MEADOWXI Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 As last year the work covered the cost of, The meal, The bar bill all night including before and during the meal, cocktails at Dusk in Aberdeen, + the boss handing over a pile of cash when they going home drunk and saying 'bring back receipts on Monday', And my hotel bill as I stay out of town and couldn't have made it otherwise. Think I will manage to wander along this year, and they ain't a bad crowd either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest Saints Fan Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 I like my work colleagues and regularly socialise with them outside of work. Our office has 23 people in it with ages ranging from 20 to 65 bit everyone gets on really well. We are going to a party night at the Kingsmills this year for Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 1 hour ago, Jambomo said: I agree with the guys saying that non-drinking ends up being an issue at these kinds of events. I am not tee-total but don't drink very much so I find it dull as f**k once everyone is plastered and can't string a sentence together. I generally have a few cokes, stay for 2 hours then head off. It can be worse when you are out for a meal and everyone is knocking back numerous bottles of wine then insist on splitting the bill equally at the end, you end up paying for everyone else's drink which isn't much fun if you are skint (as most folk are around Christmas time). I know what you mean. I don't mind splitting the food bill equally (can't stand those people who moan that they didn't have a starter so should pay £2 less than everybody else) but the drink is another matter. The answer is to ask for the drinks to be billed separately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambomo Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 12 minutes ago, GordonD said: I know what you mean. I don't mind splitting the food bill equally (can't stand those people who moan that they didn't have a starter so should pay £2 less than everybody else) but the drink is another matter. The answer is to ask for the drinks to be billed separately. Exactly, I'm not counting every penny or wanting to get the calculator out and am quite happy to split food etc equally. There was one evening out however, where I paid about £50 for a £20 set menu and a diet coke which felt like it was taking the piss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 Our office is pretty sound and almost everyone is also pretty sound. Most of us are going out on the 16th for lunch then to the staff party at the Union (cheap drinks and loads of shit going on). Went last year and it was a good laugh (although didn't go to the meal last time). Looking forward to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blanco Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 Half of you miserable b*****ds on this thread probably aren't welcome at your works Christmas parties anyway Sneaky b*****ds, sitting in a corner sipping coke with a straw and watching what everybody else is doing can't be trusted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddfg Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 On the train heading home from a retrial do, was pretty good afternoon/ night out, we all currently think each other is the best thing since sliced bread and have great plans for a weekend away together, the reality is that will never happen and we'll all spend tomorrow morning wondering when it's safe to drive, the joys of being old and sensible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milton75 Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 On the train heading home from a retrial do, was pretty good afternoon/ night out, we all currently think each other is the best thing since sliced bread and have great plans for a weekend away together, the reality is that will never happen and we'll all spend tomorrow morning wondering when it's safe to drive, the joys of being old and sensible. Did they get sent down this time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Tout P'ti FC Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 My work do is a black tie all expenses paid dinner for Christmas with your +1 invited.It's a "three line whip" affair. Worst thing is they ask the Gents to stand up and move two seats along after each course. So you end up sat between two complete strangers with nothing in common other than the fact that you work with the person they shag.I have by fluke managed to miss a couple due to pre-booked holidays but this one is incoming.I much prefer impromptu nights out with work colleagues. Anything that involves forethought and discussions about "what shall I wear?" is invariably shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Am Featha Taigh Nan Clach Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 Anyone who 'doesn't drink/doesn't really drink' should be reported to Yewtreee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyaccies Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 Anyone who 'doesn't drink/doesn't really drink' should be reported to Yewtreee ^^^Pished on a works night out![emoji6]These things are murder for the non drinker. Even the guy that no one talks to with the threadbare chair and the bo problem seems to fit in better at these things than non drinkers just because he's had a drink and he's everyone's best pal for 3 hours until Monday morning and they return to shunning him for being the manky, weird, social inadequate he always was and will be. Meanwhile the non drinkers feel awkward and just want to go home but are told especially by the manky one and his new pals that they're boring. This is just an observation from someone who thankfully fits into neither category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted October 8, 2016 Author Share Posted October 8, 2016 So, managed to get through the quarterly works do yesterday. 