AT FIRST sight,the Presidents Club Charity Dinner seemed wholesome. The great and excellent of Britain’s business world came together every year at the Dorchester, one of the capital’s finest hotels, and to raise millions of pounds for excellent causes. But on January 23rd undercover reporters for the Financial Times revealed an altogether seedier affair.
Sneaking into the men-only event among the 130 hostesses ordered from an agency,they provided a horrifying insight into the young women’s experience. In exchange for pay of £150 ($215) and £25 towards a taxi domestic, the hostesses were required to wear black underwear to match the short black dresses they were given. Their phones were confiscated and their visits to the loo timed. Throughout the evening they were groped and invited up to guests’ bedrooms. One reveller exposed himself.unpleasant behaviour did not seem to be entirely unexpected by the organisers: a programme handed out on the night contained a...
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Source: economist.com