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 08:07 PM #1
The work Christmas night out...............
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31-10-2017 08:20 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 08:44 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 11:10 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 11:18 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 11:41 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 02:28 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 05:17 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 08:25 PM #16
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To be fair your post wasnt the best.
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