It was with no small degree of relief that I realised I'll be out of the country on business on the date of this year's work Xmas night out.
Am I alone in feeling, at best, a total sense of ennui with this "tradition"?
Here in Switzerland there's generally less of the mass drinking and ****ging the secretary in the cloakroom etc but still, as I work a 30 minute train ride from where I live it will doubtless be a meal in some relatively remote restaurant with some jaunty hot drink outside part.
Last year, inexplicably, we went on a walk in the pitch ******' black holding these big wax candles that then proceeded to drip all over my decent shoes before the meal
There's just always something else I'd rather be doing of a winter night then spending it with the people I already work with for 40+ hours a week.
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31-10-2017 07:07 PM #1
The work Christmas night out...............
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31-10-2017 07:20 PM #2
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The places putting on Christmas menus, everywhere, ought to hang their collective heads in shame at the overpriced crap they throw on the tables.
Having said that I've always quite enjoyed these events.Space to let
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01-11-2017 07:44 AM #3
Never been to an official one and never will. I told all the huns in my work to get their names down as it's the only way they'll get back to Hampden this season.
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I felt a little more compelled than normal this year, as I've just started a new job and arrived as all of the emails etc were doing the rounds, but again, looked at the menu and thought 'nah'.Madness, as you know, is a lot like gravity. All it takes is a little push.
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01-11-2017 10:10 AM #6
Luckily for me the food option is over subscribed so I only need to turn up after for the "disco" even that fills me with dread
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01-11-2017 10:18 AM #7
I love our Christmas and Summer parties. There's worse nights out than spending them with 300 over sexed, scantily dressed and inebriated stewardesses. Next year it will be over 700.
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01-11-2017 10:41 AM #8
Tip to revellers at works night out.
Stay sober. You'll reap the benefits in many ways for the rest of the year.
Trust me on this one.
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01-11-2017 01:28 PM #9
Always loved the Christmas day/night out. You just choose your company carefully and ignore the idiots that get pished once a year....
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01-11-2017 04:17 PM #11
Never been to a work night out and have absolutely no intention at all of going to one any time soon.
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01-11-2017 06:10 PM #12
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01-11-2017 07:25 PM #16
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To be fair your post wasnt the best.
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01-11-2017 07:28 PM #17
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It was clearly intended as a light hearted joke and he wasn’t calling you a sex offender, it’s obviously just a topical name at the moment.
On a side note where is it you work and can I come to your Christmas night out please?
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01-11-2017 07:43 PM #20
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Wow. Well today may be a sad day then.
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01-11-2017 07:52 PM #21
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01-11-2017 07:58 PM #22
Every year I say I'm not going but the hassle of having to explain why not makes it easier just to say yes.
It's the classic company wanting to make a big deal of giving you something but doing it on their terms. You will have fun but only fun as it's prescribed by a 'trusted' person organising the whole ordeal.
Everything about it annoys me. Women spending months planning their outfits, booking hairdressers and make up artists in a passive aggressive game of trying to out do one another. Guys throwing back double brandies because it's free drink. Being looked at as a bit weird because your not hyperventilating with excitement or trying to give yourself alcohol poisoning. Then you have the boss constantly asking if you are havinga good time because you are only drinking a pint at a normal rate all the while carefully noting everyone who is a bit worse for wear so he can drop the bitching grenade then run back in the office the following week.
It's a bit like a fancy dress party; fun for people with no imagination or sense of humour.PM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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01-11-2017 08:11 PM #23
It’s bad enough working with a****s let along drinking with them.staff do’s arent for me
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01-11-2017 08:48 PM #24
Office parties are great. Plenty of scope for embarrassing behaviour. Step right up and get your erse photocopied.
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I could get you an invite but only as my partner
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