Office Christmas Parties

[Klynne]

I had my office Christmas party today. It was pretty funny. I am on this committee, that organized it, and every stupid jerk, that did not want to take their time to get involved in the planning of the event, wanted to give us suggestions today as we were trying to get the party up and running. We just smiled through gritted teeth, and ignored them. Anyway, it turned out o.k. My fellow committee workers and I would just comment to each other as the "well meaning" co-workers would try to boss us around. Ho, ho, ho.

Any office Christmas party stories from Hell out there?

[zenbabe]

My companies isn't until January 30th, I don't know if I will still be there. And I am not going if I am because I bet they wont let me participate in the raffle

[Coffee]

sniff
I'm self employed...no office parties for me.

[Klynne]

Jerks

[Coffee]

Hey...i'm the damn boss...if I want an office party I'll throw one.
Fark em.
I'm having a party.
I'll be the only one there...but I'll have the best time of all the attendees. Heh.

[Klynne]

Can I come?

the only thing better than office parties are apartment parties in clubhouses

[Coffee]

Originally posted by Klynne
Can I cum?

I don't know...can you?

[red]

We went to my company Christmas party last night. I was dreading it because I am not a big event person. On top of that, we had to dress up. I hate dressing up as much as most guys hate wearing ties. It's uncomfortable and you have to be careful not to spill anything on yourself. :P I would rather be in a more intimate setting playing dominoes in my jeans.
At the door, we grabbed our name tags and headed in. The company I work for is big and has lots of divisions, so I hardly know anyone there. I recognized faces and out of the 300 people that attended, I knew 10. Spiffy. I felt like we had crashed someone else's office Christmas party.
Oh. my. god. Who the hell is that and what is she wearing? I saw a woman wearing a red dress so low and so short, it was a belt. It barely covered her butt. She had red stockings on with little rhinestones that went up the back of her leg and very high red heels. You could tell where she was in the room by the wake of gawkers whipping their heads in disbelief. We were in a hotel and most people assumed she was some savvy escort that hooked up with some schmoe. Later we found out she was the fiance of some contract worker. I shoulda known they were a couple. He was wearing a matching red cap. I guess we have to have something to talk about on Monday.
As the evening progressed, one of my fellow marketing coworkers and her date finally made it. We found a table and sat down. The food was mediocre and I really didn't eat much of it. After we finished eating various bosses would get up and say their little speeches. The same ones all heads of companies give about making the next year the best ever. Dishes were cleared, tables were rolled away and dancing ensued. Al Green, Marvin Gaye's' Sexual Healing and Let's Get It On had D saying, "Well, somebody wants to laid tonight." I saw the red dress woman oozing by toMustang Sally. The DJ gave $500 away to the first couple on the dance floor. That was kinda cool. After a few more songs the DJ starts pulling door prizes. A basket of coffee and mugs, a basket of chocolate, a boom box, a big bottle of Crown, walkie talkies, HEY! That's my name they called! I won walkie talkies as a door prize. Later prizes included a 32" tv and a trip to the Caribbean! More dancing, the Hustle, a conga line. I asked if they could pull anymore clichés out, to which D replied, "YMCA." I could feel the floor shaking and it made me a little nervous. A few more songs and then the final cliché, yes they played YMCA. It was ten, we had been there for 4 hours, it was time to go. I thanked the boss and the woman who actually organized the whole shebang. I almost got runover by people doing the Cotton-Eyed-Joe trying to get out the door.
On a scale of 1-10, I'd give it a 6. I had a decent time, laughed and I won a door prize, but I needed to be on my best behavior. I would do it again.

[priceyfatprude]

Originally posted by red
Oh. my. god. Who the hell is that and what is she wearing? I saw a woman wearing a red dress so low and so short, it was a belt. It barely covered her butt. She had red stockings on with little rhinestones that went up the back of her leg and very high red heels. You could tell where she was in the room by the wake of gawkers whipping their heads in disbelief. We were in a hotel and most people assumed she was some savvy escort that hooked up with some schmoe. Later we found out she was the fiance of some contract worker. I shoulda known they were a couple. He was wearing a matching red cap. I guess we have to have something to talk about on Monday.

Ooh, ooh, ooh, was this Skanky the Christmas Elf?


We had a luncheon on Monday for the whole building & another one for just our department today. They took us to PF Chang's (GREAT food) and I got to sit next to my bosses bosses boss. And his wife & baby. It was a good time, most of us took the rest of the afternoon off.

I am on this committee, that organized it, and every stupid jerk, that did not want to take their time to get involved in the planning of the event, wanted to give us suggestions today as we were trying to get the party up and running.

I hear ya, sister.

Every time I've thrown a party, there has always been some well-meaning person who didn't want to be on the committee, but had to tell us how the party sucked. Um, if you don't help throw it, then you can't help make it good in the first place.

It reminds me of that story about the little red hen & how she asks all the barnyard animals to help her make the bread. No one helps her, but then they all want to eat the bread. Bah.

[Klynne]

I love Changs. The lettuce wraps are great!

[bealeblues]

originally posted by 'minute maid' zen

My companies isn't until January 30th, I don't know if I will still be there. And I am not going if I am because I bet they wont let me participate in the raffle

your 'company' is waiting to see if there is any unexpected freeze to harm the orange crop so they'll know if they can blow money on a 'party' for the permanent fruit pickers. And why would you want to participate in a raffle where the prize is a higher ladder so you can pick more fruit?

[chuckie egg]

"Its surprising how alcohol can temporarily relieve cold symptoms. The party turned out to be cracking, and I inevitably had way too much to drink as did many others. I remember at one point getting the boss up to dance - oops! Dont remember much after that which is a little worrying, boyf picked me up afterwards, and took great delight on informing me the following morning on some of the amusing things I did on the way home, much to my dismay!"

[rmr]

Originally posted by fodder
the only thing better than office parties are apartment parties in clubhouses

apartment parties are the best.........my old condo association used to have a party every summer. dj, macerena, everyone over 75............god those were the days.

[red]

Yes the woman in the red dress was Skanky the Christmas Elf.


I had to help plan a comapny party once. I would never do it again. It was suposed to be created by committee, but therre was one woman who felt she knew best for all. The whole experience was irritating.