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What is your employer doing for a holiday party?

JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,619
edited November 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
We are having dinner at a mall steak house, which is ok, but they are also making it one of those "murder mystery" dinners.

Maybe I am too cynical, but it sounds lame lame lame!

In my little clique, no one is really thrilled about it, since many of the people at my firm are annoying, and can barely reconcile a bank account, let alone solve a murder!
:)

I told the partner that I'd raise my hand and confess to the murder as soon as that portion of the evening begins so that we can all leave early.
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  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    I lost my job before having to suffer through a holiday party with those assholes
    Alpine Valley 2000
    Summerfest 2006

    "Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
  • PJSerfPJSerf Posts: 637
    Holiday parties were cut this year firmwide.
    "If you love someone, set them free... if someone loves you, don't fuck up" - EV
  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,619
    pjoasisrule wrote:
    I lost my job before having to suffer through a holiday party with those assholes

    That puts a lot in perspective.

    Is Oasis playing in your city?
  • PJPixiePJPixie Posts: 3,026
    We're having a dinner at EL TORITO (local Mexican Food Place).
    They do it there every year. Free Margaritas, fine with me!
    The best use of Life is Love.
    The best expression of Love is Time.
    The best time to Love is Now.


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  • EvilMerlinEvilMerlin Posts: 1,865
    Don't know, don't care, this is one part I'm happy about being out of town for the company right now, I don't have to go to any of those social hellholes! hehehehe.

    They usually buy out a restaurant for lunch one day that all the offices of our department go to as a group, and then each individual office, it's up to them to throw their own party.
  • PJPixiePJPixie Posts: 3,026
    EvilMerlin wrote:
    Don't know, don't care, this is one part I'm happy about being out of town for the company right now, I don't have to go to any of those social hellholes! hehehehe.

    They usually buy out a restaurant for lunch one day that all the offices of our department go to as a group, and then each individual office, it's up to them to throw their own party.


    Damn, if you were in town on the date of my party I would love to take you!
    It would be a riot, me taking a FL**R guy to my company party!!
    The best use of Life is Love.
    The best expression of Love is Time.
    The best time to Love is Now.


    I'm never as good as when you're there.........
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    my wife's comapny is owned by some American company... they cancelled her annual party with 9 days to go. they had to pay 90% cancellation fee for over 230 staff... all because they have made 9 people redundant in the UK and it might look bad... the CEO of this company made over $1million in his salary (without bonuses) last year... the people he made redundant would take 1/5th of his annual pay... the twat...

    my wife has organised for those 230+ staff to pay £10 and use the hall they had pre-booked for which the US company has already paid for 90% of it :D suckers :D
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    That puts a lot in perspective.

    Is Oasis playing in your city?

    Not my city but a city close enough that I got tickets
    Alpine Valley 2000
    Summerfest 2006

    "Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,619
    pjoasisrule wrote:
    Not my city but a city close enough that I got tickets

    Well, I hope that looking forward to it is a bright spot during your tough times.
  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,619
    dunkman wrote:
    my wife's comapny is owned by some American company... they cancelled her annual party with 9 days to go. they had to pay 90% cancellation fee for over 230 staff... all because they have made 9 people redundant in the UK and it might look bad... the CEO of this company made over $1million in his salary (without bonuses) last year... the people he made redundant would take 1/5th of his annual pay... the twat...

    my wife has organised for those 230+ staff to pay £10 and use the hall they had pre-booked for which the US company has already paid for 90% of it :D suckers :D

    Thats crazy......4% redundancy rate, and they cancel the party?
  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    Well, I hope that looking forward to it is a bright spot during your tough times.

    I wish it was but the new album is a huge disappointment and the setlist hasnt looked so great right now.
    Alpine Valley 2000
    Summerfest 2006

    "Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    Thats crazy......4% redundancy rate, and they cancel the party?

    9 people out of UK workforce of over 400!!

    230+ had signed up for the annual party...

    it truly is shit... :(

    but they've organised their own thing now... and they wont trust their company again.. the CEO of Henry Schein is jewish... go figure ;)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    what's my employer doing? let me ask...

    cutback, what are we doing for a holiday party?

    nothing you tool. you're self employed.

    oh yeah.


    ;):D:D
  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,619
    dunkman wrote:
    9 people out of UK workforce of over 400!!

