How Do You Intend To Survive The Christmas Party At Work?
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My advice is to make a valid excuse for not attending if possible in order Not to be the unnecessary victim of any inappropriate joke.
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One of the joys of being retired, CS is not having to attend the bloody Christmas parties!
Hi CS, why do you think you would be the victim of any inappropriate joke? Or did you just mean that everyone attending might be a victim?
I wondered that too, Sis. I used to find the Christmas parties tedious in the extreme but I never experienced any innapproriate jokes.
I didn't experience any inappropriate jokes I was too busy elsewhere - drinking my orange juice of course.
Yeah right, Sabre! Those pink elephants get quite common at this time of year!!!!!!
Pigs might fly as well Feline!!!! I always enjoyed myself and chuckle at the memories - Ah those were the days. hee hee
I don't go on the basis that I can't face paying thirty quid to spend time with the people I see all day..valid excuse this year? Can't afford it :)
I have never really made an office party part of my routine ... I have seen far too many ugly incidents and reported gossip from these things and in some ways it can take that 'colleague respect' thing completely out of view. Frankly, I would much prefer to socialise with people I do not have to cross swords with every day!
Hard to relax on these things Snoopy
I totally agree with you, Snoops.
Unfortunately for me I was head of a headquarters department in a large organisation so I was invited to the Christmas parties of all the 'regional departments'. Of course if you went to one, you had to go to all of them.
Oh, those awful memories of drinking warm gin & tonic and talking to people you really didn't like very much. The horrible time when one of the junior secretaries overdosed on Pernod and blackcurrant and I had to go and rescue her from the loo as I was the only other female there. It looked like the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the smell was awful. It took me many years to be able to drink my Pastis again on French holidays.
Only to escape with a big sigh of relief and have to spend an hour on the train to get home.
Feline, you and Snoops are really surprising me today as I had you down as one of the naughty girls. Just shows how you can be wrong eh???
Of course I'm one of the naughty girls, Sabre, as you well know! But I'd rather be naughty on my own territory with my friends than have to do it in London and sit on a train for an hour with a load of drunks!
I used to commute to London too feline, well remember trying to stay awake on the late train back!
It wasn't even so much the problem of staying awake, Jazzj, more the horrible prospect of sitting next to a slobbering drunk!
That was on the tube before I got to the mainline :)
Course your a naughty girl Feline it wouldn't be you if you were good - just a mirror of myself and I don't whether that is to your good though. hee hee - I like a good laugh
This year I am attending. I didn't go this last year so felt as if I had to go this year. It seems to be frowned upon at my work if they think that you aren't making an effort to 'integrate' with the team and to be honest, in the light of all the cuts that they have made, I can't afford not to be seen as a team player.
I will be staying long enough to have made an adequate appearance but will be making a fairly swift exit before the alcohol takes over and I'm too honest about any of the team/workload!
Oh I remember all that from the office Summer, used to arrive late, do a quick whizz round saying how I'd missed seeing them at the beginning, and how I had to leave early
I miss all the gossip after the naughty Christmas Parties. It's good when some of them come back to work after the holidays knowing what they got up to. Hee Hee. Great fun at the time though !!!
Oh Snoopy, I thought you would be the life and soul of Christmas parties. Chatting all the women up and telling your rude jokes. I'm disappointed now as I had you down as a Ladies Man and all that goes with it. Just thought I'd be a bit cheeky I'm like that today.
Let your hair down creativesaver and enjoy yourself. Whose going to make you the victim of inappropriate jokes. Not pleasant people to work with if they do that to you.
If you really don't like going pretend your ill and enjoy and nice day with the family.
Oh now I couldn't do that Sabre, I'm hopeless at lying - I go red and can't get my words out..useless! Much rather just say I'm not going than spending the day hiding and worrying about people asking me if I'm better afterwards :)
Maybe I shouldn't encourage you to fib and say you are ill creativesaver. I suppose you could save a day's holiday and have it then.
I'm pleased to say that I had my work do on Friday and had a surprisingly good time! Happy to report that lots of the managers got much drunker than I did!
Glad you enjoyed it, Summer!
Sounds good :)
Brilliant Summer - you can snigger behind their backs now.
i didnt, its was on monday just gone, i was sat between 5 people that i have least ineterest in talking to, the food was good but the conversation was terrible, and i couldnt get out as my chair was against the wall... i had to sneak under the table to go out for a ciggie!
Oh dear, that doesn't sound good!
Oh, that's just awful, EmmaMarie.
I always have to sit near a ciggie escape route!
At least being a smoker gives you an excuse for a few minutes peace and quiet, I don't smoke!
So true, Jazzj.
The big advantage of the smoking ban is that, if I'm being bored senseless by somebody in the pub, I can always make my excuses and leave for a fag!
Hi EmmaMarie. I guess you'll avoid it next year or get in early to sit next to someone who is interesting.
deffinatly should, i was late thats why i got stuck with the boring people! i should have sat at the bar on my own and got drunk :)
How awful to sit near boring, ignorant people Emma I'd sooner stay at home.
Luckily I haven't been working in my current job for long, so when I was asked if I was going I simply said 'No' with the reason I was getting up early the next day to travel and see my family. This was the truth actually! However, I am glad I had that reason - I do not like many of the staff in my current job and will be moving on again asap.
Maybe a good knees up would help you see everyone in a different light.........? Then again, it could've been torture! Sounds like you had the ideal excuse Lana!
There is no point in getting attached to this school/staff - it is run in the same poor way my previous school was ran. Too much snobbery and politics, not enough about what is best for the students - I can't be bothered with it again.
Staffroom politics, oh dear, too many territorial empire building people..........? Sounds familiar :)
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