3 stage affair (workshops in morning) (crystal maze type challenge in afternoon) and dinner and drinks in evening. NB. First two were on the company time; 3rd one I made my excuses and headed home.Pile of shite.... next stop Christmas one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 A Danish girl I worked with baked space cakes for us and we had them with pre-night out drinks. We were in a posh restaurant and had folk trying to eat soup with their fork, passing out, falling asleep on the floor and waiting staff having to crawl over them. Drugs are bad, mmmkay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 10 hours ago, Le Tout P'ti FC said: My work do is a black tie all expenses paid dinner for Christmas with your +1 invited. It's a "three line whip" affair. Worst thing is they ask the Gents to stand up and move two seats along after each course. So you end up sat between two complete strangers with nothing in common other than the fact that you work with the person they shag. I have by fluke managed to miss a couple due to pre-booked holidays but this one is incoming. I much prefer impromptu nights out with work colleagues. Anything that involves forethought and discussions about "what shall I wear?" is invariably shite. Holy shit, that's brutal. Who do you work for - the Household Cavalry? Nothing worse than when they try to turn something that you're doing on your own time into a networking exercise. For a works do we were having (at our own expense) some arsehole of a boss in our place spent ages producing a seating plan which involved sitting everyone next to two people from other sections so we could "gain an insight into other functions and areas of the business through socialising". Naturally, when we walked in all the wee placecards got instantly flung in the air as people went to sit with their pals while the boss whose idea it was had a meltdown in the corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountyFan Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 Tribute nights must be a teuchter thing, our Christmas night out is an ABBA one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 We once did a 'Dinner Safari' in groups where we'd go to Hotel A for starter with a similar group of ours, then move to Hotel B for main course with another group, then onto Hotel C for pudding with yet another group. Each restaurant had a different theme (Italian, French, then Turkish in my case), hence 'safari'. Had its pros and cons obviously but wasn't half as bad as I expected it to be. Was all organised with the various hotels before hand of course. "Hi, I'd like to book four medium sized tables for 60 people please". Largely happened because we were struggling to find a venue to accommodate a large group and there were evidently plenty of smaller tables dotted around the city centre within short walking distance of each other. Would do again tbh. More chance of getting an arsehole sitting beside you I guess, but at least you won't be stuck beside one for an entire evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 14 minutes ago, CountyFan said: Tribute nights must be a teuchter thing, our Christmas night out is an ABBA one. The whole tribute band scene is cringeworthy - I think it's down to the fact that once most people get to a certain age they don't want to hear anything new, and most bands they do like are defunct or only touring once every few years for £65 a pop, hence the rise of tribute bands, and their poor relation, the tribute "night" which is likely one person singing to backing tracks. I'm guilty of having briefly played in a couple - did a Kiss one initially to play at a 40th birthday do and we ended up doing maybe a dozen shows for fun, doing mostly obscure album tracks rather than the obvious ones. Later, I got asked to play in an Alice Cooper one which I thought was going to be a similar laugh, but a few gigs in I realised I was helping to provide the soundtrack for a midlife crisis; when "Alice" started talking about getting an electric chair made for gigs I suggested he make it a functional one and split... I can understand it to an extent in terms of bands who are long gone (the Doors etc) or don't tour (Pink Floyd etc). Outside of that, it's completely bizarre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 As last year the work covered the cost ofThe bar bill all night including... Dusk in Aberdeen, Presume your company got a CVA after going into inevitable administration because of this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountyFan Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 15 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: Presume your company got a CVA after going into inevitable administration because of this? Was it Statoil who booked Gary Barlow for their Xmas do a few years back at extreme expense despite the fact they'd been laying people off that year? Might just be an Aberdeen urban myth to be fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milton75 Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 45 minutes ago, CountyFan said: Tribute nights must be a teuchter thing, our Christmas night out is an ABBA one. I went to a Tribute Night once. My dry-cleaning bill was horrendous, but my hair has had a lovely sheen to it since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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