The Goat Pen

I bet this won't be the last time this happens at this guys house - who builds a beam that low?

Clearly that little twinkie went back in and stayed in bed all day...

We're under some financial constraints at work and I'm responsible for planning some training activities that are coming up.

I have a need to train 70 people that were just brought in from another company on how to write our statement of work, allocate resources, etc - pretty basic but vital stuff to generating stable revenue over the course of the year - and more importantly being able to accurately project renevue for the fiscal year.

I submitted a proposal to do this and the cost was around $30K including travel - and it was rejected. now $30K may seem like a lot for but 70 people that is peanuts.

This morning I receive the budget for a larger event that we're planning in August and the alcohol budget by itself is $180K

priorities, right?

$180K for alcohol? Gotdamn, how many people are we talking about here?

Just me

hedge wrote:$180K for alcohol? Gotdamn, how many people are we talking about here?

800

$225/person? Somebody is pulling a Henry Hill.

Bklyn wrote:$225/person? Somebody is pulling a Henry Hill.

that's 3 nights of open bar

If a venue charged that much for open bar over 3 nights, you're not negotiating well enough. I'm saying that from a NYer's perspective.

if the average person consumes 6 drinks over the course of the event, that works out to roughly $36 per drink give or take

Bklyn wrote:If a venue charged that much for open bar over 3 nights, you're not negotiating well enough. I'm saying that from a NYer's perspective.

yea I agree - I don't want to get into the details here but I've been on my boss for years about the guy that negotiates for us. Its pretty obvious to me the guy is getting kickbacks.

You're getting raped at that price, imo.

I wish you would get raped by a donkey

eCat wrote:

Bklyn wrote:If a venue charged that much for open bar over 3 nights, you're not negotiating well enough. I'm saying that from a NYer's perspective.

yea I agree - I don't want to get into the details here but I've been on my boss for years about the guy that negotiates for us. Its pretty obvious to me the guy is getting kickbacks.

Yep. Henry Hill shit.

Jungle Rat wrote:I wish you would get raped by a donkey

There is an underground donkey show in Johnston County, along with cockfighting galore, in the same hardscrabble area which produced Ava Gardner...

DooKSucks wrote:You're getting raped at that price, imo.

If DS is saying the alcohol budget is excessive, you know something is amiss...

eCat wrote:if the average person consumes 6 drinks over the course of the event, that works out to roughly $36 per drink give or take

Surely there are some who don't drink at all, or else drink very little, which makes it even worse...

hedge wrote:

eCat wrote:if the average person consumes 6 drinks over the course of the event, that works out to roughly $36 per drink give or take

Surely there are some who don't drink at all, or else drink very little, which makes it even worse...

yea but then there is my group

Should have rather negotiated per drink price.

Better be a few bottles of Pappy in there at that price...