Can I just rant for a moment?
So I am in a business with all men..ALL men. I may get one or two ladies in the course of the year but that's definitely the exception not the rule. I travel all the freaking time and often have to set meetings on the fly. I use my handy, dandy iphone and boom! I am all knowledgeable about whatever city I am in that day. So here goes my crazy happening for the day that prompted this rant..
If you are going to be strip club in the middle of a really nice area PLEASE, PLEASE do two things. A) name yourself something that indicates that you are in fact a place where naked people will be twirling around a shiny gold apparatus and B) please don't confuse us with categorizing yourself as a restaurant just because you do in fact have some sort of food offering next to the Cristal on the menu.
Just picture:
Hi Mr. CEO of 3 billion dollar defense firm..thank you for finally accepting my meeting invite. I am very much looking forward to taking you to a swanky dinner and hammering out details of our upcoming joint venture. Where would you like to go? ME: I called XYZ's restaurant, and Tokyo's- they both have a reservation for tomorrow night. Would either work?
Response: "Well Tokyo's is a strip club..they do have food there but I think we would be safer at the other place. They have a great fillet..."
Oh my GAWD.. Blushing lady say what??
So to all the strip clubs out there: Please name yourself appropriately. Candies cabaret, The Booby trap..we get it, but to call your self Tokyo's and say that you serve upscale sushi..well, that's just wrong on more levels than I can count!
PS..true story..I still haven't recovered!
Haha! We had a very similar experience with "Asia SF" in San Francisco, but at least I was with my husband.
Posted by: mrs.notouching | Apr 12, 2010 at 11:47
Mrs. Notouching,
Now that would have been comical! My hubs and I probably would have walzed in and had a look at the sushi menu.. I meet w/ this guy on Wednesday. I'll have to update!
Posted by: AWM | Apr 12, 2010 at 12:21
This is awesome...you know he secretly giggled and about 1% was hoping you might be serious. BTW, exactly WHAT type of business are you in? ROFLMAO!
These are the moments that make life bearable and give us the giggles. :)
Posted by: LadyWanderlust | Apr 12, 2010 at 20:07
LadyWanderlust-
I he totally laughed at me (tried to keep it professional but this big scary guy snickered on the phone). One thing is for sure, we may not win the business but he WILL remember me!
Oh and I'm in sales for an Engineering Services company we do Department of Defense work. So yea I basically asked a 4 star General to have sushi off of a chick!
Posted by: AWM | Apr 12, 2010 at 20:15