    230+ had signed up for the annual party...

    it truly is shit... :(

    but they've organised their own thing now... and they wont trust their company again.. the CEO of Henry Schein is jewish... go figure ;)

    Sorry if we rule!
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    Sorry if we rule!

    technically Israel rules...
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • EvilMerlinEvilMerlin Posts: 1,865
    PJPixie wrote:
    Damn, if you were in town on the date of my party I would love to take you!
    It would be a riot, me taking a FL**R guy to my company party!!

    Even though I'm not one of the ones to hate, as I'm on the opposite end of dealing with the problems you guys deal with, and I have it just as bad out here with those fuckers....

    what are you doing? Trying to get me killed??? :p Ohhhhhhhh the stories I have to fill up your guys ammo though. ;) What's the date of the party? I'll be returning to CA on the 19th.

    Well my last day up here is on the 19th. So I'll be down before Christmas.
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    cutback wrote:
    what's my employer doing? let me ask...

    cutback, what are we doing for a holiday party?

    nothing you tool. you're self employed.

    oh yeah.


    ;):D:D


    you're self-employed?

    why dont you fly me over there and give me job mucking about?
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    dunkman wrote:
    you're self-employed?

    why dont you fly me over there and give me job mucking about?


    first you have to gain 100lbs and be able to tip at least 20% for anything....tis america after all....:p :D
  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,619
    PJPixie wrote:
    Damn, if you were in town on the date of my party I would love to take you!
    It would be a riot, me taking a FL**R guy to my company party!!

    is FL**R the cryptic name of a company, or is it some innuendo that I don't get???
  • EvilMerlinEvilMerlin Posts: 1,865
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    is FL**R the cryptic name of a company, or is it some innuendo that I don't get???

    cryptic name of a company that I'm contracting myself to on a job. The engineers are horrible, yet they're the premiere contracting company.

    Well they're horrible out of the Southern CA offices.
  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,619
    cutback wrote:
    first you have to gain 100lbs and be able to tip at least 20% for anything....tis america after all....:p :D

    especially if it is an open bar!
  • angie76angie76 Posts: 646
    Mine is going to be at a restaurant. It's actually a Holiday Luncheon, it's gonna be 1:00 in the afternoon. No alcohol..but because of where i work it's not really appropriate anyway.
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  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,619
    angie76 wrote:
    Mine is going to be at a restaurant. It's actually a Holiday Luncheon, it's gonna be 1:00 in the afternoon. No alcohol..but because of where i work it's not really appropriate anyway.

    Rehab Organization, or religious?
  • angie76angie76 Posts: 646
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    Rehab Organization, or religious?

    it's a nonprofit health related organization. i guess it would be inappropriate but i know i the party could probably be better if we had alcohol.
    Dig a ditch deep enough
    To keep you clear of the sun
    You've been burned more than once
    You don't think much of trust
  • LizardLizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    many of the people at my firm are annoying, and can barely reconcile a bank account, let alone solve a murder!
    Don't you work in accounting? that's really funny if you do!!

    No party where I work. Maybe lunch...only 4 people in my office and I am the most interesting so that tells you a lot!! ;)
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • anothercloneanotherclone Posts: 1,688
    I work in the mortgage industry. We used to have a staff in our local office of about 70 people, we now have 20-something.

    Our managers are paying for us to have a party in our conference room. We have to bring our own alcohol. I don't care, I'm just happy to have a job.

    It'll be cheesy I'm pretty sure. I'll go and get drunk and make an ass out of myself anyway. It's a tradition. :D
  • rival.rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    i work in a hotel, so we are just having ours there.

    lucky to get that, and even luckier to have a job!
  • iluvcatsiluvcats Posts: 5,153
    Lizard wrote:
    and I am the most interesting so that tells you a lot!! ;)


    Yes, you are!
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  • SongburstSongburst Posts: 1,195
    EvilMerlin wrote:
    cryptic name of a company that I'm contracting myself to on a job. The engineers are horrible, yet they're the premiere contracting company.

    Well they're horrible out of the Southern CA offices.
    Electrical or mechanical? In my experience, it is essential that the electrical engineers detail their designs down to the last conductor, but the mechanical installation details end up being thrown out the window by the guys doing the installation.
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  • PJPixiePJPixie Posts: 3,026
    Songburst wrote:
    Electrical or mechanical? In my experience, it is essential that the electrical engineers detail their designs down to the last conductor, but the mechanical installation details end up being thrown out the window by the guys doing the installation.

    ***ding ding ding*** fucking perfect!
    I'm on the side, where all the drawings and shit are ordered up and approved then we order the material and then all hell breaks loose :mad:
    The best use of Life is Love.
    The best expression of Love is Time.
    The best time to Love is Now.


    I'm never as good as when you're there.........
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