Works Christmas Parties

19 Dec 2006

Got my new works party soon and despite me only being there a short time and it not strictly being a couples thing they have shelled out for a ticket so as PK can attend. Now it is quite a posh and by no means cheap (for them affair) I've got to don my suit and PK has to choose one of her hundreds of posh frocks. Now I'm paniking as I remember our antics at munches as to will I have a job or not come the new year redface

So it got me wondering which of you have prehaps not made the best impression at a works event confused

As for me I'm good as gold, there was one recent one where my boss's daughter in law got a bit tipsy and stared makeing passes at me.......much to the embaressment of her husband and the fury of my partner but you can't hold me responsable for that one surely :angel:

19 Dec 2006

Had my christmas do last saturday. Best behaviour etc etc
Downloaded the pic. Took disk to work. Boss well impressed with pic of me flashing my boobs redface

Roll on next year lol

dee

20 Dec 2006

- its mine tomorrow...at lunchtime .......... its also my leaving doo... where I will get the honour of waving goodbye to 'clients' who have the kind of lives where stability and continuity of care is paramount....as our Chief Exec has managed to run the company into the fuckin ground and forced the closure of another department, with 1 redundancy, another quit and the 3rd moving over into my job because she joined on a permanant contract before I did mad

The only person not affected by recent events is the chief exec's son, who nicely gets promotion tomorrow ......and we're all getting together, plus a few others who probably have an axe to grind too, for the annual Xmas party to 'celebrate' in .....oooooo, just under 12 hours time drinkies

should be fun rotflmao

20 Dec 2006

Over the years I have avoided all my works Christmas dos. I think it is fair to say that a most companys I have worked at that the only thing I have in common with my colleges is that we work at the same place. sad

I have discovered that when I am asked that honesty is always the best policy. I smile sweetly and say "It's bad enough working with you during the day let alone spending my leisure time with you." biggrin

Because I smile they assume I'm joking, how little they know.

20 Dec 2006

My works do is in a months time! They will do anything to save money rolleyes

20 Dec 2006

works black tie ball tonight
am hoping i can show restraint and not do my usual of getting pissed and telling senior management exactly what i think of them :shock:
Earthy xx

20 Dec 2006

Quote by keeno
Over the years I have avoided all my works Christmas dos. I think it is fair to say that a most companys I have worked at that the only thing I have in common with my colleges is that we work at the same place.
I have discovered that when I am asked that honesty is always the best policy. I smile sweetly and say "It's bad enough working with you during the day let alone spending my leisure time with you." Because I smile they assume I'm joking, how little they know.

Yep, I am 100% with you on this one :thumbup:
I can't think of anything worse than spending an evening socialising with the people I work with, the majority of whom have all the charm, wit and intelligence of a bunch of radishes!

20 Dec 2006

Quote by keeno
Over the years I have avoided all my works Christmas dos. I think it is fair to say that a most companys I have worked at that the only thing I have in common with my colleges is that we work at the same place.
I have discovered that when I am asked that honesty is always the best policy. I smile sweetly and say "It's bad enough working with you during the day let alone spending my leisure time with you." Because I smile they assume I'm joking, how little they know.

Were we seperated at birth perchance ? That is almost word for word what i was going to post :D

20 Dec 2006

Quote by Lissa
Over the years I have avoided all my works Christmas dos. I think it is fair to say that a most companys I have worked at that the only thing I have in common with my colleges is that we work at the same place.
I have discovered that when I am asked that honesty is always the best policy. I smile sweetly and say "It's bad enough working with you during the day let alone spending my leisure time with you." Because I smile they assume I'm joking, how little they know.

Yep, I am 100% with you on this one :thumbup:
I can't think of anything worse than spending an evening socialising with the people I work with, the majority of whom have all the charm, wit and intelligence of a bunch of radishes!
Radishist!

20 Dec 2006

It is bad enough working with my lot, let alone having a party with them. I managed to get it banned this year, that got them talking to each other, so as a team building exercise, it was a result without financial outlay.

