Sports writers and drinking

She was on Leno last night --- real and spectacular.

 

You do realize that restaurants almost always give you a non-itemized receipt, right? When I was covering the NFL on the road, the teams usually provided food (and sometimes beer) after the game, so I didn't need to buy dinner. But my company didn't know that. I'd just go ring up $15-20 at the nearest "bar and grill" and turn in the non-itemized receipt.
Now I'm on a college beat, and the postgame meals aren't there.

 

My job requires itemized receipts.

 

what difference does it make if you spend $25 for dinner or $25 for drinks? it's still $25.

 

Mine does too, but a lot of restaurants don't have them, so you just tell the beancounters they don't have them.

 

Must've been a while since you've covered a race.

 

sorry, just wanted some eye candy on this page, too.

 

I never consume alcohol, that is, unless there is a naked girl, a stage and a pole, and I've yet to cover a stripping contest.

 

My job requires itemized receipts.
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Mine does too, but a lot of restaurants don't have them, so you just tell the beancounters they don't have them.[/quote]

Beancounters or not, I have never drank on the company's money and I never will. There is something that I find unethical about drinking on the company's dime. Maybe I'm just old fashioned or maybe I'm too strict about the subject but I don't want my employer to have one excuse to think poorly of me. I don't give them a reason to the best of my ability.

 

I used to drink a lot.

I have a couple of kids now, so it's like a once-every-six-months thing for me to go out and have a few beers.

 

i've told the heartbreakers more than once they are the reason why i drink.