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Used to work in a supermarket as a student and all us guys who were around the same age, we just organised our own Xmas night out. Cheap meal in the pub then out in Edinburgh, easy enough and everyone had a good time. 
 

The “store-organised” one was a party night at a local hotel that was £50 a seat and they had some daft tribute act playing. They wondered why none of us wanted to go….

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19 minutes ago, V.Aye.R said:

In fairness to the 'once a year' types, sometimes the booze helps them open up a little.

Ive worked with folk who you wonder can't just be more fun all the time. Sad really.


*disclaimer*
I'm not talking about pumping them

Some people think they have to be a different way at work. Like you have to show hoe much you "care" to be effective at your job. These c***s, along with the c***s who are rude/disrespectful/bullying et cetera in a work context are societies worst. One of the things I hate most is when folk validate these types with "oh but see if you get him/her out of work they are brand new". Nope, if fulfilling your contractual obligations means you can't be civil, then you are an arsehole. Being at work doesn't mean you get a pass for cuntishness. 

 

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Some people think they have to be a different way at work. Like you have to show hoe much you "care" to be effective at your job. These c***s, along with the c***s who are rude/disrespectful/bullying et cetera in a work context are societies worst. One of the things I hate most is when folk validate these types with "oh but see if you get him/her out of work they are brand new". Nope, if fulfilling your contractual obligations means you can't be civil, then you are an arsehole. Being at work doesn't mean you get a pass for cuntishness. 
 
Agree mostly, but theres the introverted types who maybe aren't that confident rather than being a c*nt. Its amazing how an out of work social thing can really help bring folk out their shell in the long run.
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40 minutes ago, Central Belt Caley said:

Used to work in a supermarket as a student and all us guys who were around the same age, we just organised our own Xmas night out. Cheap meal in the pub then out in Edinburgh, easy enough and everyone had a good time. 
 

The “store-organised” one was a party night at a local hotel that was £50 a seat and they had some daft tribute act playing. They wondered why none of us wanted to go….

There’s always somebody p***k who doesn’t wants to make it and event or is bored just going to the pub.

For £50 I’d want more than a tribute act. I’d want some drinks with that and a 9 out of 10 to finger.

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3 minutes ago, V.Aye.R said:
12 minutes ago, Bairnardo said:
Some people think they have to be a different way at work. Like you have to show hoe much you "care" to be effective at your job. These c***s, along with the c***s who are rude/disrespectful/bullying et cetera in a work context are societies worst. One of the things I hate most is when folk validate these types with "oh but see if you get him/her out of work they are brand new". Nope, if fulfilling your contractual obligations means you can't be civil, then you are an arsehole. Being at work doesn't mean you get a pass for cuntishness. 
 

Agree mostly, but theres the introverted types who maybe aren't that confident rather than being a c*nt. Its amazing how an out of work social thing can really help bring folk out their shell in the long run.

Oh aye, im only really on a specific sort there, and the ranting is because its a massive bugbear of mine. Of course there are folk who for one reason or another just aren't their full selves in a work enviroment

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34 minutes ago, Bairnardo said:

Oh aye, im only really on a specific sort there, and the ranting is because its a massive bugbear of mine. Of course there are folk who for one reason or another just aren't their full selves in a work enviroment

I’ve met a few people at work who I felt were wearing some kind of mask the entire time. You never saw the real them and it was just shifty and odd. Tended to be ones for the watching.

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59 minutes ago, Thorongil said:

I’ve met a few people at work who I felt were wearing some kind of mask the entire time. You never saw the real them and it was just shifty and odd. Tended to be ones for the watching.

I tend to find that introverted and shy people are preferable in a workplace environment to oversharers who make a point of telling anybody and everybody their business/daily dramas.

There’s obviously a balance though. 

 

 

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1 hour ago, anotherchance said:

I tend to find that introverted and shy people are preferable in a workplace environment to oversharers who make a point of telling anybody and everybody their business/daily dramas.

There’s obviously a balance though. 

 

 

These aren’t necessarily introverted or shy people I’m talking about.

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17 minutes ago, ThatBoyRonaldo said:

Can't believe it's moaning about Christmas nights out time on P&B already. Comes round earlier every year.

Your man a few posts back had the right idea. Turn up, show face, have a few drinks, leave early.