20 Dec 2006

Quote by Darkfire
- its mine tomorrow...at lunchtime .......... its also my leaving doo... where I will get the honour of waving goodbye to 'clients' who have the kind of lives where stability and continuity of care is paramount....as our Chief Exec has managed to run the company into the fuckin ground and forced the closure of another department, with 1 redundancy, another quit and the 3rd moving over into my job because she joined on a permanant contract before I did
The only person not affected by recent events is the chief exec's son, who nicely gets promotion tomorrow ......and we're all getting together, plus a few others who probably have an axe to grind too, for the annual Xmas party to 'celebrate' in .....oooooo, just under 12 hours time
should be fun

Hell hath no fury like a Darkfire scorned! :shock:
Sorry to hear all that hun kiss

As for me, I only started my Job on Monday and I'm working for an agency there (although there is posibility of Permanent work biggrin

) so even if I was invited I wouldn't know anyone. And to be honest although they all seem nice enough the thought of spending and evening with unfamiliar Vanilla's is potentially a more nerve wracking experience than my first Munch! (I prefer munches any day :thumbup: )
:giggle:

20 Dec 2006

Quote by winchwench
Over the years I have avoided all my works Christmas dos. I think it is fair to say that a most companys I have worked at that the only thing I have in common with my colleges is that we work at the same place.
I have discovered that when I am asked that honesty is always the best policy. I smile sweetly and say "It's bad enough working with you during the day let alone spending my leisure time with you." Because I smile they assume I'm joking, how little they know.

Yep, I am 100% with you on this one :thumbup:
I can't think of anything worse than spending an evening socialising with the people I work with, the majority of whom have all the charm, wit and intelligence of a bunch of radishes!
Radishist!
oy

:smackbottom:
get out of my head and stop posting my ideas mad

My works party is tonight :bounce:
and as i am now self employed, what a jolly affair that's going to be rolleyes

sossy roll anyoone?
us Radishes should stick together. :rascal:

20 Dec 2006

no works do's here... though I doubt i'd be welcome if there were...
....hang on, maybe there are, but thay havent told me!..shyte
but in years gone by, when I errmm... used to enjoy a tipple, the boss of a small outfit I freelanced for insisted his *team* showed thier creative side (?) and go for it...>whatever that meant...in those days, there was simply no other way!<
so... on a couple of occassions, the xmas *lunch* in some soho restaurant or other seemed to take a rapid nose dive at one end of the table...
...as shop was still being talked at on end... the food fighting started to encroach on their civility... by the time deserts were finished/splattered and laquers (havent spelt that right for sure) were served... several small table fires... and the occassional frantically waved arm, ablaze in blue flame...>sambuca, I believe< had us removed from the premises....
but... considering the boss kinda-sorta wanted that.... i have to ask... were we showing ourselves up, or merely following orders?
i'm a good boy now
lp

20 Dec 2006

Quote by Dlep

should be fun

Sorry to hear all that hun kiss

well, I didnt get arrested, so it was cool :rotflmao:
thanks Dlep - i still have my other job and a new post lined up for Jan so there's no major problem, I just happened to particularly love thatone ....but given the atmosphere this afternoon I'm far better off out of there! Onward and upwards lol

20 Dec 2006

why is it that when you drink loads at the party you shag someone or insult the boss
well last night i did both the girl in the cantenn is very sexy and she no she is we have all ways had a joke about the do (eg) you wait till the do i<v got something for you
as we got talking and very pissed on the champane she was getting very horny you could see this as he tits were rock hard and keep brushing them on my arm well as i went to the loo sat down having a fag and there was a knock on the door it was her she pushed past me locked the door lifted her skirt up over her arse put her hands on the water tank behind the loo and told me to go for it as we did it was so horny
as we stoped i came out to splash water over my face the door closed then i herd some moning its only the boss geting a blow job bastard :cry:

21 Dec 2006

Yikes guys some of you need new jobs I couldent be arsed working all year with a bunch of people I cant stand. Have to say my work pretty much represents normal society, some are ass holes some are great and some have the personality of a brick wall.
Worst thing I did was at a confrence dinner party rather than a works do as we were all self employed. Some people came all the way from Ireland to see us mainly cus we were making them money. They were quite strict Catholics but after quite a few drinks I was shouting rude sentances after inhaling helium from the balloons :P which didnt go down that well. I then discoverd that the weight holding down all the helium balloons was sand in rubber kind of bag. I got on the table moulded it into a huge black penis and waved it into the female of the couples face. They didnt stay very long after that.
Cheers

21 Dec 2006

Quote by keeno
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I have discovered that when I am asked that honesty is always the best policy. I smile sweetly and say "It's bad enough working with you during the day let alone spending my leisure time with you." Because I smile they assume I'm joking, how little they know.

