Christmas has been cancelled...

anniehoo

..in my job! I cant believe it! :eek:.The cheap, lousy feckers have gone and banned any "unnecessary staff expenditure involving entertainment"! Un-friggin real. Theyre spending €2m on a new entrance to the place, yet they cant fork out for a few warm pints and a cocktail sausage or 4 for christmas.Feck em all!!:mad::mad:

enniscorthy

must be athiests like all you trendy people are these days :P

admiralofthefleet

baa humbug

Kiera

Ah thats pants. On the plus side, you dont have to spend a night talking to the boring fúckers in your office. Head out for a few with your work mates.

My name is URL

Great news, I hope other places follow suit

Maybe some day Christmas will be a thing of the past... we can only dream

Festivus is where it's at anyway

Warfi

anniehoo wrote: »

..in my job! I cant believe it! :eek:.The cheap, lousy feckers have gone and banned any "unnecessary staff expenditure involving entertainment"! Un-friggin real. Theyre spending €2m on a new entrance to the place, yet they cant fork out for a few warm pints and a cocktail sausage or 4 for christmas.Feck em all!!:mad::mad:

Retaliate by banning any unnecessary staff stress including work.

then sit back and put your feet up on the desk.


Or you could organise your own night out......f*ck the begrudgers!

happyfriday

Never had one in my work! Think they have some kind of vendetta against Santa and cinnamon!!

brummytom

My name is URL wrote: »

Great news, I hope other places follow suit

Maybe some day Christmas will be a thing of the past... we can only dream

Festivus is where it's at anyway

GRINCH!!


The council here banned Christmas years ago.. replaced it with 'Winterville'

cherryghost

Warfi wrote: »

Or you could organise your own night out......f*ck the begrudgers!

and charge the tab to the company

Quazzie

I'm actually delighted our party was cancelled this year. Now at least I don't have to celebrate the Xmas holidays on the 12th of December, because everywhere is booked out, knowing full well I'l be back in work in two days time

Bah Humbug indeed.

Pighead

anniehoo wrote: »

..in my job! I cant believe it! :eek:.The cheap, lousy feckers have gone and banned any "unnecessary staff expenditure involving entertainment"! Un-friggin real. Theyre spending €2m on a new entrance to the place, yet they cant fork out for a few warm pints and a cocktail sausage or 4 for christmas.Feck em all!!:mad::mad:

Ridiculous double standards. Can't afford to buy you beer yet they're spending a wad of cash on a new entrance? Pighead bets that there wasn't even anything wrong with the original entrance.

Reminds him of the time he asked his mother for money to buy a new bike. "Sorry Pighead, it's too expensive" she said. Two weeks later she paid over £400 on a new washing machine. The trust between us was broken forever after that.

admiralofthefleet

all i got last year was 2 free pints

Paddy Samurai

anniehoo wrote: »

..in my job! I cant believe it! :eek:.The cheap, lousy feckers have gone and banned any "unnecessary staff expenditure involving entertainment"! Un-friggin real. Theyre spending €2m on a new entrance to the place

No wonder they can't afford Christmas,what kind of muppet spends €2million? on A Doorway.

Your not working in FAS ...are you?.

Degsy

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

all i got last year was 2 free pints

FREE?
We get nothing..ever.

Kiera

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

all i got last year was 2 free pints

We got platters last year with 10 drink tokens. This year we’re going for a 5 course meal in a hotel with a band and DJ. I’d rather the drinks vouchers in a pub tbh than a stuffy meal

Yes i know i'm lucky to get something, but its the least they could do due to the pay freeze they put us on 2 yrs ago.

Oh The Humanity

HURRAAAY!!!! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

At last the evil pestulent festival has been banned......thank you everybody, I'd like to thank my agent without whom none of this would have been possible!

:pac:

Orla K

Quazzie wrote: »

I'm actually delighted our party was cancelled this year. Now at least I don't have to celebrate the Xmas holidays on the 12th of December, because everywhere is booked out, knowing full well I'l be back in work in two days time

Bah Humbug indeed.

I'm in a club that has the christmas dinner/night out drinking in Janurary:rolleyes:. Appartenly it's because they were finding it too difficult to find a night in December to suit everyone.

Agricola

Sounds like great news to me! The less work related nights out the better IMO.

My name is URL

brummytom wrote: »

GRINCH!!


