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Are you going to your work Christmas party?

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    #272
    heldel00
    Registered Users Posts: 1,832 ✭✭✭heldel00


    missyb01 wrote: »
    Thats a no from me. There hasn't been a Xmas party in my place in 12 years. All women and only a handful of us get on so the bosses didn't think it would be a good idea to add alcohol to the mix. They tried a Xmas lunch one year and that didn't work either so there will never be after work events

    I'm at the stage of pregnancy where dressy pyjamas might have to be seriously considered to cover my arse and still I'm being told "you have to come, it'll be great craic"!

    Wish i worked with you missy


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    #273
    Ultimanemo
    Registered Users Posts: 890 ✭✭✭Ultimanemo


    If you have good job avoid it like the plague, you get drunk and you say to someone you are gorgeous and you will be fired for sexual harassment.


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    #274
    lazeedaisy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,328 ✭✭✭lazeedaisy


    We've never had one where I work, but this year someone is organising an evening out, not dinner though.

    I have been bullied for the last year, it's been an awful environment, I dread going to work, it very toxic and extremely stressful.

    It's predominantly a female environment, and mean girls have nothing on this crew!

    I will have to go I presume, just for face because everyone knows what's going on.


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    #275
    honeybear
    Registered Users Posts: 5,648 ✭✭✭honeybear


    NewbridgeIR wrote: »
    If you know you're not going then just say it.

    People who don't show up on the night or send a last minute text just look like flaky gobsh*tes.

    The problem is, when you say you can’t make it, EVERYONE comments about it until the night itself. I ALWAYS go to leaving events but it’s really difficult to get outof the XMAS party


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    #276
    PeterParker957
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,177 ✭✭✭PeterParker957


    Yeah will pop next door for the drinks and snacks. Doubt I'll be there any later than 6ish tho.


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    #277
    Gorgeousgeorge
    Registered Users Posts: 1,027 ✭✭✭Gorgeousgeorge


    Wouldnt go to my one if i was paid. Its on on wexford. Hotel and bar all paid for. Recipe for disaster


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    #278
    erica74
    Registered Users Posts: 2,619 ✭✭✭erica74


    I work in the public sector so I'm guessing there is no Christmas party, there certainly hasn't been any mention of one, and even if there is one, I won't be going.

    My experience of work Christmas parties is that the boss uses them to excuse their shitty behaviour all year long and as though they make up for that behavior "sure don't I pay for a great Christmas party" type of attitude.
    Now, I know not everyone experiences that but I have worked for 3 huge companies and 3 small companies and all of them had that attitude to Christmas parties. I'd prefer to be treated with some respect throughout the year and not have a Christmas party.


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    #279
    Wanderer2010
    Registered Users Posts: 6,704 ✭✭✭Wanderer2010


    honeybear wrote: »
    The problem is, when you say you can’t make it, EVERYONE comments about it until the night itself. I ALWAYS go to leaving events but it’s really difficult to get outof the XMAS party

    Really? EVERYONE comments about some fellow worker who chooses not to go to some pub/hotel for a few hours one night a year? Outside maybe about 2 seconds of thought, I find that very hard to believe.


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    #280
    myshirt
    Registered Users Posts: 5,245 ✭✭✭myshirt


    Gorgeousgeorge wrote: »
    Wouldnt go to my one if i was paid. Its on on wexford. Hotel and bar all paid for. Recipe for disaster

    Yeah I agree. Drink will be taken, and women will be rode. Arguments break out. Hostility grows. It's just a disaster. We have cancelled ours, and we are just giving a budget for a meal to each team, giving them the afternoon off, and staggering the dates they can take them.


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    #281
    s4uv3
    Registered Users Posts: 952 ✭✭✭s4uv3


    heldel00 wrote: »
    I'm at the stage of pregnancy where dressy pyjamas might have to be seriously considered to cover my arse and still I'm being told "you have to come, it'll be great craic"!

    Wish i worked with you missy

    Fcuk that.
    A huge advantage of being heavily pregnant is having the perfect excuse not to go to bull**** nights out.
    I was 7.5 months pregnant last Christmas, it was deadly. I got to pick and choose what I went to and I was so big and cranky nobody dared question me :D


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    #282
    Corkgirl18
    Closed Accounts Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Corkgirl18


    I only started in my workplace in September so I feel I have to go and show my face. I'm a terrible drunk though so I'll definitely be taking it easy.


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    #283
    Mongfinder General
    Registered Users Posts: 1,992 ✭✭✭Mongfinder General


    I go most years but I'm swerving this year because there's a couple of people I'd love to knock seven shades of ****e out of. And load of pints is not going to help that situation.


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    #284
    wally1990
    Registered Users Posts: 1,222 ✭✭✭wally1990


    Mongfinder General wrote: »
    I go most years but I'm swerving this year because there's a couple of people I'd love to knock seven shades of ****e out of. And load of pints is not going to help that situation.

