Just deny everything

I discovered that sometimes, when you did something that you really shouldn't have done, the only thing you can do is just deny everything. Doesn't matter if everyone saw you do it. Just deny it.

I can't say that I often did really silly things. There is only one that comes to mind. The details of the evening itself remain, to this day, hazy.

Now you may remember from an earlier post that I began to warn new members of staff not to snog a certain blonde young man. I wrote this into my speech not out of malice or because I believed it really would bring the young woman in question into disrepute. No just because that young man just seemed to get with everyone. He was always nice about it, he wasn't in any way sleazy or unpleasant. And DC was a good looking bloke. Nice.

And the thing about DC, is that after a few drinks, there really isn't any way you can say no. He just has a way of putting things that makes it impossible to argue with him. This mainly consists of him saying 'but why wont you kiss me?', 'That reason isn't good enough, give me another reason' until all your arguments have been worn down and you decide its really is just easier, and quicker, and more pleasant just to get on with it.

So I did. I remember thinking that I was being really subtle about it, that we were where no one could see. We were of course, right where everyone could and did see. When the bar supervisor walked into the Pub I (trying to hide what I was doing) pushed DC right into a pillar out of the way. Also not very subtle.

The next say I woke up with a complete start, 'Ohhhh shit' I thought as the whole evening came tumbling back. 'I should not have done that'. At that same point the rep, with whom I was sharing a room, received a phone call asking if the rummers were true and if I had really got with him. Deny everything I said. Deny it all.

This was at the beginning of January and it was continually brought up until I left. I learnt quickly how to deal with banter. It was a lesson well learnt and one I drew on many many times.

By the end of the season he had got with me, a HA 'the fashion designer' (who had been warned!!!!!! and she did it twice), two nannies, the rep and countless other seasonaires. No one got quite as much stick about it as I did though!