I try and avoid mine for the exact same reason!!-Some people just don't get sarcasm rolleyes

21 Dec 2006

I enjoy xmas parties, free drinks and food biggrin

although there are some miserable fuckers who want to talk about work rolleyes

21 Dec 2006

This year survived without major incident only embarrasment of being dragged up in front of everyone to belly dance badly alongside the rather beautiful belly dancer that was performing in the restaurant. redface

Fortunately after me our senior manager had a go and he was more memorably embarrasing !!
smile

Have other more serious/funny past work do realated incidents to confess to but will plead the 5th for the time being. :twisted:

21 Dec 2006

Yikes guys some of you need new jobs I couldent be arsed working all year with a bunch of people I cant stand. Have to say my work pretty much represents normal society, some are ass holes some are great and some have the personality of a brick wall.
It's not that I don't like these people. It's more that they are people I work with rather than friends. I've always believed that work's work and not to be confused with your private life.

21 Dec 2006

well i survived til this morning without telling any of the senior management what i really thought of them
Earthyxxx

21 Dec 2006

Quote by tweeky
Yikes guys some of you need new jobs I couldent be arsed working all year with a bunch of people I cant stand.

So thats what I'm doing wrong.....
I'm off down the garden to pick a new job off the job tree......Its easily recongnisable as its the tree next to the money tree(the one will all the £20 notes growing on it) rolleyes

No works parties here.....
There was a nice do put on but it was £35 a ticket :shock:
Our xmas bonus used to go towards paying for a ticket (bonus was £30 pre tax) but that has been stopped this year but all is not lost....................
We got a 1.5% pay increase :bounce: :roll:
I'm now off to write letters to the council,gas,electricity etc asking them not to increase their charges too much as my MD has had 4 new cars this year and they have installed a new heating system in the workshops (which is totally shite btw) and the company has bought a bankrupt ply-lining companyso they could only give me 1.5%...
mad

21 Dec 2006

Mr J's employers decided not to have a xmas party - instead, they took great joy in telling all the staff that they would receive a good bonus instead.
Well, Mr J came home with a card and the bonus inside - a £10 note !!!
OMG i am so insulted and really wish that they hadn't bothered rolleyes

21 Dec 2006

Quote by Juniper_couple
Mr J's employers decided not to have a xmas party - instead, they took great joy in telling all the staff that they would receive a good bonus instead.
Well, Mr J came home with a card and the bonus inside - a £10 note !!!
OMG i am so insulted and really wish that they hadn't bothered

I would send it back........I really would...

21 Dec 2006

I wanted to but i'm not allowed mad

Mr J is generally the one that thinks more when i am mad confused

As he says, they pay the mortgage evil

21 Dec 2006

If you don't give staff a gift your a scrooge, if you give em a gift that they don't deem large enough they take umbrage, fucked if I know what an employer is supposed to do by way of wishing folk a happy christmas. If it aint big enough for you just donate the fucker to someone who will appreciate its face value and bigger value, which is the spirit in which its given.

21 Dec 2006

Surely it's all relative?
I regularly drive, sorry, crawl past two businesses across the road from each other.
A small, family owned farm shop- if I worked there I'd be content with a tenner, and on the other end of the scale, a multi-billion turning over little-blue-pill producing pharmaceutical giant.
Yes, they have thousands of staff so giving them all a crisp £50 may be difficult, but I would at least expect a bloody fantastic party!

21 Dec 2006

Quote by winchwench
Surely it's all relative?
I regularly drive, sorry, crawl past two businesses across the road from each other.
A small, family owned farm shop- if I worked there I'd be content with a tenner, and on the other end of the scale, a multi-billion turning over little-blue-pill producing pharmaceutical giant.
Yes, they have thousands of staff so giving them all a crisp £50 may be difficult, but I would at least expect a bloody fantastic party!

I guess it is relative if a christmas wish is based on hard faced value, I just happen to take it for what it is supposed to be which is a goodwill christmas wish. dunno

21 Dec 2006

wow.... the truemeaning of christmas in a thread on SH.
rolleyes

21 Dec 2006

Quote by davej
I guess it is relative if a christmas wish is based on hard faced value, I just happen to take it for what it is supposed to be which is a goodwill christmas wish.

The only reason we havent got anything this year after working our bloody nads off is the MD likes to have a new car every 3 months and the wastefull way they have spent money in areas that they didnt need to spend any at all...
If the business was experiencing hard times I could easily understand no xmas bonus but believe me the business isnt..