Parties thrown by your work

[ericlee]

I'm not too thrilled about this. Being that our whole security team is all former military and mostly all marines, our company will be throwing the annual marine corps ball for us on Friday.

I told my boss that I really don't want to go and he told me that its basically mandatory being that my company is spending alot of money on food and drinks for us all.

If I go, Ill be losing out on money cause it will be thrown on my work day and I was given the option to work on the Saturday afterwards to make up for my hours, in which I can't cause I've got plans with the wife.

I've never been to a company party and I don't see the fun in spending the day with people that you see for eight hours a day, forty hours a week.

Has anyone been to a company party and actually had fun?

[AceFace]

i get drunk with the bishop once a year at the company party. it's not necessarily fun, but it's interesting.

[Planetary]

lol bishop

[cookiepuss]

i get drunk with the bishop once a year at the company party. it's not necessarily fun, but it's interesting.

Catholic Bishop? must be. we catholics like our wine.;)

[kll]

company parties are fun if you have your clique of friends that you can get drunk with, sit with, etc.

i can't imagine any party being truly mandatory if you're not getting paid.

most of the company parties i've coordinated have all required that the employees cut a check (per person) if they have R.S.V.P.'d and if they don't show up, we cash the check to compensate for the loss of food/drinks that we've already paid for. if they do show up, then we tear up the check and it's all free for them. it's a great way of confirming that they'll show and no one gets screwed.

[RobMoney$]

The best thing about the company parties is that you get to see the "man behind the work-mask" so to speak.

It's fun when you hear all these stories about your co-workers wife and how they sound like they're totally happy together and when you finally meet her she's whispering in your ear that she isn't wearing any panties.

[Yeti]

When I worked at the local NBC affiliate in Richmond we would have a annual Christmas party. It was good fun. TV people are drinkers for the most part. I was single for most of my 15 years with the station and I did pretty well with the ladies. Don't get me wrong I am no Rico Suave but I was in good standing with the beautiful babies (to quote Vince Vaughn). I remember getting drunk with a very nice looking reporter and bumping ugly that night. It was awkward at work but we managed (she had a boyfriend out of state). When I was dating a girl I would take her to the shindig. My dates always enjoyed meeting the local anchors and TV people. I got to know a part time (intern) at one Christmas party and it turned into a 5 year relationship. Alas, she moved to Memphis and Nashville to pursue a reporting career. No worries, I would have never sowed more wild oats and eventually met my lovely wife. My wife went to a couple of parties before I left the station.

I understand the rationale for not wanting to hangout with people you work with everyday. It is kind of funny. I still have many good friends from that TV station. I think when you work with people that much you have to be somewhat close to your co-workers or you are just putting up a wall. I try to have a good time at work because I don't want to be isolated for 8 hours of my day.
I can remember a gruff reporter that never went to a company party. He would always look at the invitation and tell me---Hell no! I don't shit were I eat. I always thought that was hysterical.

[AceFace]

Catholic Bishop? must be. we catholics like our wine.;)
CLOSE! Lutheran. :)

[MC Moot]

Our functions start out really nicely,music,food,laughter,ambiance,everyone dressed like stye catz....the drink comes on heavy....many are not competent with the drink...things continue to be joyous....more drink...music,spontaneous dancing.....in a corner somewhere,someone starts to cry about a client....more drink....more of them start to cry and hug,fall down....soon someone will throw up and/or expose themselves....and then like Cinderalla at midnite it's over within 10 mins....everyone just disappears....*poof*.....and then we do it again in 3 months.....(y)

[ericlee]

See, most of you guys sound like you had a good time, especially Yeti.

When I'm at work, i do the best with it for those eight hours. Joke around with my coworkers and so on but, I would never hang out with these guys on an off day. There was only one cool guy that worked with but he got laid off.

For the most part, this is the marine corps ball that I'm going to. The things that are going to be talked about are going to be most likely military. No problem with that but, if I'm at a party , I'd rather not talk about it and enjoy. Half of these people are rockheads anyway, you cant have a decent conversation with them cause they like to hear their own voice.

Free drinks though, I'll probably just seclude myself to a table and a
bottle of Jameson.

[trailerprincess]

After my somewhat slutty behaviour at last years party, I am have yet to decide whether to go to the one this year. A free bar has a strange effect on a girl and I am not sure it's such a wise move to put me in the vicinity of one and men in tuxes :p

I have already decided not to go to one to celebrate the launch of the website I worked on which happens next week. But the invitation for the company-wide Christmas party is still sitting in my inbox, waiting for a reply. I have a few weeks to decide whether I want to go....

