I was chatting with one of the other programmers from work when he told me a story about Paul and Tammy. They were a couple of Australians working in London. Just like most people living far from home there is a tendency for people to meet up with others from back home. So it was natural that the two of them went out to the bar and had a beer or two.
I have no idea what most of their evening was like, I only knew how it had ended. You see Tammy was a pretty good drinker considering she was both a girl and fairly petite, but the two of them ended up in a pub and apparently she managed to drink poor Paul under the table and then a bit more.
In fact the barkeeper took a look at Paul and suggested that it would be better for the two of them to sit outside as Paul looked a bit green. I don’t think that it was intended with malice but once they were sitting outside on the steps Tammy had somehow convinced Paul that he needed to take off his shoes. It was probably experience on the part of the bar tender that encouraged them to get a spot outside, as not to long after that Paul was indeed sick.
The next day there was some new gossip around the water cooler. Yup, Paul went out and was drunk under the table by a girl. That was embarrassing but what was even worse was that Paul was sick into his own shoes.
Nope, nobody at the office forgot about the night that Tammy went out drinking with Paul.