I was so bored, another Thursday night at a networking evening in a hotel conference suite at the start of yet another weekend sales conference.
I surveyed the room, feet starting to feel uncomfortable in my patent black stilettos after a long day of meetings & travelling. I held tight to the second glass of wine I allowed myself at these things. I’d talked to the key people I needed to concentrate on this weekend; chatted to some inconsequential acquaintances; made appropriate small talk with strangers. Time for one last scan of the room before I made my escape.
My eye was caught by a tall handsome man who had recently arrived. Even across the crowded room I could appreciate his easy confidence as he charmed and flirted with the woman he was chatting to. She looked flustered under his intense gaze, glancing at her companions and her glass, blushing every time she looked at him. It was like watching a leopard stalk an antelope. “She’ll be buying whatever the hell he’s selling” I thought to myself.