Work Christmas Night Out 2018?

[Clydeside_Sheep]

What is (or was) your work christmas night out this year and was it any good?  Also reminisce regarding notable work christmas nights of yesteryear.

 

 

This year we went to Sapporro Teppanyaki (Ingram St) - japanese.  Then we went to the brew dog pub in merchant city.

 

I couldnt be arsed going and was angry I had agreed (months ago).  But I went and actually had a really great time.  We had the whole of a grill/table area to ourselves and the place was busy, so a great atmosphere.  The food was fantastic (and I was one of the stand outs who managed to catch the thrown piece of potato - ha).  I had tofu soup, squid tempura and then salmon togarashi (with sauteed potatos and egg fried rice), then strawberry ice cream.  And 3-4 pints over dinner.  Fantastic.  

 

Years ago, i worked in an insurance office and went to one of those "office party" nights at the (then) moat house hotel.  My g/f also worked there and we went in a big group.  We had been drinking all day and I fell asleep in the taxi on the way to the night out.   I ate my traditional christmas dinner and perked up a bit.  Then I went to the toilet and spewed my ring down the front of my shirt, while sitting on the pan.  It made a big thick cowpat of sickness on the group, which leaked out under the door.  Someone was banging on the door urgently, but I just said nothing until they went away.  Then I snuck out, with my jacket done right up to the neck, stinking of spew.  We had to leave early and my g/f was raging.  Merry Christmas!

[Poodler]

Good effort at the insurance job!!

 

 

Never ever do work socialising. Try not to have friendships there beyond the working environment. Even stopped sleeping with the young eens since creeping into the 30's.

Our een was the weekend just passed, a colleague of mine shagged the barman. I nodded in approval.

 

I put £60 on the table for a retirement party coming up on the 2nd Feb. For a good honest worker. Won't be there in person though.

[Poodler]

Lone drinking/ music. Bloody perfect

[For Fecks Sake]

Enjoy having a quiet one in the Grill from time to time catching up with the goings on here as well as watching the array of punters coming and going in that place. Bliss.

[For Fecks Sake]

Usually get in to a scrap with a workmate/boss when out in a group of fellow colleagues (they don’t like my unorthodox working style, and outgoing personality SIWS)

 

Tonight is my work’s Christmas do;

 

Me

Bahrain

Curry

Booze

Women

Live music

unorthodox working style = awkward cunt, pain in the arse who moans like fuck

[Poodler]

 

 

In other words - Jealousy

 

Better than their seminal rock Ballad 'don't stop believin' anyway

[For Fecks Sake]

Wrong

 

Do things my own way whilst gaining praise and continually being requested back by the clients

 

In other words - Jealousy

Did anyone else read above but hear it in a dramatic Hollywood voice over kind of way...?

 

"Sylvester Stallone stars as Bad Mobby in the Hollywood tale of the nomadic single hellraiser living a sex, drugs, Rowies and rock and roll lifestyle.....

 

(Cut to clip of Sly squaring up to his boss in an office on a refinery in the middle of the dessert shouting)

 

'Wrong

 

I Do things my own way whilst gaining praise and continually being requested back by the clients.

 

In other words - Jealousy'

 

Nae coming to a cinema near you in 2020...

 

 

[For Fecks Sake]

I hope Sly in the middle of some sticky toffee pudding or a nice cheesecake

Fuck, so many grammatical errors in my post, that's what I get for drinking so early

[Poodler]

You on the ran-dan FFS?

[For Fecks Sake]

Aye, on holiday and making the most of it. It's been a shite year for many a reason but I am going to ensure I enjoy my time off

[Henry]

You on the ran-dan

 

Loved Black Betty

[Bluto10]

What’s UR Xmas nite out H min?

 

Do you get them up your way?

[amancalledbuck]

I’ve never been to a work Christmas do.

[Henry]

What’s UR Xmas nite out H min?

 

Do you get them up your way?

 

Aye stopping day normally a decent occasion.

 

Ours is Friday. Good food, plenty of drink. Looking forward to it

[Quagmire]

My works nights out when I was 17-18 involved the company hiring out Franklyns for all the guys that worked there, free drink for a set amount of time and strippers employed to humiliate all the apprentices and trainees. 

 

I presume that would be heavily frowned upon these days. 

[Clydeside_Sheep]

 I went to the toilet and spewed my ring down the front of my shirt, while sitting on the pan.  It made a big thick cowpat of sickness on the group

 

Just to clarify - that's meant to say "on the ground" not the "group".

 

It definitely wasn't a fetish party or anything like that.

[Clydeside_Sheep]

Today’s modern snowflake non binary apprentice would be raising lawsuits after the experience .

 

Yes, Parklife is like a fart in a space suit at social gatherings.

 

(much like he is on here).

[BrianFaePerth]

Highlight for me this year, other than the ladies in summer dresses had to be the CFO making racist statements to anyone who'd listen after a few jars. Nobody gave a fuck.

[Sonoftherock]

Was working during our first xmas night out.... and our second, department night out, is kicking off right now actually.  Again, I'm currently working.

 

I usually quite enjoy the work xmas night as I can hold my drink reasonably well... the majority of my colleagues cannot, which usually keeps me entertained.

[YorkDon]

Arrived at my work in October so I missed out on the Xmas do this year,but at £35 a head i’m nae that fussed!

[BrianFaePerth]

Was working during our first xmas night out.... and our second, department night out, is kicking off right now actually. Again, I'm currently working.

whoever does the shift planning thinks ahead.

[mcdougall(4)]

whoever does the shift planning thinks ahead.

 

 

We know whoever plans yours didn't do it in Edinburgh 

 

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/panic-as-body-spray-sparks-terrifying-stampede-at-edinburgh-nightclub-1-4845350

[The Boofon]

Arrived at my work in October so I missed out on the Xmas do this year,but at £35 a head i’m nae that fussed!

You’d think they’d have been a bit more accommodating. FFS.

 

You’re not allowed as you joined 2 months ago.

[Fridge]

I joined an Operator 7 or 8 years ago on something like the 10th December.

 

They had a bonus scheme based on performance and how well the company performed. As I was too new to rate I automatically received a average appraisal score, bonus was divided by 12 for my tenure. Ended up getting about £1200

Bonus for doing literally fuck all other than some induction courses and attending Christmas freebies.

 

The good old days, lucky if you a HH jacket now.....!!!

[The Boofon]

Yearly bonus for us reliant on 3 factors. Personal performance, group performance and company performance.

 

Paid in April though.

 

Get fuck all if someone gets killed. Harsh IMO.

[Fridge]

That used piss to me off also, LTIs etc Some stupid prick in Nigeria decides to fall off a platform and it affects a global companies metrics. Fuck are they expecting me to do to prevent it.

[Nelly]

Xmas lunch on Thursday which will go on into the evening, all free of charge as there are only 10 of us in the office.

 

Bonus paid on Friday too then off until after new year.

 

I hear this 9-5 lifestyle is shit though

[Nelly]

Doubler

[Redforever86]

That used piss to me off also, LTIs etc Some stupid prick in Nigeria decides to fall off a platform and it affects a global companies metrics. Fuck are they expecting me to do to prevent it.

 

Nae push him. 

[dave_min]

That used piss to me off also, LTIs etc Some stupid prick in Nigeria decides to fall off a platform and it affects a global companies metrics. Fuck are they expecting me to do to prevent it.

Sounds like you need to make safety personal.