It's almost time to go to our firm's Christmas party:santa-clap: This morning I've decked out the barn conversion...admired the vast amount of booze..drooled over the Baking spuds and curry and have been delighted at the sight of the huge cake. All of the fare is free:yess:....but I don't understand why,out of a work force of 90+,only 30 of us will be there...I know the boss cut our wages 3 years ago but to miss out on a freebie is beyond me .. Bah Humbug I suppose! Anyway....:merryC:to you all:santa:
We had ours a week or so ago. One lad who works with OH and is absolutely brilliant at his job but socially - well, a little strange, 'phoned to say he was going to be quite late arriving. Knowing that gatherings are not really this person's thing, OH said 'if it's too much of a pain, don't worry about coming'. There was silence for a moment, then the Late One replied: 'well ... I wouldn't. But I am quite hungry.'
A practice I worked for had their Xmas parties at a London hotel, all expenses paid for employees and their partners - travel, dinner, free bar, overnight accommodation, plus there were Xmas bonuses of around 1 months salary, and there was also a box of bottles, plus all the meals and bottles from Contractors employed on the projects we were supervising. Now I'm retired it's homebrew, home cooking and bargain hunting.
Its ours tonight, so you lot behave yourselves while the mods & admin are messing up GCHQ:D We've given Sheal an extra loo roll to clean the site up while we're not here
I'm back....and as sober as a judge:D...but the 'do'was great and my sides are still hurting from the laughter and brilliant razor sharp banter, only to be had from lads on the building:o.....
Glad you had a great time Nick. We had our free Christmas Dinner last week at work. We were asked for a £2 donation towards the air ambulance, it's amazing how many people didn't go because of that. This time of year does mark out the miserable gits, still more food and drink for the rest of us
A rather different example, but people are very odd about money. Eighteen months ago the lady up the road was after a window cleaner, but was always out when the guy who does our street calls. So I collared him for her and asked him to do her windows. I knew she would find it difficult to be around to pay him, so I offered to cough up for both of us and she could pay me back when we bumped into each other. Only we never did. Yesterday I received a card from this neighbour. Always the optimist, I wondered whether it might contain some cash, but alas, no. However, there was a PS on it: 'I've been trying to cancel the window cleaner as it's too tricky to pay you. But he always ignores me.' So I put a little PS on my card to her: 'Will tell window cleaner his services are no longer required. Shall we call it a round £3,000? (interest calculated by wonga.com)' No response as yet. And I'm not holding by breath. Moral of this story? I couldn't put it better than that great philosopher, Homer J Simpson: 'Never help anyone'. :D
I was at a boot sale in Dorset in October and there were an elderly couple there with a stall for the air ambulance. Had a look around and found a cookbook I liked, at 10p a bargain. Took it to the lady, she said 5p please, I said it`s marked up at 10p. She said, I made a mistake and put the wrong sign up, 5p please. I said, I`m paying a pound anyway so doesn`t matter, she said are you serious? Thank you soooo much. Very humbling.
You were at West Bay boot sale & you didn't come round for a cup of tea Dai?:DOH: Next time mate I'm 5 mins walk from there & regularly do a sale there.
I think I may be too late, but for those that haven't yet had their corporate christmas kneesup, here's a short instructional video to help you keep your dignity, and your job. How To Behave At The Office Christmas Party - YouTube
As retiring in Apr my last ever works Crimbo do, I paid my tenner upfront Took ill and off work , MISSED IT I do not do "Secret Santa" at the office meeting when the annonymous presents were dished out (I had bought myself a bottle of Laphroig wrapped it up and placed it) They all got, bath salts and face cream the ladies, two cans of beer and a razor,men, general tat Imagine when I opened my annonymous pressie :happydance: Jack McH
Years ago I worked in an office which did the 'Secret Santa' thing. It was a nightmare. The idea was to come up with something jokey, witty and appropriate for each recipient. Unfortunately people tend to have different ideas about what's funny and appropriate. When one of the senior managers received a pair of boxer shorts with three carefully applied lipstick marks in a highly suggestive position, he had what might be termed an extreme sense of humour failure.
