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Office Christmas Parties... [11 vote(s)]

...suck. Crappy food followed by crappy music, all shared with a group of people you wouldn't normally choose to socialise with anyway. I'd rather stay home.
45.5%
...fab and groovy! An excuse to wear something nice and/or sparkly and party with my lovely workmates. Anyway, it's a free meal, isn't it?
18.2%
...Meh.
36.4%
ddvmor


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So, I'm being required to make my Christmas dinner selection for the office christmas party.  At least it's about 3 months later than last years.  Anyway the options are as follows:





Starter:



  • Cream of watercress soup

  • Warm smoked salmon served on winter leaves with honey and mustard dressing

  • Baked goats’ cheese, garden herb and sun blush tomato cheesecake

Main course:



  • Roast sirloin of beef served with Yorkshire pudding and horseradish sauce

  • Baked Cod with fresh asparagus and a grain mustard mash

  • Vegetarian nut roast on creamed savoy cabbage and wild mushroom sauce

Dessert:



  • Christmas pudding with brandy sauce

  • Banoffee tart




Now, I'm not having enormous problems with my starter and my dessert.  I can't seem to find the turkey option in the main course section though.  Turkey with little chipolata sausages wrapped in bacon.  And sprouts. And peas.  And how much do you want to bet that the christmas pudding portion will be smaller and thinner than a credit card?


What's the point of office christmas parties anyway.  I know... lets have a poll!



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sha76jam


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FREE meal?  FREE you say?  Well quit complaining then!  I had to pay £50 for mine, which is on the same night as Rich's (much better & free) one, which makes it doubly crap.

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£50?  That's amazingly expensive.  Where are you going?  Ours is at a local hotel and we've been allocated something like £25 per head.  The fleas and rat droppings are free of charge.

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sha76jam wrote:

I had to pay £50 for mine, which is on the same night as Rich's (much better & free) one, which makes it doubly crap.


WTF?!


That's giving me an eye infection, 'cause I can't really see myself doing that!!


I get a free box, yep, luxury box, ticket to the MN Wild, which includes free food and drinks, and a free happy hour prior to the event! Best holiday party, ever!!!



-- Edited by NateO at 14:06, 2006-11-08

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Aodan


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That menu LOOKS pretty impressive, but you know when you get it, it's going to be just a lump on a plate that's been sitting in a warmer.

Meh.

But it is free....

Hehe I'm just a freakin ray of sunshine today aren't I :)

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ddvmor


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What are 'winter leaves' anyway?  Are they the ones that fell off the tree in Autumn and have been walked on a bit since then?

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Would you be shocked to find that was the case? lol



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BrianS


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Wow we must be pretty lame, we have to pay about $15 for some crappy catered food. The party is in our office during the work day. Basically we just drink and play cards after we eat until quitting time.

-- Edited by BrianS at 15:00, 2006-11-08

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Sounds better than our iternerary which goes something like this:


Thursday:  Business as usual.
Thursday Evening: Christmas Party
All Day Friday:  Conference


As you can see - no real opportunity to take advantage of the party on Thursday night as we all have to be up and alert the following morning.



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That's how ours used to be, Brian, except without the fee.


I like the new format a lot better!!


Alert at a conference?



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Andromeda


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Ours are free too and are usually held at some local restaurant. Not horribly bad... the first year we had it at this local italian place which was alright.... last year they had it at this big "rent a hall" type place... and it was catered and there was a crap band. There was also the anniversary party at the local yacht club.


Meh... Nothing impressive.... and actually quite boring when you don't know anyone there.


But then I'm just not the "get all purtied up to sit at a table in an uppity yacht club and sip wine while the occasional person stops by to discuss the new tax laws" kind of person. Actually... I cant think of anything that would make me want to puncture my own eardrum more than that. Even if the meal is free. I'd actually much rather pay for dinner and be able to enjoy it.


Blah... sorry... having an "I hate desk jobs and can't believe I'm still working at one. What the heck happened to my life and why am I not being more creative with my time? My talents are being wasted here!" kind of day.



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Have you considered doing a bit of decorating to take your mind off it?

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I really should try that sometime. Me thinks it would be quite fun


 



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Andromeda wrote:

I really should try that sometime. Me thinks it would be quite fun


 




You can come to my house and do it :)

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Woohoo!


 


Wait... you're footing the bill for this redesign, yes?



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That would seem counter-productive considering it's your therapy.  Jackie's doing you a huge favour as it is letting you go over!

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ddvmor wrote:

That would seem counter-productive considering it's your therapy.  Jackie's doing you a huge favour as it is letting you go over!


Yeah if anything.. you should be paying ME

How about this. I'll pay for the curry, and you make my house pretty

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Oooh.  She is wise and sage!  Like turkey stuffing!


 


 


Mmmmm... stuffing!



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Deal... I will pay exactly the same amount to make your house pretty as you pay for dinner...


 


better make it a good dinner



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Ok, so I did a little decorating to take my mind off it... and it looks like the receiver of said decoration was impressed with my work...


http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showthread.php?t=115024


 




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Excellent work!  Shows a level of commitment to the relationship never before seen in woman-kind.


 


Catfish - when I move house you may like to know that I like Batman more than Transformers.  Just fore... er... future reference, you know...



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Short Santa





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ddvmor wrote:


Sounds better than our iternerary which goes something like this:


Thursday:  Business as usual.
Thursday Evening: Christmas Party
All Day Friday:  Conference


As you can see - no real opportunity to take advantage of the party on Thursday night as we all have to be up and alert the following morning.





Wrong - you have been blessed with a whole day of nothing following your christmas party where you can find a nice quiet spot at the back, near a radiator and snooze all day.


You'll get given the handouts anyway if you really want to know what happenned.



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Short Santa wrote:

Wrong - you have been blessed with a whole day of nothing following your christmas party where you can find a nice quiet spot at the back, near a radiator and snooze all day.


Hmm.  Me and the other 50 people that will be trying to find a nice quiet spot at the back near the radiator and trying to snooze!


Sadly our 'conferences' mainly seem to consist of 'team building' discussion groups about self development, red tape and arse cakes.  Kinda hard to sleep though without anyone noticing.



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bonniepirateanne


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did anyone see the last episode of prison break, where the dude left his hand behind the radiator?

i don't suppose that's really relevant

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Susan


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My assessment of this year's conference & party:


The salmon was flavoursome, the beef beautifully tender, the banoffee tart a little too filling, the dancing envigorating, the boss's, boss's, boss's boss charming, the dinner table company hilarious, the drink totally free, the night long and eventful, the sleep ridiculously short, the breakfast revitalising, the conference surprisingly enlightening, the coming home predictable.


Roll on next year!



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Susan wrote:

My assessment of this year's conference & party:
...the boss's, boss's, boss's boss charming, the dinner table company hilarious, the drink totally free...the conference surprisingly enlightening, the coming home predictable...
Roll on next year!


At last your journey towards the dark side is complete!


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ddvmor wrote:

At last your journey towards the dark side is complete!


It does seem strong in this one!!


Erm, why does TEIAM.jpg take forever to upload? Photobucket time?



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It's all Aodan's fault.  Everybody point and tut!

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i pointed

i think it was in the right direction

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I have prepared a very stylish temporary solution to the problem!  I think you'll all agree that blue is definitely our Jackie's colour!

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