The annual corporate miner forum and pig pen has wound up, and the delegates now face the gruelling task of returning home from a few days of hedonism.
So, people watching at Kalgoorlie Airport is a good laugh today as you see some very sorry looking mugs wondering how they’re going to make it through the short flight.
Reports indicate that the average delegate consumes several gigalitres of piss throughout the forum all in the name of networking.
We spoke to a source close to Diggers & Dealers who said this was the corporate miner’s Xmas, adding,
“A lot of these guys have a pretty stressful life spending your money, so they need a few days to really knock the top off, fly off the perch, shit themselves if they need to”
Another source said while the forum had attempted to tone down it’s boys club image; it was still essentially a buck’s party with a sprinkling of boring speeches. With one delegate telling us,
“I like to give back to the community, just like our workers pour their money in the Redcliffe after work, I was pouring mine into Kal, deep down I reckon the girls actually liked me”
Of course, this is no surprise to anyone knowledgeable about the mining industry know that it’s very much a business conducted over long lunches. Sinking piss in the pursuit of networking is the cornerstone of the WA mining industry.
We can only hope the brand spankin’ RM Williams and chinos worn to the forum survived the chundering.