Topic: Work's Christmas Party

[Andy @ Allerton!]

Ours has been moved to next year sometime.

Very sensible I think.

[rob1966]

This arrived this morning from the new owners 

[Nobby Reserve]

This arrived this morning from the new owners 

Does that 'Yorkshire Popcorn'* say the flavour is Salt & Sweat??






* WTF? Such a self-important bunch of pricks

[.adam]

Company wide one has now been cancelled and I've pulled out of my department one too.

There's been a Covid outbreak in our building so most people are working from home this week too.

[rob1966]

Does that 'Yorkshire Popcorn'* say the flavour is Salt & Sweat??

* WTF? Such a self-important bunch of pricks

Nah, its sweet

[MrGrumpy]

Our work Christmas Party is on Zoom this year. Too many people have moved away from town to make a party practical.

While last years Secret Santa was good, this years has been ****e.

[paulrazor]

zoom here too

though I did get sent 6 bottles of stout

Do miss the office craic this time of year.

[MrGrumpy]

zoom here too

though I did get sent 6 bottles of stout

Do miss the office craic this time of year.

I enjoyed the last two in person office parties I went to. I have been lucky in my previous two roles to work with people who are in the most part nice.

[paulrazor]

I enjoyed the last two in person office parties I went to. I have been lucky in my previous two roles to work with people who are in the most part nice.

same

though in some years i did have to leggit after a meal and no pints . Live ages away from work so money and family were stumbling blocks  there

usually in run up to xmas there was one or two lunches, a xmas jumper day for charity and the amount of sweets brought in, jesus the place was like willy wonkas chocolate factory. Was a day as well when management got a bakery to do sausage rolls. always epic

[Sudden Death Draft Loser]

Our work Christmas Party is on Zoom this year.

 

seriously what's the point

[Crosby Nick]

seriously what's the point

We have a Teams call to open Secret Santa gifts. Some bright spark put it for 10am on Monday and I’ve told them I won’t be able to post it til the weekend so my person will have to sit there empty handed like a naughty kid and watch the rest of us open something.

[So… Howard Philips]

Nobody had their invite to the Downing Street bash yet?
 
Allegra's ticket' going spare id anyone's interested.

[I've been a good boy]

seriously what's the point

My work had it on Teams last year, everyone sat there in their Xmas jumpers and party hats making forced conversation, it was all very awkward.

[Red_Mist]

Ours was supposed to be on the 16th, but has just been cancelled. Can’t say I’m particularly arsed. Actually quite relieved.

“Come to the xmas do and get covid for the holidays”

I’ve had better invitations.

[Sudden Death Draft Loser]

Do people feel obliged to go to work's Christmas partys or do they actually enjoy them.

Never been to one

[Jake]

I enjoy them, but I tend to like the people I work with and its usually a good night out on the lash.

[Elmo!]

Do people feel obliged to go to work's Christmas partys or do they actually enjoy them.

Never been to one

I enjoy the one for my immediate team. We all get on, meal and a lot of drinks are paid for. Everyone gets drunk and has a laugh.

I generally swerve the bigger company wide one.

[Red_Mist]

Do people feel obliged to go to work's Christmas partys or do they actually enjoy them.

Never been to one

Rarely go out as a team, so xmas is usually a good excuse.  I’ve been to some good ones where team mates have really bonded (no, not like that!) and it’s changed how well we all work together, for the better.

[Crosby Nick]

I enjoy the one for my immediate team. We all get on, meal and a lot of drinks are paid for. Everyone gets drunk and has a laugh.

I generally swerve the bigger company wide one.

Same for me normally.

[ianburns252]

Do people feel obliged to go to work's Christmas partys or do they actually enjoy them.

Never been to one

I've never felt like there was an obligation to go and, to be fair, most firms I've worked for have had social events regularly throughout the year so there isn't the feeling that it seems many get of the Christmas party being something that a company does as a token gesture to staff. Generally they are good craic, the food is decent, drinks are flowing, and whilst you get the odd minor drama there is never anything too much.

That said, if there was a feeling of obligation or if I didn't like the people I worked with then I would be quite happy to take the tactical approach of making sure to show my face for an hour and then quietly ducking out on my own terms.

[Red Viper]

Got mine tonight. Never anything wild going on as we're just a small firm with about 35 staff and only 2/3s of that ever actually turn up. Will be some nice free food and ale so can't complain but they're usually pretty dull affairs, probably not helped by the fact I'm now 34 and still somehow one of the youngest people in the company.