The council here banned Christmas years ago.. replaced it with 'Winterville'

I'm not a man of faith Brummy, and don't pretend to be just for xmax or easter, it's horrible

I don't know what the situation in England is but over here you get people all loved up by the festive season.. they go to mass, light candles and have cribs in their hallways.. all in the name of Baby Jesus

Then, come January it's back to been indifferent about it all.. sickens me to the pit of my stomach :mad:

Fcuk off Baby Jesus!

WeeBushy

It's a bit much to expect companies to fork out for a christmas party when they can't afford to pay wages and have to let people go as a result.

cherryghost

our xmas party last year in my old job was great. a 500 euro tab between 10 of us. couldnt complain at all

Kiera

My name is URL wrote: »

Fcuk off Baby Jesus!

Quick delete delete delete before Jakkass (I’m not sure what way he spells it) see’s that

brummytom

My name is URL wrote: »

I'm not a man of faith Brummy, and don't pretend to be just for xmax or easter, it's horrible

I don't know what the situation in England is but over here you get people all loved up by the festive season.. they go to mass, light candles and have cribs in their hallways.. all in the name of Baby Jesus

Then, come January it's back to been indifferent about it all.. sickens me to the pit of my stomach :mad:

Fcuk off Baby Jesus!

Ah fair enough.

I'm a Catholic, not a great one, but still a 'practicing' one.

It is irritating how people are 'selectively religious' - they don't go to mass except for Christmas and Easter.

Pighead

Kiera wrote: »

Quick delete delete delete before Jakkass (I’m not sure what way he spells it) see’s that

Forget about Jakkas, it's Dermot Ahern he should be worried about. Didn't Ireland introduce an anti-blasphemy law a few months back?

jonsnow

Now if only someone would cancel people saying or typing X-mas

Mossy Monk

Now that I think about it there has been no mention of a Christmas party at my work place. Not too bothered though.

Kazooie

Be glad you have a job..

*Dives for cover*

jhegarty

jonsnow wrote: »

Now if only someone would cancel people saying or typing X-mas

Why ?

Captain Havoc

I work for a jewish company and we're having a Christmas party.

whatdoicare

Yay! It's an imagination Christmas this year!

Rented Mule

Do you really wanted to drink with your supervisors ?

Organise a night out with everyone and don't tell them. Take the traditional Christmas pictures and flip off the people that made this decision.

Send it to them with 'warmest holidays wishes' and 'thinking of you'.

Takk

anniehoo wrote: »

They're spending €2m on a new entrance to the place

Is it a drawbridge for a castle‽

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

anniehoo wrote: »

..in my job! I cant believe it! :eek:.The cheap, lousy feckers have gone and banned any "unnecessary staff expenditure involving entertainment"! Un-friggin real. Theyre spending €2m on a new entrance to the place, yet they cant fork out for a few warm pints and a cocktail sausage or 4 for christmas.Feck em all!!:mad::mad:

Ah ya poor divil, you with a job and all. Be thankful for what you have...

RoyalMarine

do we really need christmas/xmas thread's in october?!

its not even halloween.

on that note, dunnes stores and pennies are now selling christmas decorations etc.

Gummy Panda

Xmas parties in work suck. That wear I drank 2 bottles of cheap red wine plus some pints thought me that. Worse hangover ever!

SV

Gwendolyn Yellow Bulb wrote: »

Ah ya poor divil, you with a job and all. Be thankful for what you have...

Oh please don't start that fúcking shíte.

5starpool

Our xmas party thing was cancelled last year. No big deal really.

Davidius

Takk wrote: »

Is it a drawbridge for a castle‽

I don't think 2m€ will get you a drawbridge. Don't think you can even get a sweet for that.

Dudess

I go to Christmas parties for one reason and one reason only - to watch certain members of management make asses of themselves (the flirting is especially amusing).
And the further up the food chain, the more asinine the behaviour gets, seemingly.

Nodin

anniehoo wrote: »

..in my job! I cant believe it! :eek:.The cheap, lousy feckers have gone and banned any "unnecessary staff expenditure involving entertainment"! Un-friggin real. Theyre spending €2m on a new entrance to the place, yet they cant fork out for a few warm pints and a cocktail sausage or 4 for christmas.Feck em all!!:mad::mad:

At one stage the place I used work did do a meal and free bar for the Christmas do. All seemed to enjoy it and looked forward to it. However in the mid to late 90's, they started changing it to a "Corporate" event, in which 99% of the staff had no interest, and that required the 'ball gown'/tux and other such crap. Yours truly pointed out that this was costing them more than they could afford (barely on more than the dole a lot of them) to attend, and that giving a bonus, or just putting that into the wages would be of more benefit. "that'll never happen" they said.

