, there was loads of expensive wines over dinner, vintage magnums of Dom Perignon rose (some of which got poured over people) anyway I stand to gain nothing by making this up. I'm not really sure why I'm bothering to explain myself.
(TheBat, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 9:18, closed)

Having been on the receiving end of corporate hospitality myself a few times...
I can confirm this is probably true.
One time, we got taken to Pizza Hut and went à la carte. A la fucking carte I say, mothfucker. That's how I'm livin'.
(impossibly witty twat No, YOUR Mum etc etc, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 15:38, closed)

Pizza hut!
Big spenders!
(TheManWithThePlan cussed your mum on, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 15:48, closed)

I know, I know, that's how we roll.
Next time, I'm angling for a Little Chef.
(impossibly witty twat No, YOUR Mum etc etc, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 15:50, closed)

Ask them for a pea sandwich
They can't handle it.
( Brandy_Bumwinkle, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 15:54, closed)

Christ
We really do give a bad impression of ourselves sometimes:

- there's a question about conspicuous consumption
- someone posts a story about conspicuous consumption
- people have a moan and say it can't be true
- poster provides satisfactory explanation of why it's true
- people starts banging on about everyone in the City being cunts

Chill out. Sometimes stuff happens to people which hasn't happened to you. It doesn't mean they're a liar, and it doesn't mean they're a wanker. The whole point of a QOTW like this is that it's going to bring out interesting stories about experiences we haven't ALL had.
(SnowyTheWereRabbit the Leporid from Hell, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 16:54, closed)

QOTWer in sensible reply shock!

(Sir Itchalot has a very self-referential signature, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 17:08, closed)

I know
I've been feeling a bit strange today.
(SnowyTheWereRabbit the Leporid from Hell, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 17:17, closed)

No no.
Anyone working in finance in the City is a wanker, I assure you.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 17:34, closed)

I think it may be you that's the wanker for stereotyping people... just a thought.
(TheBat, Wed 3 Aug 2011, 8:54, closed)

Not at all. They work in finance, in the city, by choice, they enjoy ripping people off, for pleasure.
as evinced by ... oh ... I don't know ... the global financial crisis, say?

If they were that nice and fluffy and friendly and nice, they'd be fucking hippies, wouldn't they?
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 3 Aug 2011, 9:59, closed)

So 350,000 people are all wankers cause they ended up working in the city, I'm a wanker cause I happened to gravitate towards a financial job rather than media, engineering, manufacture, retail or hippy? How is somebody working in the back or middle office of a bank ripping people off when all they're doing is performing an administrative function in the same way as an employee working in any corporation?

everybody in the city is to blame for the financial crisis?

You sound like you've been reading the daily mail too much.
(TheBat, Wed 3 Aug 2011, 10:29, closed)

Take it like a man.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 3 Aug 2011, 14:07, closed)