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The Bank having their Xmas Party tonight...

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    #32
    Sooopie
    Registered Users Posts: 657 ✭✭✭Sooopie


    Jazzzman wrote: »
    I can't believe what I'm hearing.

    The banks are the sole reason this country is in the state it's in, and they're having parties in some fancy hotel no doubt?

    I'm sorry, but instead of spending tens of thousands of euros on the party, how about putting some of it into elderly peoples pensions, the roads or give some to the homeless.

    A ****ing party??

    I'm fuming.

    Good on the man in the bank for speaking his mind. It's a massive shame there aren't more like him.

    Typical response on here. 'oh he's a prick', 'sure they deserve a knees up'...

    no they bloody well don't.


    You have precious little to be worried about

    :rolleyes:

    all you whingebags annoy me more at this stage..

    sick of reading all the moaning and giving out

    sometimes ya just got to suck it up


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    #33
    Kevin Duffy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,439 ✭✭✭Kevin Duffy


    Back up the fúcking truck, what is wrong with you people and your sensible debate of the ethics while you miss out on the burning questions??

    OP, what time and place will these hot bank girls be partying like it's the fall of the Roman Empire?


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    #34
    Jazzzman
    Registered Users Posts: 420 ✭✭Jazzzman


    Sooopie wrote: »
    You have precious little to be worried about

    :rolleyes:

    all you whingebags annoy me more at this stage..

    sick of reading all the moaning and giving out

    sometimes ya just got to suck it up
    Your great grandfather was probably telling James Connolly to 'let it go' 100 years ago.


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    #35
    35notout
    Registered Users Posts: 596 ✭✭✭35notout


    Jazzzman wrote: »
    I can't believe what I'm hearing.

    The banks are the sole reason this country is in the state it's in, and they're having parties in some fancy hotel no doubt?

    I'm sorry, but instead of spending tens of thousands of euros on the party, how about putting some of it into elderly peoples pensions, the roads or give some to the homeless.

    A ****ing party??

    I'm fuming.

    Good on the man in the bank for speaking his mind. It's a massive shame there aren't more like him.

    Typical response on here. 'oh he's a prick', 'sure they deserve a knees up'...

    no they bloody well don't.

    Tens of thousands on a party??? Its a local branch having a few drinks which they have claimed they are paying towards??? Careful you don't hurt yourself getting off that high horse

    The front line staff are no more to blame for this mess than you are


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    #36
    cosmicfart
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,298 ✭✭✭cosmicfart


    Sooopie wrote: »
    You have precious little to be worried about

    :rolleyes:

    all you whingebags annoy me more at this stage..

    sick of reading all the moaning and giving out

    sometimes ya just got to suck it up


    when it comes to the banks us taxpayers are done with the sucking, these corrupt bunch of horsefookers are the whoring problem rampant within this once fair green land, jut look at TSB raping people on variable mortgage's just cus they can even though they would be dinos now if the poxy sheep of a so called government didnt use our money to bail them out


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    #37
    Sooopie
    Registered Users Posts: 657 ✭✭✭Sooopie


    Jazzzman wrote: »
    Your great grandfather was probably telling James Connolly to 'let it go' 100 years ago.

    well he certainly wasn't getting his knickers in a twist over some banks staff party,

    thats for sure


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    #38
    35notout
    Registered Users Posts: 596 ✭✭✭35notout


    I would find this really amusing if the bank in question was an Ulster Bank branch.


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    #39
    Jazzzman
    Registered Users Posts: 420 ✭✭Jazzzman


    35notout wrote: »
    Tens of thousands on a party??? Its a local branch having a few drinks which they have claimed they are paying towards??? Careful you don't hurt yourself getting off that high horse

    The front line staff are no more to blame for this mess than you are

    do you know how much it costs to rent out the fancy hotel it'll be on in?

    do you know much entertainment costs?

    when the staff said 'they'll be paying some towards it', it means they'll have to buy their own drinks when the free bar closes at 12.

    i guarantee this party will costs 10k+


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    #40
    Jazzzman
    Registered Users Posts: 420 ✭✭Jazzzman


    Sooopie wrote: »
    well he certainly wasn't getting his knickers in a twist over some banks staff party,

    thats for sure

    you keep on missing that bigger picture - good lad


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    #41
    AgileMyth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭AgileMyth


    Jazzzman wrote: »
    Your great grandfather was probably telling James Connolly to 'let it go' 100 years ago.
    And if he'd listened maybe we wouldn't be in the position we are.


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    #42
    Jazzzman
    Registered Users Posts: 420 ✭✭Jazzzman


    AgileMyth wrote: »
    And if he'd listened maybe we wouldn't be in the position we are.

    that's a very fair point

    I'm all for rejoining the UK.


