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It had to come around again some time. My work's Christmas party was yet again the scene of embarrasement for some, amusement for others and plenty of things to complain about for everyone.
Firstly the food, it seems to get worse every year, I mean when you order a Baileys dessert, you don't expect to get 9/10 cream and 1/10 Baileys. I couldn't even taste it!
Next, the DJ. Sounds like he just brought his crappy old decks with him, plus a load of old CDs and records, over half of which were scratched. There was more skipping than a young girl in a school playground. Every time a record jumped or stopped the crowd clapped and booed. I expect the company found the cheapest DJ they could, at least I hope they didn't pay him too much...
Last year we had a free bar all night (yep, led to a few people remembering the name 'Armatage Shanks' the next morning, including myself). This year, 10pm till 1pm. It may sound like a long time, but by the time you get served, drink and dance you've found that you've only ordered about 3-4 pints before you have to pay again. Still, we got around that by getting loads of people to get pints and lining them up on the table. Pity I wasn't drinking this year though (or probably just as well after my reputation last year).
Then the same thing we have every year, during the meal someone gets up and makes a boring speech about our products and how they are doing so well, luckily that wasn't very long this year (phew!). Still brings out the attention seekers though.
Now my throat's killing me from wearing a tight collar and bow tie and I've just managed to crawl out of bed after the long journey home through thick fog at 3am. Still, same again next year I suppose!
Firstly the food, it seems to get worse every year, I mean when you order a Baileys dessert, you don't expect to get 9/10 cream and 1/10 Baileys. I couldn't even taste it!
Next, the DJ. Sounds like he just brought his crappy old decks with him, plus a load of old CDs and records, over half of which were scratched. There was more skipping than a young girl in a school playground. Every time a record jumped or stopped the crowd clapped and booed. I expect the company found the cheapest DJ they could, at least I hope they didn't pay him too much...
Last year we had a free bar all night (yep, led to a few people remembering the name 'Armatage Shanks' the next morning, including myself). This year, 10pm till 1pm. It may sound like a long time, but by the time you get served, drink and dance you've found that you've only ordered about 3-4 pints before you have to pay again. Still, we got around that by getting loads of people to get pints and lining them up on the table. Pity I wasn't drinking this year though (or probably just as well after my reputation last year).
Then the same thing we have every year, during the meal someone gets up and makes a boring speech about our products and how they are doing so well, luckily that wasn't very long this year (phew!). Still brings out the attention seekers though.
Now my throat's killing me from wearing a tight collar and bow tie and I've just managed to crawl out of bed after the long journey home through thick fog at 3am. Still, same again next year I suppose!
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Heh, my Dad's been to about four Christmas Work Parties over the past fortnight.
One might wonder why one company needs so many parties... {:)
One might wonder why one company needs so many parties... {:)
It had to come around again some time. My work's Christmas party was yet again the scene of embarrasement for some, amusement for others and plenty of things to complain about for everyone.
Firstly the food, it seems to get worse every year, I mean when you order a Baileys dessert, you don't expect to get 9/10 cream and 1/10 Baileys. I couldn't even taste it!
Next, the DJ. Sounds like he just brought his crappy old decks with him, plus a load of old CDs and records, over half of which were scratched. There was more skipping than a young girl in a school playground. Every time a record jumped or stopped the crowd clapped and booed. I expect the company found the cheapest DJ they could, at least I hope they didn't pay him too much...
Last year we had a free bar all night (yep, led to a few people remembering the name 'Armatage Shanks' the next morning, including myself). This year, 10pm till 1pm. It may sound like a long time, but by the time you get served, drink and dance you've found that you've only ordered about 3-4 pints before you have to pay again. Still, we got around that by getting loads of people to get pints and lining them up on the table. Pity I wasn't drinking this year though (or probably just as well after my reputation last year).
Then the same thing we have every year, during the meal someone gets up and makes a boring speech about our products and how they are doing so well, luckily that wasn't very long this year (phew!). Still brings out the attention seekers though.
Now my throat's killing me from wearing a tight collar and bow tie and I've just managed to crawl out of bed after the long journey home through thick fog at 3am. Still, same again next year I suppose!
Firstly the food, it seems to get worse every year, I mean when you order a Baileys dessert, you don't expect to get 9/10 cream and 1/10 Baileys. I couldn't even taste it!
Next, the DJ. Sounds like he just brought his crappy old decks with him, plus a load of old CDs and records, over half of which were scratched. There was more skipping than a young girl in a school playground. Every time a record jumped or stopped the crowd clapped and booed. I expect the company found the cheapest DJ they could, at least I hope they didn't pay him too much...
Last year we had a free bar all night (yep, led to a few people remembering the name 'Armatage Shanks' the next morning, including myself). This year, 10pm till 1pm. It may sound like a long time, but by the time you get served, drink and dance you've found that you've only ordered about 3-4 pints before you have to pay again. Still, we got around that by getting loads of people to get pints and lining them up on the table. Pity I wasn't drinking this year though (or probably just as well after my reputation last year).
Then the same thing we have every year, during the meal someone gets up and makes a boring speech about our products and how they are doing so well, luckily that wasn't very long this year (phew!). Still brings out the attention seekers though.
Now my throat's killing me from wearing a tight collar and bow tie and I've just managed to crawl out of bed after the long journey home through thick fog at 3am. Still, same again next year I suppose!
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