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Old Feb 2, 2009 | 1:40 pm
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zippypinhead
 
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Originally Posted by MrClean06
You are on your way to a meeting in London wearing your designer lycra sweatsuit. The deal is worth millions, the person sitting next to you in BF is wearing a handmade Brioni sportcoat and other fabulous goodies. The next day in London you show up to the meeting and there is your seatmate, now in a beautiful handmade suit. During the meeting, no matter what you say during the presentation, the man in fine suit thinks you are just not going to care about the appearance of his company since you feel that it is ok to appear in public with the word Juicy across your .... Deal gone, but at least you were comfortable on your trip across the pond.
I would hope that if you're going to fly transatlantic for a multi million dollar deal, you would know who the other players were before you left.
That being said, I work in the brewing industry. And whatever brewery is paying my way, I'll drink their beer. You never know who you're sitting next to.
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