Can’t Lose for Winning

CITY OF CHAMPIONS (Guest writer from the Big Apple) – Let me tell you first off that Monday holiday parties are the worst ever! Coming in Tuesday morning with a hangover is not fun.

Monday was my company’s holiday party so we had a company sponsored happy hour after work with free food and drinks from 5:30 to 8:30pm. Of course, me being me, I skipped the food and just focused on drinking, which was probably not the best idea considering that I remember feeling extremely tipsy while it was still light outside…this is going to be a long night. Also, I should probably mention that all of the company’s upper management (President, CFO, CEO, Board of Directors, etc.) was there and that we were at an extremely nice venue.

Anyway, towards the end of the happy hour, I began to get a little paranoid so I frantically searched for one of my coworkers that I party with a lot so that I could ask her if I looked drunk. When I finally found her, she told me that she had been looking for me for the same reason. She told me that I looked fine, but now that I think about it, she probably wasn’t the best person to ask considering that she was probably as drunk as me…oh well.

Some coworkers and I were sitting at a table eating and talking one girl starts asking everybody what song best describes them. Personally, I had a few ideas, but I wasn’t going to share them at a work event. She got to me so of course I said that I didn’t know. Then one of my coworkers that I hang out with occasionally said that she knew a good song for me…”I’m not a player, I just crush a lot”…what?!?!!?!? To make it even worse, whenever somebody new came to the table, one girl would ask them what song describes them and then go around the table and tell that person what everybody else’s song was…even when a Vice President in the company and the Director of our department came by…my work image is effectively ruined!!!!

By now it was around 8:30pm and I had obviously had enough to drink so I was kind of glad that the happy hour was ending so that I could get away from my coworkers before I got any worse. Of course, instead of ending the happy hour at 8:30pm, the company decided to extend it to 9pm….probably not a good idea. Of course, instead of drinking water like I should have, several coworkers and I rushed to the bar for more drinks and shots…definitely not a good idea.. By the way, this was definitely not the type of venue where you ordered shots either…they obviously didn’t have shot glasses so 10 of us were huddled by the bar doing shots out of wine glasses…probably not the best career move.

Finally, 9pm arrived and they ended the happy hour…thank goodness. Of course, instead of going home, 9 or 10 of us decided to continue the festivities at another bar…this is where the real story begins. This attractive girl that I have been interested in since I started working in New York came out. Brief history….we email all of the time at work, but don’t really talk that much outside of work…probably because she has a boyfriend and they have been together for like 7 years!!!!!

Anyway, on the car ride to the bar, she was sitting in my lap since we had to squeeze 5 people into the car…not a big deal. Then when we arrived at the bar, we ended up sitting next to each other…probably just a coincidence. Next thing that I knew, we were flirting a little (holding hands, hugging, she was lying on my shoulder, blah, blah…you get the idea), but nothing big. We were all just drinking and talking for awhile at the bar, then a band a came on stage so everybody decided to dance. She and I were dancing when out of the blue, she kissed me…definitely was not expecting that. Then next thing that I knew, we were making out. Luckily, we were kind of away from everybody else so I don’t know if the rest of my coworkers saw any of it, but they probably did. I like to keep this type of stuff hidden from my coworkers…oh well, looks like I failed. Anyway, we ended up staying for awhile and then she went home and I went home and that was that. Definitely a good night and nice to see that my persistence paid off, but considering that she has a man and that we were all pretty destroyed, I’m not really sure if she even remembers what happened, what she is going to say about it, or if she will even bring it up…oh well, I guess that we’ll see and I will definitely keep y’all updated.