Company Holiday Party

[kedrys]

I'm *so* not going. You?

[Deep13]

1. It's during office hours at a pricey restaurant and the boss is paying.

He's a Democratic elected official so I don't want to create any problems.

[Tyo]

13. Our company holiday parties are a blast

They're held at a tony downtown hotel. Decent food and wine, live band, you have to buy your own cocktails but the bartenders pour heavy. Discounts on rooms if you want to stay the night. Would hate to miss it.

[RoyGBiv]

2. Not on a bet ...

There's booze there. My Big Bosses, who have spent the last six months being complete morons just to prove they could I think, will be there.

I would SO not be able to hold my tongue.

And I would SO not have a job the next day.

[kedrys]

5. My point exactly

or I'd get arrested. :P

[fizzgig]

3. i will go only for the free dinner

and a chance to laugh at our hr rep getting stupid drunk and trying to dance

[VelmaD]

4. I am missing it as we speak

My agency's holiday party was tonight.

There will be another smaller lunch for just my office in a couple of weeks. And there will also be a day when the different departments all cook and we spend all day eating. But the official, booze and shmoozing party was tonight. I had already missed the last 8 and I wasn't about to ruin my perfect non-attendence record. :)

[kedrys]

7. One of my friends tried to pull off an alternative party one year

He dubbed it "Operation Infinite Damage" after the managers found out and got all pissed off. What, the cool people wanted to have their own party and you're bent out of shape?? Go fig. :shrug:

[LibDemAlways]

6. Not currently employed so no office party this year, but

your post reminded me of a long ago "party." I was working in a small mom and pop travel agency many years ago. Their idea of a Christmas party was to set out a tray of cookies and a bowl of punch - for customers. This was during office hours and the staff had to keep working while the owners stood at the door urging in anyone who passed by. My blood was boiling.

[donheld]

8. I've been to one in 20 years of working

Never again.

[Redstone]

9. Because my company consists of me and Mrs R, I KNOW we'll have a good time!

Redstone

[Gormy Cuss]

19. I hope the CEO isn't a cheapskate.

:evilgrin:

[Redstone]

23. Not at all, for an occasion like that.

Redstone

[fortyfeetunder]

10. Hell no, I'm not going -- tired of going alone

this particular group I work with, everyone is married or has a SO, and the party is mostly couples. My spouse refuses to go to any of the parties I am invited to.

So I went to a couple of years' worth of parties solo, figured out -- single folkks, especially unaccompanied women -- are basically shunned by the other couples. I couldn't figure out why, there is no dancing or any activity that would force some social situation.

This year, I spared myself the agony and RSVP'd regrets.

[MrCoffee]

11. they want us to pay for it

we got a flyer for the "traditional holiday menu" and in small print at the bottom, $10.95/person.

funk dat.

[kedrys]

12. That's totally weak

Freakin' misers...

[philosophie_en_rose]

15. Why pay to hang out with people you see every workday for free?

:shrug:

[kedrys]

20. Not to mention that the few coworkers I'd actually like to hang with

are not going - pretty much for the same reasons I'm not.

[MrCoffee]

21. That is a fantastic question...

but one i won't be able to ask because there's no way in hell i'm going.

[philosophie_en_rose]

14. Uck. Luckily, I'll be out of town.

:bounce:

[Rhythm]

16. The last one i attended...

Was for a sports retailer that i worked for (think almost the size of Dick's or Sports Authority, but locally owned) in Charlotte NC. The owner reserved about half of the tables at a huge high-end sports bar/restaurant, and told us all we could bring a date/spouse/friend/whatever, and for the 2 1/2 hours that he was there with us, anything we wanted went on his tab.

Big mistake... HUGE!

Of course most folks ordered way more food than they could handle, or ordered the priciest things on the menu (this place had great steaks and ribs), but what really went over the top was the large table full of frat-boy (literally) sales guys, who ordered tray after tray of shots from the bar... one of them had to be eventually carried out by the others, who were rubber-legged as they carried their fallen brother to the cabs (the GM confiscated their all of their keys).

A few days later, the owner and i were talking in his office (while he was handing out the yearly bonuses to those of us on his management staff), and he showed me the bill for the party - $8500

$5000 just from the bar.....

Lets just say that, the next year, he put the brakes on the bar-tab...

[Rhythm]

17. oh... those prices were for 10 years ago...

i shudder to think what it would be now.

[Kerrytravelers]

18. Went last night.

I have to say, it wasn't half bad. It was at a real swanky place in Los Angeles (hint...hint... if you've seen the Oscars in the past couple of years, you've seen where we were at.) It's a formal occasion, so every one dresses up to the hilt.

Everything is free. Dinner, appetizers and the bar- ALL NIGHT LONG! Even the parking is validated. :)

[Gidney N Cloyd]

22. Great chance to cut loose.