Having been the beneficiary of some of those young ladies (meal-wise,
not the other way...) I can say that the ride was good while it lasted,
but the rules changed and that put an end to a lot of the freebies.
Once when the former missus was an oncology fellow at MDAnderson, about
this time of year a drug rep took 6 or 8 fellows and spouses out for an
evening at a very nice restaurant in Houston (one that I had been kicked
out of a coupla years before, but that is a different story...) and I
happened to sit next to her at the big table. The waitron brought
around the wine list, which was very large, and she says "I don't know
anything about wine, here you take it" and gives it to me. I figured 3
bottles would be good to start, so I asked her what her rules were and
she says "it is the end of the year and I have a lot of my budget left
so have fun." I ask her, "How much fun?" and she says "As much as you
want." um, OK... so I order 3 bottles that were like $150 each, some
wines I had heard about and one that I had at the same place at a
business dinner (Enron, my boss bought it) a little while before. So
those go down pretty fast among that crowd, it's time to order more, so
I ask her if I should, she says "I didn't really like those why don't
you order something better." Uh, OK... so I did. I think we did another
round too, maybe like dessert wines or something, bubbly, I don't
remember. We ate very well too. I think the bill came to $2-3k that
evening, she didn't even look twice at it and handed her card over.
Ah for the good old days....
PS she was quite a looker too, and a LOT of fun...
--FT
On 12/17/20 4:45 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
One of those drug company salespeople used to be married to my neighbor across
the street. I always enjoyed watching her come out to her car every weekday
morning in her short dress and F-me pumps on her way out to make calls.
-D
On Dec 17, 2020, at 4:23 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
wrote:
One reason I dislike my cardiologist is that he says things like "Everybody should
be on a statin" but can point to zero statistical evidence to back up his claim. I
think a lot of doctors prescribe them because the drug companies tell them how important
it is at their weekly lunch...
I'm not saying doctors are bought by drug companies but when Angie rented space
from a doctor I got to eat an awful lot of drug company food.
-Curt
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