[ms.peachy]

My organisation throws pretty good parties. (y)

But I work in a cool place to begin with, so that helps I guess.

The only 'bad' thing, I guess you could say, about our winter holiday party is that they usually have it in January, because they make buttloads of money renting the museum out to other companies for their holiday parties in 'the season'. So it feels a bit odd 2 or 3 weeks after New Years to be getting ready for a holiday party, but in a way it's nice because it gives you something to look forward to in January.

[cookiepuss]

besides myself there are only two other people in my office...and one is my boss.

My boss has said he wants to have us over for some lame ass barbecue at his house sometime. I hope it doesn't happen. I would pretty much be obligated to go and since I can't stand him at work it pains me to think I might have to be around him when I'm not at work.

:((n)

[beastieangel01]

I've liked them when I was friends with some of my co-workers outside of work. Getting blitzed on the company dime was the best.

[Yorkshire~Rose]

I don't think i've ever been to an organised work party as such. We just all do a massive pub crawl, in fact I'm going on one this friday (y) It starts out with about 30 of us but by the end of the night we've all split up into mini groups. The big boss comes out on the christmas pub crawl, has one small glass of wine then buggers off home so we never get any juicy gossip on her or incriminating photographs.

It doesn't take much to warrant one of these events either. Anything from someone leaving to a new flavour of crisps in the vending machine.

[HEIRESS]

I think Ill skip the company xmas party this year.

too much selective coworker/personal life crossover effect tension.

[Lyman Zerga]

i dont go to any parties i mean even if i got any invites

im no party person at all

[Yeti]

When I managed a Foot Locker, we had a managers party, and some big wigs from New York came down.

Were they wearing referee shirts?

[ericlee]

I just remembered the small Halloween parties that I'd go to that were thrown by the restaraunt I used to work in.

They were the best, I was 18, very care free. Saw drunken boobies from the waitresses. Made out with one of them in the jacuzzi and passed out, woke up an hour later and finished all the beer with my pals.

I dunno, I prefer the low brow "come as you are parties" rather than this high brow suit and tie or military class As, all eyes on you stuff.

Man do I hate wearing suits and ties. Oh well, no sense complaing about it.

[kll]

how many people are going to be invited to this thing? if it's like 8 people + their dates, then i can see why there would be "all eyes on you", but if it's a LOT of people, then you shouldn't worry. all of my company parties have been semi-formal with everyone dressed up and i don't think that changes anything.

it seems like most people's significant others don't know anyone else, so everyone goes and stakes out a table, then a few others follow, people are sporadically seated and always drinking. don't worry about it too much.

[abcdefz]

I'm not a fan of compulsory, unpaid work parties, however well-intended they are. It's supposed to be a gift, I know, but it really just eats
into your private life, and I don't think that's cool.

To me, if you want to have a workplace party, have it during regular office hours and keep the employees on the clock. That's only fair.

[ericlee]

So much for wearin my class As there like i wanted to. I'm not as slim as i was five years ago, haha. Looks like its just a suit and tie for me.

I'm kinda stoked now cause my best, best friend just got back from Iraq and he's a cw2 in the marines and he's a leader of a human exploitation team. Yep, he's an interragator. I worry so much when he goes there so, tonight, I celebrate in his honor as well as my pop's. Oooh Rah!

[ericlee]

how many people are going to be invited to this thing? if it's like 8 people + their dates, then i can see why there would be "all eyes on you", but if it's a LOT of people, then you shouldn't worry. all of my company parties have been semi-formal with everyone dressed up and i don't think that changes anything.

it seems like most people's significant others don't know anyone else, so everyone goes and stakes out a table, then a few others follow, people are sporadically seated and always drinking. don't worry about it too much.

There's gonna be alot of people there. I just got news that my boss can't make it so, that's cool. I wish my wife could go but she has to work.

Its not really mandatory but the boss already had people scheduled to fill in our spots so that we can go.

Wtf is your avatar?

[b i o n i c]

this is how they decide who will be invited to the xmas party. so make sure to end up naked assed drunk upside down muttering incoherently in the middle of the dance circle. that or just pass out backwards off your bench into the kitchen cabinets like a 60 year-old bearded man. that should do it