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What do you guys do to keep in check when attending office christmas parties?
Apparently I ended up eating a lot while everyone else waited around me last year, kind of embarrasing but I have heard worse humiliating stories occuring at these parties.
Are you attending one this year?
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Dec 14th, 2011 12:41 PM #1
Do you attend official Christmas parties?
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Dec 14th, 2011 12:43 PM #2
Eating a lot isn't a big deal.
Just don't get drunk and/or mack on someone, word will go around._______________
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Dec 14th, 2011 12:58 PM #3
[QUOTE=Hairball;13925972]Eating a lot isn't a big deal.
Just don't get drunk and/or mack on someone, word will go around.[/QUOTE]
Thats the thing, you can do pretty much anything all tear long and get away, however what happens at christmas parties seem to linger around till the next year lol._______________
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Dec 14th, 2011 01:01 PM #4
[QUOTE=Hairball;13925972]Eating a lot isn't a big deal.
Just don't get drunk and/or mack on someone, word will go around.[/QUOTE]
+1. This personally has happened to me which made me had to switch employers.
Believe me, word spreads like wildfire. What happens at the office does not stay at the office.
I was a noob back then, now I know more about office politics and etiquette._______________
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Dec 14th, 2011 01:10 PM #5
There was a guy who started getting drunk almost took his clothes off on top of cursing senior management.
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Dec 14th, 2011 01:34 PM #6
[QUOTE=thestar99;13926185]There was a guy who started getting drunk almost took his clothes off on top of cursing senior management.
I need to avoid them[/QUOTE]
Similar situation where an ex-employee was hitting on a senior vps wife lol, kept praising and praising her on the dinner table lol._______________
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Dec 14th, 2011 01:40 PM #7
"Drunk networking" (as I like to call it) is one of my strengths. I go every year. ;)
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Dec 14th, 2011 02:12 PM #8
More and more companies are giving out 2 free drinks only... budget issues.. and...drunkness issues..
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Dec 14th, 2011 02:18 PM #9
[QUOTE=iEyeCaptain;13926591]More and more companies are giving out 2 free drinks only... budget issues.. and...drunkness issues..[/QUOTE]
Unless you have awesome co-workers or someone you wanna hit on, is there even a point to get hammered?_______________
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Dec 14th, 2011 02:44 PM #10
[QUOTE=Hairball;13926639]Unless you have awesome co-workers or someone you wanna hit on, is there even a point to get hammered?[/QUOTE]
because it's better than being sober?_______________
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Dec 14th, 2011 03:07 PM #11
[QUOTE=Hairball;13926639]Unless you have awesome co-workers or someone you wanna hit on, is there even a point to get hammered?[/QUOTE]
To numb the pain of having to spend non-work hours ... at work... essentially.
If I am in any setting where taking off my pants is frowned upon, that counts as "work"._______________
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Dec 14th, 2011 05:38 PM #12
Mine was the first week of dec. It was my 2nd year at the party. I love them. I was sitting with all the hottest chicks at my work. I made a move on almost all of them, but they were all taken (I guess you would expect the hot ones to be taken). I still had fun dancing with a bunch of them. Nobody said anything the next day at work. In fact they were more talkative with me then the usualy are instead of just passing me in the halway. Maybe because I hit on women like a gentleman, not a creeper. Praising them all night at the table is the creeper way of doing it btw.
Its hard to hit on women at office xmas parties tho, as the ones who go are usualy with their dates/taken. Single girls wont ever go alone. They will only come with a friend... and thats a maybe. I went alone and I think out of 600 people, I was only one of maybe 3 or 4 people to attend without a guest, and the others alone were also males. Women lack confidence to appear at these types of events alone I guess?Last edited by 007craft; Dec 14th, 2011 at 05:41 PM.
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Dec 14th, 2011 05:40 PM #13
Not this year. But I usually stay for a couple of drinks and then I leave.
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Dec 14th, 2011 05:44 PM #14
A co-worker from years ago said it best when I asked him if he's going to the Christmas party:
"Why should I? I already spend 8 hours every day with these ***holes."_______________
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Dec 14th, 2011 09:06 PM #15
[QUOTE=FrogPrince;13927920]A co-worker from years ago said it best when I asked him if he's going to the Christmas party:
"Why should I? I already spend 8 hours every day with these ***holes."[/QUOTE]
I share the exact sentiment. Unfortunately for me I work in a small company and if I do not attend everyone will know I am not there and they usually make a big fuss about it the next day. Everyone consider each other a friend and get upset if you do not share personal news. No privacy exists
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