The nights are fair drawing in.

I do hope everyone's started wearing their poppies.

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10 hours ago, BFTD said:

Similar to this, I used to be in the local Wetherspoon fairly often as my son liked to go there for a meal - that's my excuse, and I'm sticking to it. Some of the staff started remembering him and were very nice to the wee boy, so I'd leave a tip when we left. Ran into one of them in the street after they'd found another job, and he told me not to bother with the tips, as it was company policy that staff have to hand it all over to the manager, and it was all kept in the safe and (supposedly) divided up as a 'bonus' at the end of the year. If you worked there from February 'til November, you ended up with hee-haw apart from your basic wage. Haven't been able to confirm that with anyone, but it's an odd thing to have made up.

I think these companies know exactly what message they're sending out TBH.

A quick look online seems to suggest tips are pooled and shared out to staff weekly.  Maybe each location has its own policy.

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I must be quite lucky. Our Christmas party is basically a free for all. We book out a hotel and invite all staff plus a lot of sun-contractors. All partners invited. Three course meal and a free bar all night. Added bonus that almost everyone in my work is sound as f**k so you get a good laugh

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18 hours ago, Torpar said:

I was recently assigned to a project in another area of our business along with 4 of my colleagues, we all had exactly the same training from one of the actual trainers in the company, we also have the boss of the other department and three other more experienced colleagues that we were told to direct questions towards. Instead 3 of the 4 people assigned to the project with me have decided I’m the one they should ask all their (often stupid) questions to. Apart from questions about the new work we are doing, which they could answer themselves if only they had paid attention in training, I’ve been asked how to search for something in Excel, is a phone number out of service if I get a message telling me it is out of service? How do I copy the contents of an email onto a word document? How do I move documents from one folder to another? Why can’t I see the date in Excel? (the column was too small) and Why can’t I get these two documents to sit beside each other in the folder like yours?

I sometimes wonder if they just pulled all the morons from our department to work from this other one, and how much of a moron that makes me.

 

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Raging that you posted that Simpsons image. I was thinking "Head Bee Guy" the whole way through reading 😂

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50 minutes ago, Aufc said:

I must be quite lucky. Our Christmas party is basically a free for all. We book out a hotel and invite all staff plus a lot of sun-contractors. All partners invited. Three course meal and a free bar all night. Added bonus that almost everyone in my work is sound as f**k so you get a good laugh

I worked at a (now long-defunct) IT company that did the same, seemingly so the owners could get pished and swan about the dining room angling for praise on their largesse. And by angling, I mean ARE YOU ENJOYING THAT DRINK? I PAID FOR THAT YOU KNOW.  :rolleyes:

Until I worked there, I didn't realise that the stereotype of dull office drones getting drunk and shagging each other at Christmas parties is something that actually happens.

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I was chatting to a guy I used to work with yesterday, the subject of past work nights out came up and one in particular that's quite funny to look back on now, so thought I’d share. Apologies for the length, it's been a slow day, stick with it though.

I lived and worked in Edinburgh city, sharing a flat with the missus, her brother and his girlfriend at Haymarket. It was during the Fringe, we all decided to go out, watch a few shows and probably get right on it. Everyone else had a day off (b*****ds) except me as work was busy, so after taking in a circus show I suggested it was in everyone's best interests that a scran should be had, before continuing. We bumped into a couple of lads I worked with in the pub, both working away from home, a large chap from Northern Ireland (Chris) who also liked a drink and a quieter chap from Kent (who I'll refer to as such) in his early 50's who no doubt was enjoying his freedom away from the wife. We had all the intentions of getting back out to take in what the Fringe had to offer, but it was one of those situations where everyone was just having a good time, sharing stories and we ended up carrying on drinking in this pub for many hours. 

Things started to take a turn as the tales of nights out grew wilder and Kent proclaimed he'd never been to the strippers before, leading to her brother insisting we should all go. At this point there was a certain level of concern growing for me for the following reasons. I worked for a well-known finance company with lots contractors, some of them I loosely managed and we drank quite often during the week. It got to the point recently, that the contractors in my team were calling in sick after nights out, my boss would always ask me what happened as he knew I'd be there, he never blamed me but I got the feeling he wanted to say something, although it wasn’t like him to hold back. The other reason is her brother is more or less unstoppable in terms of his ability to consume alcohol/substances, we've turned a few drinks into many days on more occasions than I can remember and I feared for Kent. 

