The most expensive waste of time, for me, was a fish dinner at a work event. We were at a combination training/awards/staff appreciation event. It was supposed to be low key, but was held at a location that didn’t even offer parking under $20 (remember this was a some time ago, so $20 then would be like $40 parking today).

So there we were, all dressed up for this “Fancy’s party, and they serve us the worst piece of fish I’ve ever seen. From a friend I learned that the company had paid about $45 a plate for each of us. I still don’t know what for.

Making it worse, they never even tried to follow up to see how we all liked it. Spoiler alert, we didn’t! They never listen, so they booked the whole thing again for the next year.