mojocatt

We had our Manny's dinner last night. If our entire facility goes six months without an injury, they take everyone out for a grand steak dinner at the best steak house in Minnesota.

The evening went very smoothly. I had myself two pints of Guinness and a shrimp cocktail. A wonderful salad with Italian sparkling water. I topped it off with a New York strip, butterflied, medium well with a glass of Oban 14 year scotch served neat. I took some cheesecake home. A very rich meal indeed. My lower brow coworkers give me quite a bit of shit for my drink selections, every time I receive a new drink, I am surrounded by people. What the hell is that? Guinness? Dublin? Dublin Germany?** I then have to explain how a can of Guinness works and where it comes from. The Oban scotch served neat was a real item for their inspection. I passed the Oban around the table for people to sample, it never got past any noses. One sniff and they shuddered and passed it on. But it is their loss, a fine slab of bovine served with a fine scotch, mmmmm baby I am-a ready to die a go to heaven.

The rank a file American really needs to expand past "Bud" beer and Jack Daniels whiskey. They are very reluctant to expand their tatse selection, even when it is right in front on them, for free. Feh.

It costs the company $6000-$7000 per evening to do this ($15,000 total?), so it is a very lavish award. The flip side is that an injury can cost $100,000 and up, so each event is quite a value when compared to an injury.

**Dublin Germany? is an actual quote from last night. Good, hard working, honest folk, but a bit dense when it comes to geography.