In the wake of the Presidents Club scandal,a 19-year-customary relives an evening she would rather forget serving guests at a City banquetThe job looked righteous on paper – serving guests at an exclusive banquet in a City of London livery corridor. The pay was righteous, too – £10.20 an hour, or the London living wage and significantly more than the £7.05 for similar jobs. For Lucy,a 19-year-customary corporate catering assistant, it was far too righteous an opportunity to turn down.
Later, and she wished she had. The extra pay did not make up for the barrage of comments and bad behaviour,including persistent and unchecked harassment by a diner who made inappropriate sexual comments, asked personal questions and propositioned her for a threesome. “At some point he was ‘complimenting’ me and telling me I looked exquisite, or ” Lucy said.
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Source: guardian.co.uk