The Stripper Question

Posted by John Carney, Oct 31, 2006, 2:48pm

demi_moore1.jpgSome comments and emails to our Zwirn item below have prompted us to ask the time honored question: are strippers a reimbursable client expense? So have at it below and let us know.

Are Strippers Reimbursable?
Yes. Who spends their own money on strippers?
Yes. But only if you're in the club at the client's request.
Yes. But you've got to call it something else.
Maybe. I've heard people do it but never tried it myself.
Strippers? Really? Who needs strippers when you can get any girl on Ludlow street to derobe for the price of two vodka tonics and a trip to the john?
No. Not only not reimbursable but not allowed with clients even on your own dime.
No. Girls work the expense department and they hate strippers.
No. The practice excludes women and has or should be banned.
How do you get a receipt from a stripper?
The less we talk about this, the better off we all are. Sometimes explicit rules are counterproductive.
  
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Posted by Mikie Ak , Oct 31, 2006 9:59PM

What the hell... As tempting as it may be to have a multimillion dollar deal go through while watching boobies - just not work appropriate

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Posted by , Oct 31, 2006 10:56PM

if you want to be taken seriously, stop post pictorial smut like this

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Posted by harvey swanson , Nov 01, 2006 8:19AM

and if YOU want to be taken seriously, don't post under "anonymous."

if it weren't for pictorial smut like this, my day would go sooooo much slower. keep it up. (also, so many great, correct answers... i had a hard time deciding.)

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Posted by Jason S , Nov 01, 2006 10:12AM

Sales: “You want answers?”

Finance: “I think we are entitled to them!”

Sales: “You want answers?!”

Finance: “I want the truth!”

Sales: “You can’t handle the truth!!!”

Sales (continuing): “Son, we live in a world that requires revenue. And that revenue must be brought in by people with elite skills. Who’s going to find it? You? You, Mr. Operations? We have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You scoff at the sales division and curse our lucrative incentives. You have that luxury. You also have the luxury of not knowing what we know: that while the cost of business results are excessive, it drives in revenue. And my very existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, drives REVENUE!

You don’t want to know the truth because deep down in places you don’t talk about in board meetings … you want me on that call. You NEED me on that call!

We use words like strategic synergies, cost management, network discounts and transparency. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent negotiating opportunities. You use them as a punch line!

I have neither the time nor inclination to explain myself to people who rise and sleep under the very blanket of revenue I provide and then question the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said “thank you” and went on your way.

Otherwise I suggest you pick up a phone and make some sales calls.

Either way, I don’t give a damn what you think you’re entitled to!”

Finance: “Did you expense the lap dances?”

Sales: “I did the job I was hired to do.”

Finance: “Did you expense the lap dances?”

Sales: “You’re goddamn right I did!”

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Posted by James , Nov 01, 2006 6:54PM

That is by far the coolest thing I've read on the Internet in months.

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