Birmingham Young Professional of the Year is one of the biggest events for the city’s young lawyers, accountants, recruitment consultants and other people who wear a suit to work every day.
While it does a brilliant job celebrating the brilliance of the professional sector, let’s not forget it’s also Colmore Row’s biggest party of the year.
If you’ve ever been to BYPY, you’ll know what we’re talking about here...
You take the whole afternoon off to get ready
Pre-loading becomes an artform
You’re already well into the party mood by the time you get to the drinks reception
And you greet your colleagues like they’re long-lost friends. Even though you saw them three hours ago.
The speeches are like blah blah blah
When the food arrives you view it more as ammunition than sustenance
When you’re nominated and someone else wins you’re like
When you win, it’s all
Then it’s time to bust those moves. In your head, this is you
In reality, people see only this
Then it starts to get a bit weird, especially when one of Birmingham’s most revered and experienced business figures comes over all….
So TF it’s AFTER PARTY TIME!
Before the long walk of shame gets you home as the sun comes up
And then you remember you forgot to take the day off