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    The work Christmas night out...............

    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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    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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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Jack View Post
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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.
    Spot on, the menus are garbage. When I am invited to something like this the first thing I do is look for whats on the menu and they are usually asking for £30+ for it as well. No thanks, I'll take a half day and go to lunch with my family.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gatecrasher View Post
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    Spot on, the menus are garbage. When I am invited to something like this the first thing I do is look for whats on the menu and they are usually asking for £30+ for it as well. No thanks, I'll take a half day and go to lunch with my family.
    That's ordinarily what I do too.

    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by snooky View Post
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    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.
    Just don’t be ‘that’ person that reminds everyone that was drunk what they got up to when they were drunk. Nobody wants to be told and the folk that do that (normally Middle Aged women that moan about everything) do my head in.

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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Hibrandenburg View Post
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    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.
    Is that you Harvey?

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    Quote Originally Posted by hibs#1 View Post
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    Is that you Harvey?
    So being in the company of lots of ladies letting their hair down and enjoying themselves is not your thing. No need to be a cock about it though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hibrandenburg View Post
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    So being in the company of lots of ladies letting their hair down and enjoying themselves is not your thing. No need to be a cock about it though.
    Just a little joke,obviously missed the mark buy hey-ho.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hibs#1 View Post
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    Just a little joke,obviously missed the mark buy hey-ho.
    If likening a fellow member to a sex offender is your sense of humour then yes, you missed the mark by a mile.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hibrandenburg View Post
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    So being in the company of lots of ladies letting their hair down and enjoying themselves is not your thing. No need to be a cock about it though.

    To be fair your post wasnt the best.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mrs. S View Post
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    To be fair your post wasnt the best.
    To be fair the day when a man can't say he enjoys being amongst scantily dressed and over sexed women without being equated to a sex offender will be a sad one indeed.

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