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    #43
    35notout
    Registered Users Posts: 596 ✭✭✭35notout


    Jazzzman wrote: »
    do you know how much it costs to rent out the fancy hotel it'll be on in?

    do you know much entertainment costs?

    when the staff said 'they'll be paying some towards it', it means they'll have to buy their own drinks when the free bar closes at 12.

    i guarantee this party will costs 10k+

    Ah yes, I see what you mean - the "entertainment". Hookers and coke all round and hire out the Westbury for the night..........typical Xmas party:rolleyes:


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    #44
    donalg1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,513 ✭✭✭donalg1


    Seriously though how is it the cashiers fault for the mess we are in, were they in the meeting with the two idiot Brian's negotiating the Bailout? (Probably not). They are just there doing there job is all.


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    #45
    Be||e
    Closed Accounts Posts: 116 ✭✭Be||e


    cosmicfart wrote: »
    when it comes to the banks us taxpayers are done with the sucking, these corrupt bunch of horsefookers are the whoring problem rampant within this once fair green land, jut look at TSB raping people on variable mortgage's just cus they can even though they would be dinos now if the poxy sheep of a so called government didnt use our money to bail them out
    You are aware that bank staff are taxpayers too, yeah?


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    #46
    Jazzzman
    Registered Users Posts: 420 ✭✭Jazzzman


    35notout wrote: »
    Ah yes, I see what you mean - the "entertainment". Hookers and coke all round and hire out the Westbury for the night..........typical Xmas party:rolleyes:

    they'll have some abba tribute act playing that'll cost 7k+

    welcome to the real world pal


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    #47
    StephenHendry
    Registered Users Posts: 1,146 ✭✭✭StephenHendry


    exactly as others have said, the people in the bank on the coalface are entitled to their xmas party, their bosses are never going to take the flack at this stage , its too late really but its not the cashier behind counter fault that this is the case but down the lack of 'balls', call what you want from the past and present government


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    #48
    Jaxxy
    Registered Users Posts: 4,297 ✭✭✭Jaxxy


    Jazzzman wrote: »
    do you know how much it costs to rent out the fancy hotel it'll be on in?

    do you know much entertainment costs?

    when the staff said 'they'll be paying some towards it', it means they'll have to buy their own drinks when the free bar closes at 12.

    i guarantee this party will costs 10k+

    How do you know it will be in a fancy hotel?

    How do you know the drinks will be comped?

    Christmas parties don't cost all that much these days, and there are plenty of options. Most parties take place in a bar or club, where you get a couple of reserved tables, some finger food, and sometimes there's a free round of drinks paid for by the company. Sometimes.

    I haven't been to a Christmas party in a hotel in eight years. And even then, we paid for our own tickets. The majority of Christmas parties cost on average about €25-€35 a head.

    I'm actually surprised that employees in banks don't pay into a voluntary "social" fund, which goes towards the cost of work parties and functions. Most companies I've worked for had this option for the staff, and it was usually just over a euro per week.


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    #49
    Jazzzman
    Registered Users Posts: 420 ✭✭Jazzzman


    donalg1 wrote: »
    Seriously though how is it the cashiers fault for the mess we are in, were they in the meeting with the two idiot Brian's negotiating the Bailout? (Probably not). They are just there doing there job is all.

    That's akin to saying we should have left the Nazi soldiers be, as all they were doing is following orders from the mad man at the top.

    They all need to be punished, from the front desk lady to the cashier to the branch manager to the head honchos.


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    #50
    mossyc123
    Registered Users Posts: 879 ✭✭✭mossyc123


    donalg1 wrote: »
    Seriously though how is it the cashiers fault for the mess we are in, were they in the meeting with the two idiot Brian's negotiating the Bailout? (Probably not). They are just there doing there job is all.

    Neither were the lads on the building sites whose industry effectively doesn't exist anymore.

    Tax payer subsidised entertainment is not on IMO whether it's a government agency, a semi-state or a bank.


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    #51
    Jazzzman
    Registered Users Posts: 420 ✭✭Jazzzman


    Jaxxy wrote: »
    How do you know it will be in a fancy hotel?

    How do you know the drinks will be comped?

    Christmas parties don't cost all that much these days, and there are plenty of options. Most parties take place in a bar or club, where you get a couple of reserved tables, some finger food, and sometimes there's a free round of drinks paid for by the company. Sometimes.

    I haven't been to a Christmas party in a hotel in eight years. And even then, we paid for our own tickets. The majority of Christmas parties cost on average about €25-€35 a head.

    I'm actually surprised that employees in banks don't pay into a voluntary "social" fund, which goes towards the cost of work parties and functions. Most companies I've worked for had this option for the staff, and it was usually just over a euro per week.
    I'm sorry that you have such crappy christmas parties, but the top hotels will be booked across the city this December for Christmas parties, and they cost a lot to rent out.

    I don't doubt for a second that the bank will still be renting out these top hotels.

    These things never change.


