Bitter Ashes
20th February 2009, 20:27
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20090220/tuk-banker-runs-up-43-000-bar-bill-in-on-a7ad41d.html
Bankers have been blamed and bonuses have been slashed, but one City financier this week thumbed his nose at the financial crisis - running up a £43,000 bar bill, a report said on Friday.
(http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20090220/img/puk-a-man-in-front-of-the-s-095772cd48ad.html) The unnamed banker stunned staff at a Soho club by ordering top shelf drinks at a party after the Brit Awards (http://uk.news.yahoo.com/fc/brit-awards.html) on Wednesday night, according to the report in the Evening Standard.
After spending more than £37,000 pounds on champagne and vodka for friends in the VIP area of the Maya, the banker left a £5,000 tip for the waitress, said the report, quoting unnamed sources.
The drinks included two methuselahs of Dom Perignon, which each hold the equivalent of about eight bottles, two jeroboams, the equivalent of four bottles each, of Cristal and three magnums of Cristal Rose.
"Maya gets a lot of big spenders but this is a biggie," a spokesman for the club said.
"The recession is hitting people hard, but it didn't seem to bother this man."
"They racked up the bill in about two and a half hours."
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Bankers have been blamed and bonuses have been slashed, but one City financier this week thumbed his nose at the financial crisis - running up a £43,000 bar bill, a report said on Friday.
(http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20090220/img/puk-a-man-in-front-of-the-s-095772cd48ad.html) The unnamed banker stunned staff at a Soho club by ordering top shelf drinks at a party after the Brit Awards (http://uk.news.yahoo.com/fc/brit-awards.html) on Wednesday night, according to the report in the Evening Standard.
After spending more than £37,000 pounds on champagne and vodka for friends in the VIP area of the Maya, the banker left a £5,000 tip for the waitress, said the report, quoting unnamed sources.
The drinks included two methuselahs of Dom Perignon, which each hold the equivalent of about eight bottles, two jeroboams, the equivalent of four bottles each, of Cristal and three magnums of Cristal Rose.
"Maya gets a lot of big spenders but this is a biggie," a spokesman for the club said.
"The recession is hitting people hard, but it didn't seem to bother this man."
"They racked up the bill in about two and a half hours."
:sneaky: