John Lambies Doos Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Can't stand them tbh. I work for a large corporate company, good at my job and like all my colleagues. However, there seems to be an expectation that to get on you need to also socialise with work. I hate this, anyone else feel the same or can supply tips... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Stubbs Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Last one I went on was a boozy meal involving - thanks to a spate of last minute cancellations - a bunch of radge middle aged women and me. A few drinks in everyone else was cunted and running their mouth about the most uncomfortably personal details of their life. Everyone else: Me: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 2 minutes ago, Alan Stubbs said: Last one I went on was a boozy meal involving - thanks to a spate of last minute cancellations - a bunch of radge middle aged women and me. A few drinks in everyone else was cunted and running their mouth about the most uncomfortably personal details of their life. Everyone else: Me: Mmmm, drunk middle aged women you say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 My post on this on the Christmas Nights out thread Quote I once got so drunk at my Christmas night out (I drank a bottle of wine before midday) that I ended up being turfed out of a pub for playing board games too loudly. We then went and met with some other people from my then work in the pub next door. One lassie was making clumsy moves on one of the contractors, a guy called Sam. I decided that Sam should just man up and do the deed, so I shouted over to him "Come on Sam! Get her pumped!" at the top of my voice. When he still demured I told him he must be gay and if so I'd take him home and pump him if he didn't make his move. He wasn't keen on that. I also stole a bottle of their champagne and drank pretty much all of it, from the bottle, right in front of them. What a complete arsehole I was/am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmothecat Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Hated them with my last job, as it was a group of people who don't like going to the pub 99% of the year, suddenly on a night out. My new work though we go for a drink quite often after work so a work night out actually feels fairly natural. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmouth Strikes Again Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 I don't socialize with them. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Cuddy Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 I've been incredibly drunk on more than one occasion with just one of my work mates. I'm actually taking her with me to my new job too. Neither of us have or would ever do a work night out. There's a couple of others I'd choose to spend time with outside work but mostly, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermik Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Almost 3 years with my current company. Just had my 3rd invitation to their Christmas night out. They have just had their 3rd refusal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Am Featha Taigh Nan Clach Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 I like the vast majority of my co workers. Despite being drunk on a regular basis and certainly not the type that only drinks on a Christmas night out, I was huckled out of the Oran Mor for being rowdy. Thankfully this was met on the next working day day with a 'what are you like?!' rather than a 'you're an arsehole' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blanco Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 25 minutes ago, ICTChris said: My post on this on the Christmas Nights out thread Well done, sounds exactly like the sort of pish I would come away with thinking I was hilarious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Skidmarks Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Christmas nights out are a "get out of jail free card" for arsehole behaviour. The beer fear is actually far worse than the slagging. To be honest, I've not really made an arse of myself at these, except pumping the odd work stinker when I was younger. Out Christmas night out is Friday 16th December and as there are no women in my team this year, we have abandoned the sit down meal to go on a pub crawl interrupted by a festive kebab/chippy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Hated them with my last job, as it was a group of people who don't like going to the pub 99% of the year, suddenly on a night out. My new work though we go for a drink quite often after work so a work night out actually feels fairly natural. I always like these situations as I can't feel as if I can genuinely know or fully trust a person unless I've been on the piss with them to see them with their guard down. Plenty of folk who I can think of who've fallen down at this stage and outed themselves as full blown BNP supporters etc. I'd personally make it part of the interview process, and not just because I like the sound of a sesh on company expenses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCelt67 Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 7 minutes ago, Bobby Skidmarks said: Christmas nights out are a "get out of jail free card" for arsehole behaviour. The beer fear is actually far worse than the slagging. To be honest, I've not really made an arse of myself at these, except pumping the odd work stinker when I was younger. Out Christmas night out is Friday 16th December and as there are no women in my team this year, we have abandoned the sit down meal to go on a pub crawl interrupted by a festive kebab/chippy. Went for a Christmas night out pub crawl with my old work a few years ago. Was shite. In the town for about 3 hours and we'd only had about 3 pints thank to two greetin' faced gobshites refusing to enter certain pubs because they didn't like them/didn't fancy it. The highlight of that Christmas night out was having a pint myself in my local at about the back of 9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 There used to be something going on after work most weekends, but they've really fallen away in our place for a variety of reasons I reckon - first off the demographics; they haven't recruited much in the way of new blood for a while, so the average age has gone up - an office full of 40-45 year olds obviously aren't going out as often as an office full of 25-30 year olds would be. Pay restraint has meant that there probably are some who simply can't afford it the way they used to, and finally the morale's not there anymore...come Friday most people want to just forget about the whole thing till Monday rather than extend the working week listening to someone drunkenly droning on at length about how shite their job is and how much of a c**t their boss is, which unfortunately would be the reality of the situation most times these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 35 minutes ago, Bobby Skidmarks said: Out Christmas night What are you trying to tell us Bobby? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsh Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 We've just booked out xmas night out. We were originally going to the new Lebowski's in Shawlands but the menu came through and it was sparse to say the least, but since when is a xmas night out about the food?! So we're going somewhere a bit more upmarket but I'd have been happy with a burger and then on to Lebowski's excellent array of craft beers and IPA's. I actually quite like my workmates, similar age and all pretty sound so I'm actually looking forward to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 I do enjoy a works night out. Once you reach the right kind of drunk you feel like anything can/will happen. Hate work chat while out though. It's supposed to be fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 My office have decided that this year's Christmas night out will be a £35 a head trip to see a Tina Turner impersonator at a local hotel. Last year it was a Dolly Parton impersonator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 For £35 I'd expect to see the real one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecto Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 2 hours ago, John Lambies Doos said: Can't stand them tbh. I work for a large corporate company, good at my job and like all my colleagues. However, there seems to be an expectation that to get on you need to also socialise with work. I hate this, anyone else feel the same or can supply tips... it is one night a year, go out, you might even enjoy it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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