Do you have to pay for xmas party?

I was off work the day of the free crimbo canteen dinner Canteen isnt even all that tasty on a normal day (apart from when they do glazed ham, its always bleedin delish) but the Christmas dinner last year was one of the best Ive ever eaten.

As for the work party, the dinner, venue etc etc was free and we got 3 free drinks (and a driving colleague gave me two of their tickets, so at least I got a free starter menu )

Oul one used to get an entire night free bar at her do, which was wasted on her seeing as she barely drinks (works for a certain company run by one of Irelands richest men. Pay is awful though). They cut it out because so many people litreally drank themselves near unconscious, determined to run up the bill in some type of revenge for the poor general pay

gazzer wrote: »

Not only did we have to pay for our own xmas party with no money from management. To top it off HR sent around an email telling us that the xmas party was an extension of our working environment and as such we had to behave and make sure we didnt get too drunk. They recomended various activities (like games and dancing and to stop serving alcohol 2 hours before the end of the event) to stop people from getting drunk.

Had a near similiar situation last year. There was a talent show on in work (well, in a large tent outside the building) the drink was free but there were two drawbacks

a- You had to use colour coded tickets to get a drink. e.g. Use the green ticket between 8pm and 9pm, use the red one between 9 and 10 etc etc. Effectively restricting us to one pint per hour.

b- If you thought this was bollix, you couldnt buy a drink with cash, only a free one with a ticket, the barmen (Polish lads who I recognised from a local offy, they got in the party catering package alot of them do for large corporate events) were told not to accept cash for drink, all ticket only, one pint per hour.


Luckily some eagle eyed colleague realised there were 3 members of security giving out tickets, and none of these lads were standing near each other, therefore we got 3 books of colour coded tickets per hour i.e. 3 free pints per hour, rather than the single pint per hour the firm wanted us drinking, sorted By the end of the night all the cider in the kegs wasnt gone (beer was all gone, as was stout, iirc you could only get Heineken, Bulmers, Guinness or wine). Having drank the Heineken or Guinness dry we moved onto the Bulmers and onward to a house party, absoloutely mouldy, great night