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Article: The Ritz email girl says sorry by, er, email.
- Article from:
- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 30, 2006
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AN APOLOGY from the City trainee whose strict email demands for her 21st birthday party were forwarded around the world has been also now been leaked on the internet.
Lucy Gao was the object of international ridicule after she sent a detailed email to 39 of her friends setting out the schedule for her party at the Ritz Hotel.
It gave them staggered time slots for arrival and told them what to wear and even what to say. There were also helpful hints such as: "It goes without saying that the more upper-class you dress, the less likely you shall be denied entry."
Miss Gao, however, saw her meticulous plans backfire. One colleague at Citigroup bank, stunned by the ...