    Hahahahaha


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    #285
    Cantona's Collars
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    Mongfinder General wrote: »
    I go most years but I'm swerving this year because there's a couple of people I'd love to knock seven shades of ****e out of. And load of pints is not going to help that situation.

    I'm kinda in that boat this year,there has been a lot of tension between several people in my workplace and as a result some act like kids and it ends up in a situation of "if X is going then I'm not going". I'm not one to turn down free food and pints but the craic is just gone out of it.


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    #286
    Cantona's Collars
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    Gorgeousgeorge wrote: »
    Wouldnt go to my one if i was paid. Its on on wexford. Hotel and bar all paid for. Recipe for disaster

    Hey, Wexford is a great spot for a night out!!! :)


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    #287
    OldMrBrennan83
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    #288
    French_Girl
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    Corkgirl18 wrote:
    I only started in my workplace in September so I feel I have to go and show my face. I'm a terrible drunk though so I'll definitely be taking it easy.


    I'm in the exact same situation.

    In my current job only since September and we're a small enough team so I feel I have to go but I'm not exactly good at handling myself when drinking, in fact, I've been abstaining for few months now, so I will definitely have to behave myself and take it easy.


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    #289
    zl1whqvjs75cdy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,042 ✭✭✭zl1whqvjs75cdy


    Yeah I'll go alright but going to take it very handy. There's a bus at half 12 with my name on it.


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    #290
    Ulysses Gaze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,570 ✭✭✭Ulysses Gaze


    I will go for the dinner and a few drinks and get out of there around midnight.


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    #291
    Lissoy
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭Lissoy


    The invite to our Christmas party was sent out a couple of weeks ago by email and about an hour later an update was sent amending the name to "End of year recognition event". A lot of people now not going. PC gone mad.


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    OldMrBrennan83
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    #293
    Mister Vain
    Registered Users Posts: 6,046 ✭✭✭Mister Vain


    Patww79 wrote: »
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    Im glad Im not the only person who has this problem. How anybody can horse pints into them after a four course meal is beyond me. I just feel too full.


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    #294
    Wanderer2010
    Registered Users Posts: 6,704 ✭✭✭Wanderer2010


    Patww79 wrote: »
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    I think you may be reading too much into it. Some people are gossips for sure but nobody REALLY cares if you go or don't go, they are too busy living their own lives.


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    OldMrBrennan83
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    #296
    timthumbni
    Registered Users Posts: 4,845 ✭✭✭timthumbni


    Lissoy wrote: »
    The invite to our Christmas party was sent out a couple of weeks ago by email and about an hour later an update was sent amending the name to "End of year recognition event". A lot of people now not going. PC gone mad.

    That’s mad. Was this in Ireland?


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    #297
    Ray Donovan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,015 ✭✭✭Ray Donovan


    Primary school teacher here. We have 11 teachers, 1 SNA and 1 secretary. And we usually invite some of our former staff. I’ve gone to 1 out of last 4 parties. Last year. The biggest load of boll*x ever. People in the staff room who make the make the most noise about it and where it should be held dont even go. So now I just say straight off the bat when it’s mentioned that I wont be going.

    Rather have a few pints in my local


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    #298
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users Posts: 28,760 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    _Kaiser_ wrote: »
    Nope... it'll be in town somewhere which is a pain to get in and out of (plus I'm driving so wouldn't be drinking anyway), there's very few left in the place that I'd want to socialise with anyway, and to be honest I just couldn't be bothered with office Christmas parties anymore anyway

    So it turns out that the Christmas Party is on on the same night that a couple of long-time friends have suggested for a night out (various commitments and living in several different counties means we only get to meet up a few times a year). One of them has already offered to put me and one of the other lads up for the night.

    Guess which one I'll be going to?


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    #299
    nice_guy80
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    as I'm a teacher we've to pay for everything...
    we usually just go for an early bird meal then head off. no drinks.

    when I worked in the private sector for a while before teaching...
    free bar
    great spread of finger food
    put up in hotel for night


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    blaze1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,559 ✭✭✭blaze1


    French_Girl wrote: »
    I'm in the exact same situation.

    In my current job only since September and we're a small enough team so I feel I have to go but I'm not exactly good at handling myself when drinking, in fact, I've been abstaining for few months now, so I will definitely have to behave myself and take it easy.

    Same, only started in my job during the week. Dont feel comfortable unleashing hammered blaze on a new company :eek:


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    #301
    Ohmeha
    Registered Users Posts: 1,936 ✭✭✭Ohmeha


    Department xmas party of nearly 100 staff in a club with free finger type food and some free drinks, though when I started during the recession when the company was losing money it was a free meal and free bar all night...

    Although our xmas parties tend to be an ok night this is the first year I've been reluctant to go as I've now hit 30 and the office politics has worn me down. I'm not friends with any of my current colleagues outside of work though the vast majority are sound good people who I would happily have a pint with. It's the unavoidable having to sit, chat and just be around in a social setting with the minority of 3 or 4 fake lying politicians who are usually supervisors & managers that makes what should be laugh into a totally an uncomfortable night being careful about anything you do.


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