Expensive Mistakescoopsweb asks "What's the most expensive mistake you've ever made? Should I mention a certain employee who caused 4 hours worth of delays in Central London and got his company fined £500k?"
No points for stories about the time you had a few and thought it'd be a good idea to wrap your car around a bollard. Or replies consisting of "my wife".
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chthonic, Thu 25 Oct 2007, 11:26)
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Not me, but the EUAs the EU Presidency wagon train rolled around Ireland spraying money about like a US army accountant in a war zone I was enlisted to provide an interpretation system for a press conference at the K club golf club.
My job was to be a technician on stand by for the week of meetings, prepared for the moment when a decision be reached by the fois gras snorting euro chumps that was momentous enough to be shared with the world. We were in a massive marquee pegged into a fairway with loads of lighting, sound and interpreting gear costing probably €10,000 a day, 10 interpreters on €1100 a day each and 5 techs on €500 a day.
For the whole week all we handled was one 20 minute press conference.
Thank you EU. That was a sweet little holiday, sponsored by you and Mr. Guiness. I haven't shifted the stone I put on in the 6 years it's been since then.
(, Wed 31 Oct 2007, 18:36, Reply)
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