Office party

raspberrygal · ‎09-03-2013

Do you have a holiday/Christmas party at your workplace?

I am still oxox · ‎03-09-2010

I am retied and my last place of work there was no party

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Meowingkitty · ‎06-19-2010

When I worked yes but I never went. I am not a fan of parties in general. I would occasionally go to my husbands parties but frankly I would have rather been home doing laundry. Fortunately for both of us the office party went by the wayside long ago.

vermint · ‎04-05-2010

When I worked for a large company, they had an off-site party every year...I went exactly twice in the 13 years I worked there. Way too much drunken behavior!

Before my time, there was dancing, but the CEO put a stop to that because some were "taking it too far". According to some of my co-workers, it looked like they were having "relations" on the dance floor!

The two I attended, well, they were the beginning of the end of a couple of marriages!

I don't know how people can act liike that in front of their bosses!

Desertdi · ‎03-13-2010

@vermint wrote:
When I worked for a large company, they had an off-site party every year...I went exactly twice in the 13 years I worked there. Way too much drunken behavior!

Before my time, there was dancing, but the CEO put a stop to that because some were "taking it too far". According to some of my co-workers, it looked like they were having "relations" on the dance floor!

The two I attended, well, they were the beginning of the end of a couple of marriages!

I don't know how people can act liike that in front of their bosses!

@vermint

Same "scene" with my employer. Luckily, I got to stay behind in the office..."because I knew how to handle a switchboard".

It was a "catered affair" and I heard from the rumor mill that attendees were also stealing the china and silverware...but also filling ziplock bags with food to take home. di

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CrazyKittyLvr2 · ‎05-11-2013

I always worked in small law offices. The place where I worked the longest (17 years) we had lunch in the office Christmas Eve day and then we left right after lunch.

We were a close group and during the summer the one associate attorney would tell us, "porch party at my house Friday". We would get food and he provided the drinks. It was always nice to relax and visit. Our husbands joined us.

The big boss had everyone at his house on occasion. Nothing was ever formal, thank goodness.

CrazyKittyLvr2 · ‎05-11-2013

I forgot to add that Christmas at the office was not complete without the huge tray of cookies made by the Mother of one of my coworkers.

She started baking in September the cookies. I have no idea how many dozen she made. It had to be hundreds. Always 6 or 7 kinds.

She was one of the nicest people I ever met in my life. I think she is about 90 now. One of my most favorite people ever.

CANDLEQUEEN · ‎03-09-2010

I used to go, but no longer. It was fun years ago. I can find something else to do with my free time that I really enjoy. I don't go to the huge corporate Party.

I had to edit my reply to say that our team which consists of about 27 people, we all have a decorate your office contest, a potluck and a white elephant gift exchange, also this year we had a 1000 piece Christmas Puzzle that we all participated in-which was very fun. We also had a Christmas Family Feud game that was so fun. We just didn't go outside of the office for any of this. It was a different type of party feel.. Much more relaxed!!!

Puzzle Piece · ‎06-29-2010

I wouldn't participate. The married men look for opportunities to goose and feel up the younger gals in wishing them a happy holiday. People just let loose and for what reason?

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RedTop · ‎09-01-2010

Yes, the office went LIVE with everything Christmas Thanksgiving weekend. I'd walk in on Monday after the holiday to find the tree up, decorated, lights on, and everyone's cubicle covered in decorations. Pictures of the decor were taken every year, dated, filed, and another color was used the next year.

But that was only the beginning. The entire month was a snack fest; office party, whole department party, pod party, entire floor party, and the big holiday reception for all employees! An entire month of snacks; meatballs, sausage balls, ham biscuits, sausage biscuits, tiny pigs in a blanket, Chex mix, fudge, nuts, punch, hot cider, cookies, etc., was pretty much my lunch every day in December.

Some of it was fun, other parts not so much; I've never missed it.