Anyway, off we went to the ATMs, transferring money around and making withdrawals. The ladies rightfully and sensibly long since departed and me wishing I'd done the same, I'm essentially now a chaperone. Northern Irish Chris was my long-term drinking partner while we worked together, had been out with me and her brother a few times, knowing the recent events, we more or less simultaneously turned and said “I've got a really bad feeling about this." Then off we went. We headed for the Western Bar (I know, I know) for those who've never been it's about the worst choice of three on the triangle. It was all a good laugh though, as Kent's night had now become dances from rather large girls interspersed with shots of tequila and jaeger. He was loving it. Chris sensibly called it a night and things began to get hazy for me. I lost the other two, despite several phone calls I gave up, assumed all would be well, grabbed a takeaway and headed home. 

The next morning, I woke, her brother was in the flat, had all the lights on and was talking loudly to himself, still drunk at the very least. I had messages on my phone from Kent, advising that her brother was "crazy" and "he loved him", also accompanied by some blurry photos with some... women. Probably still drunk as well, I readied myself and ventured to the office. Chris was there, we had a laugh about last night and discussed a potential lunch time curer. Usually everyone was in around 9am, but no sign of Kent. I gave it 30 minutes and messaged him, which was not even delivered on WhatsApp. Great. Multiple enquiries from the boss, including if we were out last night, multiple failed attempts to reach his mobile had resulted in a lunchtime trip to his accommodation for me to see if I could rouse him. No answer, nothing. Genuinely starting to get worried now and the boss seemed anxious as well. One of the senior guys then told me, something similar to this happened before to the boss and the person had actually died! If I needed anything to increase my fear, this was it. I was frantically messaging her brother asking what happened to Kent, but he had no idea. By the afternoon a decision was made to use the emergency contact (his wife) to let her know her husband hadn't arrived at work and we couldn't reach him. She was incredibly worried and all day long I had people asking me what happened to Kent last night. Work day ends, Chris, her brother and I go to the pub to try and piece things together. Her bro indicates he left the last place they were in, tried to get Kent to leave, gave up and that was it really. Back at the flat later I have one last attempt to call Kent, which fails and I try to get some sleep. 

Next day I wake, try Kent's phone; still no answer, worry more and walk up to the office. I walk in and there he is, this fucking big idiot is sitting at his desk as if nothing happened, still wearing the same clothes he had on that night. Unreal. I said I think we might need a chat, he smelled like a pub carpet and had multiple booze stains on him. I was like "mate, where the f**k have you been and your wife is probably going to kill you, also, you'll be lucky to still have a job. Also please leave me out of your explanation." He just laughed and said he'd sort it out. At that point, I couldn't really see the funny side as people were genuinely worried for him and advised he may owe some people an explanation. He asked for a charger as his was broken, shortly after the phone powered on it was blowing up, ringing non-stop, he just chuckled and ignored it. His nonchalance for someone that was missing and uncontactable for a day with people fearing the worst was astounding.

So anyway, after a stern discussion from the boss, he continued to work for the company. His wife came up with him to Edinburgh the following week, I guess to take on the chaperone role. A month later he told me he'd resigned and was leaving that day. I found out years later from the boss that he'd actually sacked him and just let him tell people he left, he still asks me what really happened that night. I have never to this day found out the real story of what happened and Kent has never told me either, but her brothers’ recollections of the night improved to surmise he potentially went home with a sex worker. Perhaps had a really nice time.

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On 19/08/2021 at 08:15, hk blues said:

Ach, I've been to many over the years - some good, some just OK.  I've never been to a bad one but then again I've given a swerve to a few as I knew they'd be shite.  

I always enjoyed any I was at, although two of the places were more Christmas lunches rather than nights out. Not that we went back to the office.

At my first place of employment we junior staff organised our own nights out - usually once a month or even more frequently.

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16 hours ago, red23 said:

 

Equally i had a job where everyone paid in £5 in per month for nights out/xmas etc - the only one was the xmas night out and we got a £20 bottle of wine shared between 5 on the table. I asked the question where the money had gone and was told to stop complaining and be grateful. Later found out the boss who was on 100k plus was helping himself to it.

That's terrible

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