[Misc] Work’s Christmas Do’s

[dejavuatbtn]

We used to have an annual office dinner at a Brighton hotel. When I was younger we’d have a laugh by throwing sprouts around and pissing off the seniors and getting us banned from a number of hotels. As I got older I got more and more cheesed off with the youngsters throwing sprouts around until I realised the futility of it all and didn’t bother going any more.
We did have some great Christmas discos though!

 

[Easy 10]

Cafe Rouge in HH for us this year. Fairly low-key, but INFINITELY preferable to yomping up to London for a big bash at a posh hotel with the Head Office bods, as was the routine before the plague descended. Its all on the company, so I'll probably hang back to ponce some more free grog somewhere afterwards. Don't mind the people I work with, so it should be a pleasant enough afternoon-into-evening.

They used to combine it all with staff awards and then an auction, which was absolute DEATH. All that bobbins went on for a couple of hours at least after the scoff, by which time I would be on the brink of self-harming. Thankfully thats all been binned off now. We can just eat and get spannered.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Cafe Rouge in HH for us this year. Fairly low-key, but INFINITELY preferable to yomping up to London for a big bash at a posh hotel with the Head Office bods, as was the routine before the plague descended. Its all on the company, so I'll probably hang back to ponce some more free grog somewhere afterwards. Don't mind the people I work with, so it should be a pleasant enough afternoon-into-evening.

They used to combine it all with staff awards and then an auction, which was absolute DEATH. All that bobbins went on for a couple of hours at least after the scoff, by which time I would be on the brink of self-harming. Thankfully thats all been binned off now. We can just eat and get spannered.

My advice would be to spend the absolute minimum amount of time in the something something Rouge, and the absolute maximum amount of time in the Lockhart Tavern that is practically next door

 

[Easy 10]

My advice would be to spend the absolute minimum amount of time in the something something Rouge, and the absolute maximum amount of time in the Lockhart Tavern that is practically next door

We had the Christmas lunch there last year. Decent enough scram, but my god the service there was S-L-O-W. I grew a 5 O'clock shadow between my starters and main, and one doris had to leave before she even got her main cos she had to pick up her kids from school (we'd got there at 1pm ffs). Nice enough gaff, woeful service.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

We had the Christmas lunch there last year. Decent enough scram, but my god the service there was S-L-O-W. I grew a 5 O'clock shadow between my starters and main, and one doris had to leave before she even got her main cos she had to pick up her kids from school (we'd got there at 1pm ffs). Nice enough gaff, woeful service.

Suspect I wouldn't recommend it for the scran either - despite it having daftly given over at least half of the available space to diners. Great selection of beers tho eh (many of them very local) and very decent bar service also. Maybe just go there for the beers?

 

[Bodian]

Hope everybody's remembered which starter they ordered three months ago

We booked a quiet country pub in the Lake District about 10 years ago. 40 of us went biking / walking, whatever - then met up at the pub for lunch and beer.

The pub is almost dead at lunchtimes, so 40 thirsty and hungry folk must have been a godsend to them as we'd have probably doubled their takings for a week.

You'd think they'd be pleased to see us. But no, not really. A bit of muttering about having to get staff in to cook/serve - followed by 'Right, we've got a chicken soup here - which one of you ordered the soup and have had something else. Come on - you're not helping us are you - who ordered the bloody soup...?'

Cue spreadsheet with order being produced.

We haven't been back there, ever - so that's quite a bit of potential business they lost there.

 

[Justice]

Self employed sole trader for 20 years, billy no work mates, I usually go down the cafe on my own

Yes that’s the trouble being a sole trader, every year I say right works night out tonight and then fall asleep on the sofa

 

[BN9 BHA]

Yes that’s the trouble being a sole trader, every year I say right works night out tonight and then fall asleep on the sofa

I do treat myself to a day off on my birthday which is mid December.

 

[clapham_gull]

Cafe Rouge in HH for us this year. Fairly low-key, but INFINITELY preferable to yomping up to London for a big bash at a posh hotel with the Head Office bods, as was the routine before the plague descended. Its all on the company, so I'll probably hang back to ponce some more free grog somewhere afterwards. Don't mind the people I work with, so it should be a pleasant enough afternoon-into-evening.

They used to combine it all with staff awards and then an auction, which was absolute DEATH. All that bobbins went on for a couple of hours at least after the scoff, by which time I would be on the brink of self-harming. Thankfully thats all been binned off now. We can just eat and get spannered.

Stopped going years ago, prompted by senior management performing charades for the entertainment of the peasants.

 

[Questions]

The last ‘proper’ firms do I went to was in 1978 and I fell into the DJ fellow after being sick…. 1st and last.

Actually I went to Mrs Q’s Christmas do once after taking a small bag of Christmas snow with me. That was pretty good.. Mrs Q was enjoying the evening

 

[Bakero]

Ours was cancelled because the staff decided to unionise and the owner threw a tantrum. Still going out for a meal but we'll have to pay for ourselves now.

 

[Farehamseagull]

On mine now.

Sat in the Harbar at Ocean Village in Southampton. Nice view but bored out of my brain. Wishing I was young and inclined enough again to make use of the copious anounts of Bolivian Marching Powder available in the toilets.

 

[Zeberdi]

You'd think they'd be pleased to see us. But no, not really. A bit of muttering about having to get staff in to cook/serve - followed by 'Right, we've got a chicken soup here - which one of you ordered the soup and have had something else. Come on - you're not helping us are you - who ordered the bloody soup...?'

Was the owner 6‘3 with a moustache and called ‘Basil’?

 

[Springal]

Worked for 3 different US companies last 10 years and only one had big Xmas dos. Last being at Bombay Sapphire distillery which was ok - except the long coach ride back to Reading. A Few team lunches in London which turned into 10 hour pub crawls and an interesting train ride home…

Nothing this year, part of a team of 10 spread across Europe but meeting up with some old colleagues in London next Thursday

 

[timbha]

Stopped going years ago, prompted by senior management performing charades for the entertainment of the peasants.

Moves to the top of the cringe list…

 

[sparkie]

Our work Christmas Party has been binned in favour of a 'Company Birthday' Party in November. It's not the same and I miss the Christmas shindig.

 

[timbha]

Our work Christmas Party has been binned in favour of a 'Company Birthday' Party in November. It's not the same and I miss the Christmas shindig.

Nov 22 or next year? Cost cutting?

 

[clapham_gull]

Our work Christmas Party has been binned in favour of a 'Company Birthday' Party in November. It's not the same and I miss the Christmas shindig.

Reminds of the company I used to work for that would routinely give everyone a Christmas bonus, £100 in a brown envelope I seem to recall.

Got taken over by Americans who dumped it straight away in 1999.

After much protest from the staff it was re-introduced that Christmas but renamed "The Millenium Bonus" just to remind everyone we wouldn't be getting another one for another thousand years.

 

[Popeye]

Not having a Christmas party at the school I work at, more a soup lunch during school day where if we get time we can come up and get a bowl. Yay! Also, our gift last year was a dumbass sweater, so don't expect anything great this year.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

Do’s in thread title doesn’t require an apostrophe but it didn’t look right as Dos

Dos would have been correct. Do’s implies you are talking about something belonging to the Christmas Do. Sorry, it’s a school day. I’ll be like this until 3 pm