“At my last job, I met with a partner of our company who was going to introduce me to some people in his network, in order to help build up our client base. He asked me to a dinner and I asked if I could bring my boyfriend, who is also in the industry. The partner made it very clear he meant for the dinner to be between only him and me, as in, a date. Needless to say, it didn’t work out for us.”
“The CEO of my company and I were rushing to a meeting. Once we arrived at the building, we jumped out of the taxi and bolted for the revolving door. I was so focused on making the meeting in time that I hopped into the same section of the revolving door as our CEO. It was even more awkward because he never acknowledged it or laughed it off; it was just never spoken of again.”
“My boss asked me to go to a client’s event on his behalf. I stayed for hor d’oeuvres and a few drinks and thought the evening went really well. Just as I was saying my goodbyes one of the men who was throwing the event pointed at me and loudly said, “You’re a vendor! You weren’t supposed to get an invite!” He was joking, but it was so awkward I’ve declined every invitation from him since.”