[rob1966]

Do people feel obliged to go to work's Christmas partys or do they actually enjoy them.

Never been to one

We used to go out as a team, nice meal paid for by the company, loads of drinks paid for by the IT director, so went on those for about 15 years. Then we moved into one huge office building, became a shitty night out in some club in Manchester. Buffet, drink on arrival and shit loads of basically kids acting like twats, getting into fights, usual wanker stuff. I knew what would happen, hate Manchester anyway, so have swerved every xmas do since. Fucking pissed me off though, as you are not allowed to claim the money for people who don't attend, but the bitch organising it did just that, so a load of us lost out every year, as we couldn't just do our own thing.

Now we have moved to a lot smaller office, it has gone back to team nights so will be going to ours in Jan.

[El Lobo]

This year pretty much everyone is going from ours (I think exactly 50 people) and would have been very obvious to give it a miss. They're doing it on a work day (next Friday) and paying for everything so they've annoyingly made it pretty hard to have an excuse!

I've worked in places before though where there's so many people and its on a weekend or something that its nice and easy to avoid. Echo everyone else, much prefer smaller ones just going to a local pub or something for a meal and some drinks.

[Ziltoid]

Had ours last week - 6 of us, local for a few beers and a Chinese.  Normally we have a big do with all staff - about 60 of us but as i work out of a satellite office we only have about 7 staff here so we did our own

[Buck Pete]

I've moved to a much smaller company recently that has much more of a family vibe.  Same as my previous company was once upon a time before they succumbed to the big boys in our industry and went all corporate.

Anyway,  Christmas do next Wednesday down in Warwick,  Meal, booze, quiz, games, secret Santa and stuff is planned.

With partners will be about 20 of us.

Really looking forward to it.

[Crosby Nick]

Partners getting invited is very old school. Not for me Clive.

[rob1966]

Partners getting invited is very old school. Not for me Clive.

Unless a bowl and car keys are involved?

[Johnny Foreigner]

Partners getting invited is very old school. Not for me Clive.

I used to help out with the organizing at my previous job. If it was on a Friday - half the people said they wouldn't come if they couldn't bring their partner. The other half said they wouldn't come IF they were allowed to/had to bring their partner..

[Crosby Nick]

Unless a bowl and car keys are involved?

We don’t all live in Manchester.

[Buck Pete]

Partners getting invited is very old school. Not for me Clive.

You still dragging typists into the stationary cupboard?

[El Lobo]

You still dragging typists into the stationary cupboard?

[Crosby Nick]

You still dragging typists into the stationary cupboard?

Who has a party in the actual office? No, I’m a lot more classy than that. You’re never far from a Gregg’s doorway.

[rob1966]

We don’t all live in Manchester.

Manchester involves family members only

When I was a kid, Tower Hill was nicknamed Knob Hill, there was that much swapping going on

[Jake]

They emailed round this morning to see if we wanted to postpone ours till after the new year

Thankfully its still going ahead. The lass who I got for secret santa aint coming now though so I might keep the present

[afc tukrish]

I've moved to a much smaller company recently that has much more of a family vibe.  Same as my previous company was once upon a time before they succumbed to the big boys in our industry and went all corporate.

Anyway,  Christmas do next Wednesday down in Warwick,  Meal, booze, quiz, games, secret Santa and stuff is planned.

With partners will be about 20 of us.

Really looking forward to it.

Will you throw a kettle over the pub?

[Alan_X]

Do people feel obliged to go to work's Christmas partys or do they actually enjoy them.

Never been to one

There were plenty in the past that I'd happily have swerved. The worst was a shit turkey dinner in a Toby Carvery with two bottles of wine between about twenty of us. The owner was also a massive c*nt.

We're still planning on having ours which will just be a few drinks in the pub then a nice meal in a restaurant near the office.

[I've been a good boy]

Do people feel obliged to go to work's Christmas partys or do they actually enjoy them.

Never been to one

Only ever been to one. Location was in the middle of nowhere and everyone was told where to sit so conversations were awkward and forced. Never felt the need to go after that.

[67CherryRed]

Had 2 work parties (small team and wider team) in space of 4 days and then flew to Lanzarote 12 hours after the second one. Thankfully my return to UK antigen test was clear and they let me come home.

[MrGrumpy]

Has this actually happened to anyone or is the drunken fumble in the office stationary cupboard a myth?

The closest I ever got, was one or the ladies in  marketing giving me an unexpected but not unpleasant grope on the bum many years ago.

[paulrazor]

I wouldnt say its a myth but I have never seen it