Christmas party - do you go?

SunnyDub1

Since the day I started my current job (5 years ago) I and the whole office, have never got along with the boss.
He's always angry, rude, speaks to everyone like they are a piece of sh*t and is basically just not a nice man.

This year he has organized an Xmas work night out, meal and drinks in some fancy bar in town for the 12 of us - he never does this, don't know what is different about this year.. Few of us just usually go for a few drinks ourselves after work one of the nights.

Soon as I heard about it I straight away declined and said I couldn't make it, I don't think its right to treat your work colleagues like sh*t for the whole year and then because its Christmas we all go out like one big happy work office.
Plus the fact that it would be completely awkward and uncomfortable for me and I hate awkward situations.

Others in the office are like ah I'll go to show my face and be polite - I don't get why people would bother or feel the need to be polite and go, if they don't get along with him and he will go back to been the usual "nice" man that he is in the new year.

I am right ? Or am I just being stubborn? Is it like this in most work place... Do you all attend your Xmas party that is organized by the boss you dislike ?

Birneybau

Is he paying for it?

Bleed the fcuker dry!

Holsten

It's a free meal and free drinks, why wouldn't you go?!

Who cares if you don't like him or not!

Where To

My boss is a proper ****!
No way I'd be seen dead out with that ******* loser.

Ghandee

It depends if you trust yourself not to come out with any comments towards him or colleagues that may put your job in jeopardy when locked tbh.

My attitude, of you get along with your colleagues in general, go out and enjoy the food and drink put on by the boss!

Also, boss's are real people too! They may leave their work ethics and mannerism at the office and turn out to be great craic!


(n.b, they may also turn out to be greater cnuts outside the office too)

MadYaker

Go, but don't get rat-arsed and end up throwing a drink in his face and telling him he's a c*nt.

Ush1

In what way does he treat you like ****?

I have a great time at my places xmas party. Sure your awkwardness will be soon gone after a feed of free drink.

Access Denied

I never go..too many drunken nights to remember:o, awkward out I am...add booze and I'm a total looner, would probably smash his face in..

Don't go if you feel you'll hate it, but if you get on with the other staff, enjoy and avoid him.

Teyla Emmagan

**** him, boycott it.

admiralofthefleet

go to the dinner and say 'oh i come here all the time' to make him feel not so smug

TwoShedsJackson

Our last one was in 2009, haven't bothered since. No-one here seems remotely bothered by this fact, nice and all as they are, if I spend forty hours a week with my workmates, it decreases my desire to socialise with them.

Our boss has been giving us a few bob in an envelope these last few Christmases instead, frankly if it's a choice between that and a meal out, and it is, I'll take the cash every time.

ScumLord

Maybe he got a visit from 3 ghosts and has changed his ways?

pow wow

No I don't go. The girls in the office have enough of our ancient crinkly boss salivating over their chests when he's sober - throwing alcohol in the mix is a horror not worth thinking about.

podgemonster

I hate going to Christmas Parties. Was dragged to the missus's Christmas party there a few years back. Took me ages to get there as it was on the other side of the country. I was wrecked and completely underdressed to everyone else. I didn't know anyone there, all people told me was how great my wife was.

Then these foreign boyos showed up, were very loud, made a mess, did not get on with them at all. I spent the entire night chatting to some fat stranger and looking for the missus.

Eventually I found her in the Nakatomi vault and threw that bollócks Hans Gúber out of a window.

Hurricane Carter

Nah. My birthday is in a few days so I usually use that as an excuse if I don't want to go! It's fair enough.

Some companies frown upon missing it. Muppets.

gobnaitolunacy

Free grub, saves cooking. Bugger off after the tay.