Over two or three years this giant ego-trip (eg one of the directors being brought in by bearers on a platform/arriving on stage on the back of a harley) kept getting bigger and bigger until the bill for the most excessive came in at over 70,000 pounds. That would be (allowing for inflation and the Euro) easily over 150,000 Euro today. ****, all of it. Now the place is on the rocks, and staff have been let go, thats money that could have been invested in staff, in the business, but no...'we' have to have our big event....

Overheal

My Stepmom died after she went to a Christmas party.











Yea Im just going to let that, sit there...


/coat

ours involves dressing up in formal dress
which is why i don't particularly want to go
no, you patronising people, not ALL the "ladies in the company" already have "something perfect to wear" [followed by helpful advice to the gents to rent a tux] and i am NOT spending what little money i have on a dress and shoes

i think my workmates are used to not seeing me outside the office for any of the (many) social events by now anyway

at least we're having a very small division party as well which should be just fine

anniehoo

WeeBushy wrote: »

It's a bit much to expect companies to fork out for a christmas party when they can't afford to pay wages and have to let people go as a result.

Im not asking for ice sculptures and bleedin Bono here just a few measly scoops would be good.

Kazooie wrote: »

Be glad you have a job..

*Dives for cover*

Slap!

Gwendolyn Yellow Bulb wrote: »

Ah ya poor divil, you with a job and all. Be thankful for what you have...

Double slap and yaaaawn!!

Kiera wrote: »

Ah thats pants. On the plus side, you dont have to spend a night talking to the boring fúckers in your office. Head out for a few with your work mates.

I like "most" of the people i work with unfortunately,maybe thats the problem and i should start to hate them all.

Warfi

Nodin wrote: »

Over two or three years this giant ego-trip (eg one of the directors being brought in by bearers on a platform/arriving on stage on the back of a harley) kept getting bigger and bigger until the bill for the most excessive came in at over 70,000 pounds. That would be (allowing for inflation and the Euro) easily over 150,000 Euro today.

Are you sure you didn't wander into an episode of My Super Sweet Sixteen by accident? :pac:
That sounds hilarious, I'd pay to see someone make a David Brent-like tit of themselves like that

Nodin

Warfi wrote: »

Are you sure you didn't wander into an episode of My Super Sweet Sixteen by accident? :pac:
That sounds hilarious, I'd pay to see someone make a David Brent-like tit of themselves like that

Nope.

It probably was funny, if you didn't know them and have to put up with them.

It was actually a woman re the bike and the bearers.....Every year I'd ask 'how did it go?' and the answer would be "Well....you'd have been sick....." followed by a vivid description of some similar stunt. Thankfully I was out of accounts during the worst of it, so I don't know all the amounts involved. Ye don't need that kind of thing nagging at you, particularily when you're the one looking at people (almost 100% female and usually under 25) in tears because of their money problems re creches, trying to get some place to settle with the fella....

LD 50

No Christmas you say?









Joy.

Have worked in the same multinational for five years and have had to pay for my own christmas party every year.

Company is in Chapter 11 now though.

DigiGal

At least you have a job......

Stop yer winging!

just saying what all us unemployed are thinking

Firefox10

anniehoo wrote: »

..in my job! I cant believe it! :eek:.The cheap, lousy feckers have gone and banned any "unnecessary staff expenditure involving entertainment"! Un-friggin real. Theyre spending €2m on a new entrance to the place, yet they cant fork out for a few warm pints and a cocktail sausage or 4 for christmas.Feck em all!!:mad::mad:

....well my job has been cancelled just a week before Christmas. If all your worried about is a few feckin cocktail sausages, consider yourself lucky!!

anniehoo

Firefox10 wrote: »

....well my job has been cancelled just a week before Christmas. If all your worried about is a few feckin cocktail sausages, consider yourself lucky!!

Noooo gaaawd!!! Im worried about...the lack of warm beer too *sigh*

Sheeps

I'm holding out in my job until they announce that there is no Christmas party and then I'll quit. If there is a Christmas party I'll wait until after that to quit.