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    #52
    35notout
    Registered Users Posts: 596 ✭✭✭35notout


    Hey Jazzman - I left a pile of Troll Cookies outside for you, they should keep you going for a while............


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    #53
    Jaxxy
    Registered Users Posts: 4,297 ✭✭✭Jaxxy


    Jazzzman wrote: »
    I'm sorry that you have such crappy christmas parties, but the top hotels will be booked across the city this December for Christmas parties, and they cost a lot to rent out.

    I don't doubt for a second that the bank will still be renting out these top hotels.

    These things never change.

    Oh yeah? Care to back these wild claims up?

    And by the way, they don't cost all that much. Usually Christmas parties in hotels are shared by multiple private companies. You can have a dozen different Christmas parties from a dozen different companies in the same function room, eating the same food, watching the same band.


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    #54
    Plazaman
    Registered Users Posts: 3,012 ✭✭✭Plazaman


    Of course as a taxpayer and major shareholder of the Bank, I do believe I would be entitled to turn up and get all these free drinks people are talking about. Twill be a busy Christmas going to all the Bank Parties.


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    #55
    Wile E. Coyote
    Registered Users Posts: 1,560 ✭✭✭Wile E. Coyote


    Jazzzman wrote: »

    do you know how much it costs to rent out the fancy hotel it'll be on in?

    do you know much entertainment costs?

    when the staff said 'they'll be paying some towards it', it means they'll have to buy their own drinks when the free bar closes at 12.

    i guarantee this party will costs 10k+

    Do you know if this is even a bank that's been bailed out?


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    #56
    StephenHendry
    Registered Users Posts: 1,146 ✭✭✭StephenHendry


    xmas parties don't have the cost the earth, it can range from a restaurant, meal booked for 20-30 people or people unofficially getting together in a pub suitable to everyone and having a few drinks, and whatever finger food etc. that the pub in question will offer. the point of a xmas party is an opportunity for people to enjoy themselves amongst colleagues who have worked hard throughout the year and have a drink with people you work with that you may normally not socialise with.


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    #57
    Jazzzman
    Registered Users Posts: 420 ✭✭Jazzzman


    Jaxxy wrote: »
    Oh yeah? Care to back these wild claims up?

    And by the way, they don't cost all that much. Usually Christmas parties in hotels are shared by multiple private companies. You can have a dozen different Christmas parties from a dozen different companies in the same function room, eating the same food, watching the same band.

    wild claims?

    have you being living under a rock for the past 10 years?

    good lord


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    #58
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users Posts: 23,993 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    Jazzzman wrote: »
    I'm sorry that you have such crappy christmas parties, but the top hotels will be booked across the city this December for Christmas parties, and they cost a lot to rent out.

    I don't doubt for a second that the bank will still be renting out these top hotels.

    These things never change.

    They'll make certain that the hotel doesn't go into administration until the day after the party, so's not to spoil the festivities.


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    #59
    Jaxxy
    Registered Users Posts: 4,297 ✭✭✭Jaxxy


    Jazzzman wrote: »
    wild claims?

    have you being living under a rock for the past 10 years?

    good lord

    At least I don't live under a cloud of bitterness.

    What have you got against the counter staff of a bank who are putting up some of the cost of a Christmas party so they can enjoy a bit of festive fun with their colleagues once a year? They haven't got us into this situation, maybe you should redirect your anger towards the Dáil bar and the politicians who will be propping it up this Christmas.

    Good Lord indeed.


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    #60
    aknitter
    Registered Users Posts: 505 ✭✭✭aknitter


    I work as a cashier in a bank branch (online now as I am on maternity leave) and can say the staff of that branch will be paying ALL the cost of that party themselves. Management will pay nothing towards it and even discourage them from happening at all.
    The people you deal with behind the counter are in the worst position of all, dealing with p%^&ks the like of who post on here day in day out - some of my colleagues in Dublin branches have been spat on, literally spat on. Also then dealing with SH*^tTE from mangers who hide in offices like cowards. Some are don't know if they will even have a job next year (i know some of you will say tough, but the person dealing with your missing laser card, or lodging your cheque did not arrange any crazy loans with developers and need their jobs as much as you do.)
    It no ones business if a group of work friends decide organise a night out with each other - the people I work with are the only reason going back to work doesn't make me want to slit my wrists....
    Party on


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    #61
    S. Goodspeed
    Registered Users Posts: 418 ✭✭S. Goodspeed


    Jazzzman wrote: »
    wild claims?

    have you being living under a rock for the past 10 years?

    good lord

    Even at the height of the Celtic tiger branch staff had their xmas parties in rented rooms on the second floor of sh*tty pubs. You seem to think everyone connected with a bank is a Gordon gecko type, big spending @rsehole.

    There is so much more about the current operation of our banks that deserves our attention, the continuing influence of the unions in them for a start.


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