Scoffers
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Got mine on Tuesday in London, Christmas Jumpers and Secret Santa and a decent meal. The whole company works from home so this is a way to catch up face to face so should be fun to see everyone again!
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[Misc] Work’s Christmas Do’s
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The wildest:
L&G do’s were amazing eg in Busby’s, a place upstairs in Middle Street. Midweek …. vast amounts of liquor and antics.
Also, some builders daytime do’s in pubs in Peacehaven and Rottingdean were great fun, unspeakable drinking games and silliness. Then stepping out into daylight after 12 pints, with the rest of society sober.
The guaranteed dull non-event every year:
Organised by my former narcissistic boss/general cnt. The weirdo loathed people being happy per se, ever, or merrily drunk. So he chose quiet venues, often a drive away, so that many folk couldn’t have a drink. He and his sad public school fag wingman would memorise anyone loosening up and speak about it forever after. It was an easy decision to stop attending those.
L&G do’s were amazing eg in Busby’s, a place upstairs in Middle Street. Midweek …. vast amounts of liquor and antics.
Also, some builders daytime do’s in pubs in Peacehaven and Rottingdean were great fun, unspeakable drinking games and silliness. Then stepping out into daylight after 12 pints, with the rest of society sober.
The guaranteed dull non-event every year:
Organised by my former narcissistic boss/general cnt. The weirdo loathed people being happy per se, ever, or merrily drunk. So he chose quiet venues, often a drive away, so that many folk couldn’t have a drink. He and his sad public school fag wingman would memorise anyone loosening up and speak about it forever after. It was an easy decision to stop attending those.
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It is but I can’t find itIs that the one I think it is?
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Absolutely
I’m lucky to get on really well with all my work colleagues and the organisation is great at having social events - we genuinely all get on and most of us enjoy the staff social stuff. During lockdown, and last year, we did a virtual Christmas Quiz party (and weekly virtual quizzes).
THE WORST
A place I was working at in the 2000s - chain of businesses, management booked an obligatory corporate Christmas dinner and music at the Ramada Hotel for the entire staff (except them!) - jeez, the food was seriously crap - tinned tomato soup for starters with a white ‘plastic’ bread bap, frozen, chewy veg, constituted dry turkey roll, undercooked stuffing followed by melted vanilla ice cream with a Mr Kipling mince pie! The whole ballroom was done out like a frozen grotto with pale blue lightening if nobody was actually ill after eating the food, they certainly looked it under the pale icy blue glow of lanterns and tinsel. When the ’disco’ DJ started after dinner with chart hit from the 70s, I dragged all our crew out of there and took them to the Old Orleans bar for a great R&B night where we got utterly shit faced and danced all night. Turned out to be best work night out ever.
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My first official Christmas do in 15 years next week. I’ve not been at the new job long so I’m looking forward to seeing people in a social setting. Just keeping it to our team rather than the whole company which is good. They’ve picked a decent restaurant and I’m rather looking forward to it.
Mine’s in London on a rail strike day and we can’t change it.
Also, I’ve correctly used the apostrophes in telling you that.
Also, I’ve correctly used the apostrophes in telling you that.
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Seems like it was Digeeed’s Trousers but I can see what you did there!Just a civilisedlunch at Hawksmoor Borough next week.
Someone needs to resurrect @Beeneys gloves thread from years ago. No one will ever top that.
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Do’s in thread title doesn’t require an apostrophe but it didn’t look right as DosMine’s in London on a rail strike day and we can’t change it.
Also, I’ve correctly used the apostrophes in telling you that.
One of the best things about retiring is not having to put up with the over-organised, over-hyped, over-priced BS and everything that goes with the ‘office Christmas do’. Our former combined Compliance/Legal/Risk ‘do’ (3-400 staff in London alone] used to fully occupy all of the PAs from each function for fully 4 months. Our financial contribution was determined by grade (whether you were attending or not) and at least a week before the event we’d get a military-style list of things to read from dress code, to the times of arrival, departure and everything in between, the agenda ‘on arrival, guests will be entitled to ONE glass of Prosecco’……..etc, seating plan, menu, start and finish times of whatever shite entertainment had been laid on and so on. Oh, and the levels of EXCITEMENT in the office from a handful of people for about a month beforehand…… 
It was also usually around the end of November because that was cheaper
Nearer to Christmas some of us would have a much less formal thing at a nearby bar and simply organise a load of drinks and food with a single phone call and get bladdered. Infinitely more enjoyable - so much so all of us that left and a few select remainers are meeting in Town to do exactly that in a couple of weeks.
It was also usually around the end of November because that was cheaperNearer to Christmas some of us would have a much less formal thing at a nearby bar and simply organise a load of drinks and food with a single phone call and get bladdered. Infinitely more enjoyable - so much so all of us that left and a few select remainers are meeting in Town to do exactly that in a couple of weeks.
Badly organised piss up at the brewery. I won't bother.
My company is only 12 people. Christmas lunch booked for next Thursday in a nice pub. It’s half a day of eating and drinking on the company’s time. Also being a small company with a good founder we all get along pretty well.
jackalbion
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Got mine tomorrow and we’ve all had to pay £20 for it, it should be a good piss up though. My company is quite a lot of over 50 male trainspotters, so it could all be done and dusted by 7. It’s next to London Bridge station and my quench for poor quality football has made me notice it’s only a 10 minute journey to Charlton v Cheltenham, so might just end up there.
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Brilliant!!!
My favourite
“Steve Foster my Lord, steve Foster,
Steve Poster my Lorsd.
Steve Ister,
Steve Ioster My Lord,
StecePster Oh gord, Dteve Psoeter”
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Possibly NSC’s best ever post!
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I was trying to picture the scene as this came out a while after his “Stand up if you hate HR”
Assumed the others have accepted they can’t deal with him and told to ignore him and he’ll tire himself out, I think the above was the beginning of the end!
If he still posts I’d love hear what happened afterwards
N.B was curious so checked - last post 10 years afo
“oh dear - that takes me back. What an epic Chirstmas party night that was - I still remember thinking after the third or fourth Stella by 11am that it probably wasnt going to end up as a good day.
Since then I have never attended a Christmas party. Although that job was one I was glad to leave I think the level of behaviour sank so low that night that I couldnt handle the shame again. It was the Sunday dreading coming in to work to find out the extent of the trouble I was in that stands out.
I have told work here that ideally the sooner the better and that I would like to be free by mid-September but my boss seems to be in the mind-set of 'you've caused me a problem so i will not make this easy.'
I cant bring myself to say that I shan't make an effort but deep down it's difficult to keep the focus and the two hour each-way commute when you know that it's not part of the long-term future.
I dont know why they dont just cut their losses but seems it will be a war of attrition.
If a month after I had handed my notice in I simply walked - what would happen?”
Wrong-Direction
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Turkey sandwich in the vanSelf employed sole trader for 20 years, billy no work mates, I usually go down the cafe on my own
Interesting mix of experiences. Our firm (small, only c 40 staff) is privately owned and the boss invites everyone plus partners to a pub do, picks up the bar tab all night and a 4 course dinner plus pays for taxis for everyone to get home safely. Everyone goes and has a great night out. Nothing negative at all!