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January 17, 2003

CHRISTMAS PARTY

When it said 'Partner's Name:' on the Renault Christmas Party invitation back in November, I was stumped. "I don't have a partner" I said to my colleagues. "Well just put down a random name then, and if you do get a partner between now and the party, although she'll have been invited under a different name, then she will have an invite nonetheless." An excellent plan. Or so I thought.

So, resisting the temptation to write down an obscure name, I wrote down the first normal name I could think of - Joanne Martin.

"So who is Joanne Martin then Jon?" my colleagues enquired today. At this point, another person piped up with "is it the Joanne Martin from Human Resources?"

To say I was speechless was an understatement. As far as I was concerned, I was going to the party with the non-existent Joanne Martin, but it turns out that Joanne Martin does in fact exist, she works for Renault, and I have managed to randomly promise to go to the party with her.

Why does it always happen to me?

Posted by jonola14 at January 17, 2003 6:43 PM