Geeklawyer has not had a beer in the Square Mile for five years. And when he last did so he managed to blag it on expenses - you know, chatting up clients and all that old bollocks.
For the post conference curry evening Ruthie and Geeklawyer agreed to test the local curry houses. While waiting for Ruthie to finish an apparently eternal client conference Geeklawyer went into a local ‘trendy’ bar and got fucked over to the tune of £4.60 for a bottle of Magners cider. I mean, really, fucking Magners - bottled Irish horse piss. Even in his own town Geeklawyer can get it for £3. And the ‘resting’ actor took umbrage when Geeklawyer took all his change off the silver bar tray rather than leave it as a tip: “thank you” he said sarcastically - hey, no problem AIDS magnet.
Geeklawyer looked around at all the business suited buffoons listened to snippets of ‘deal making‘ conversations, and remembered that for all the hot air and media cliches most of these people make very little real money despite all the yuppie pretensions; and that they were sacrificing a real life for their wage slave vocation. These are the little ‘Essex’ people that he was glad to leave behind. But it’s great to visit the cesspool once in a while; it gives one perspective in those moments when when one might otherwise look back with nostalgia - a fatal failing in Geeklawyer.
yuppie,The restaurant we tried out, the Curry Leaf East - 20 City Road, seemed reasonable. It was a few hundred yards south from CPA’s offices -very swish decor - decent food (but oddly empty). The food was moderately priced and well done with some unusual offerings. The service was polite helpful and neither dilatory nor annoyingly over attentive. We booked a dozen places though there may be scope for more capacity if more wish to come.
Ruthie and Geeklawyer discussed the forthcoming conference. Along with gossip; how she could escape the enslavement of employment and make a fortune; how she was going to getup nerve to dump MinorJunior the following day - but that’s a story for another day …
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