Christmas party ??

yourdeadwright · 13-12-2013 01:15PM #1

So folks
Easy question do your jobs (if ur employed) put on a Christmas party ?
If so where and do you bother even going,
My one is on in Croke Park this year , id say it'll be crap as always,

spank_inferno · 13-12-2013 01:23PM

yourdeadwright wrote: »

So folks
Easy question do your jobs (if ur employed) put on a Christmas party ?
If so where and do you bother even going,
My one is on in Croke Park this year , id say it'll be crap as always,

Will they have the nets up or will you have to stick someone behind the goal?

Frank Black · 13-12-2013 01:27PM

Finger food and a couple of free pints in a local bar.

I'll go, most of the people I work with are sound.

Used to be so different back in the Celtic Tiger days with fancy meals and free bars all night.

gramar · 13-12-2013 01:29PM

We have a christmas lunch. For the last 5 years we've been paying ourselves though thanks to the downturn and the number of people going fell right off.

gaz wac · 13-12-2013 01:31PM

Three parties ! all free food & drink :pac: no recession over here !!

Aglomerado · 13-12-2013 01:52PM

Lunch. Paid for by ourselves. Small group so high probability of sitting next to the smelly person. Then back to work. Yawn.

gramar · 13-12-2013 02:18PM

Aglomerado wrote: »

Lunch. Paid for by ourselves. Small group so high probability of sitting next to the smelly person. Then back to work. Yawn.

Back to workafter the lunch? Jaysus.

Although the company no longer pays for the lunch at least they get a couple of rounds in afterwards. No way anyone is going back to work!

Aglomerado · 13-12-2013 02:55PM

gramar wrote: »

Back to workafter the lunch? Jaysus.

Although the company no longer pays for the lunch at least they get a couple of rounds in afterwards. No way anyone is going back to work!

Yup. Public sector and all! I'll be getting a couple of beers in though. Feck it.

Kintarō Hattori · 13-12-2013 02:59PM

I'm currently in London for mine

paulbok · 13-12-2013 03:03PM

In the UK, at the end of January. :rolleyes: unfortunately going.

preston johnny · 13-12-2013 03:13PM

Our Company Christmas 'punch up' is on next Friday in Cork.

Wacker The Attacker · 13-12-2013 03:17PM

Bah humbug

CardBordWindow · 13-12-2013 03:26PM

We are not getting one!
They don't love us enough.

flanders1979 · 13-12-2013 03:32PM

Free beer and meal but I'm not bothered. I see enough of these people at work with the exception of a few lads.
People always start talking about work. I might drive so I won't be hanging around.

RedFormanFITA · 13-12-2013 03:33PM

Definitely getting one, it's on tonight, jaysus what a night to be holding it on, need to look out for low flying airplanes, wouldn't want a Donnie Darko happening tonight, knowing my luck.... three course meal and entertainment, paying for it ourselves.

13-12-2013 03:35PM

I had a christmas party in Croke Park about 8 years ago. It was great as some people found their way onto the pitch and got stuck . 3 other people got drunk and quit the job. 4 fights broke out and the company was banned from holding anymore events there.

Potential-Monke · 13-12-2013 04:37PM

We pay into a social club and get x amount every year. The social club also pays for free drink for a while at retirements/transfers. I would have had a lot more for the patry if i saved the money myself. It was Dublin this year, but previous years have been Edinburgh, London and Kilkenny...

uch · 13-12-2013 05:20PM

We don't have one, just go on the Piss one of the nights

Ihatecuddles · 13-12-2013 05:21PM

When I worked in Supervalu, the full time staff were brought for a meal and drinks, the part time staff were brought to McDonalds!

Galwayguy35 · 13-12-2013 05:21PM

No the tight arses arent having any party for us this year, we were told to go to the pub and they would give us a few drink vouchers.

uch · 13-12-2013 05:59PM

mauzo! wrote: »

When I worked in Supervalu, the full time staff were brought for a meal and drinks, the part time staff were brought to McDonalds!

Miserable fukers

fermanagh_man · 13-12-2013 06:00PM

Vegas!!!!

Whoooooooooooooooo

Anglo Irish Bank employee

Butterfly25 · 13-12-2013 06:17PM

mauzo! wrote: »

When I worked in Supervalu, the full time staff were brought for a meal and drinks, the part time staff were brought to McDonalds!

I would prefer a happy meal than the crappy finger food we're getting this year!

bigdone · 13-12-2013 08:50PM

Same here, Croke Park this year ...

RedFormanFITA · 14-12-2013 08:46PM

As a follow on and hopefully not derailing this thread is how to survive the actual party. Heard someone a few years ago at a Christmas party saying, arrive late and depart early. Learn this off by heart and make it your mantra for Christmas parties.... unless you are totally hardcore and have a nights drinking planned out ahead of you.

thebull09 · 14-12-2013 10:37PM

We are being brought drift karting and then a night of free drink roll on friday

Galwayguy35 · 15-12-2013 03:21PM

thebull09 wrote: »

We are being brought drift karting and then a night of free drink roll on friday

Sounds like a good night.

gramar · 15-12-2013 04:27PM

fermanagh_man wrote: »

Vegas!!!!

Whoooooooooooooooo

Anglo Irish Bank employee

that's big of them to pay for the chips...

JustAddWater · 15-12-2013 04:28PM

Atari humbug

April O Neill II · 15-12-2013 04:46PM

preston johnny wrote: »

Our Company Christmas 'punch up' is on next Friday in Cork.

At the Christmas parties of two my friends last year (different companies), punch ups did actually happen. One of them involved two women. My boyfriend and some male friends I told about it seemed quite... aroused, much to my surprise?

Seems kinda knackery to me to get into fights, so I don't think I'll ever fully understand the heterosexual male mind. :-D

Jawgap · 15-12-2013 04:55PM

Nope - we're paying for a few platters of food in the pub after work on Friday.

But despite paying for the 'party' out of our own pockets we did get an email around from HR effectively giving us a long list of do's and don'ts - mostly don'ts.

Don't book anything in the organisations name was top of the list and the two organisers have been asked to confirm that everything (i.e. the food) is booked in their name!!!

Christmas party ??

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