Yeah my colleagues are moaning and calling it “madness” that they can’t get free booze and free curry on the house this year (mind you we had a night out two weeks ago). They even chose a place where one can be “loud” aka disgustingly drunk. I for one am grateful to escape the awkward conversation and watching my esteemed colleagues making fools of themselves.
My team ran a poll this year to see how many people wanted a Christmas do. Turned out the figure was under 10%.
Our works Xmas do has always been planed and executed by the staff literally just agree to meet at a pub.
The knock-on effect on hospitality this year is going to be *disastrous* for a lot of pubs and restaurants, particularly the further on the media speculation over this variant continues. January is traditionally a quiet time of year and they rely on money from Christmas parties to keep things ticking over – on top of having to repay bounce back loans now, and general loss of takings over the pandemic, I’m hoping they manage to pull through.
Odd, saw rooms with hundreds of people them in just walking around London, as there have been for weeks. Very odd indeed
I’ve been to precisely *one* works xmas do in 30-odd years of working, and that was absolutely bloody awful.
I chose to socialise with my actual friends, not a bunch of randoms I was forced to spend 40 hours a week with to avoid being homeless.
They were taking a vote at work today on whether we should have an in person get together or a virtual Christmas party. I cannot think of anything more depressing that sitting on webcam drinking.
My fucking works do is still on tomorrow. Fat chance of that being cancelled.
Pubs will be packed shoulder to shoulder with people complaining that covid makes it unsafe for them to go to work 🙄
My work offered me a £25 gift card if I chose not to attend the Christmas party. Win win!
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Yeah my colleagues are moaning and calling it “madness” that they can’t get free booze and free curry on the house this year (mind you we had a night out two weeks ago). They even chose a place where one can be “loud” aka disgustingly drunk. I for one am grateful to escape the awkward conversation and watching my esteemed colleagues making fools of themselves.
My team ran a poll this year to see how many people wanted a Christmas do. Turned out the figure was under 10%.
All is not lost:
>[Companies to allow employees to quietly have individual Christmas parties at their desks](https://newsthump.com/2021/12/02/companies-to-allow-employees-to-quietly-have-individual-christmas-parties-at-their-desks/)
Our works Xmas do has always been planed and executed by the staff literally just agree to meet at a pub.
The knock-on effect on hospitality this year is going to be *disastrous* for a lot of pubs and restaurants, particularly the further on the media speculation over this variant continues. January is traditionally a quiet time of year and they rely on money from Christmas parties to keep things ticking over – on top of having to repay bounce back loans now, and general loss of takings over the pandemic, I’m hoping they manage to pull through.
Odd, saw rooms with hundreds of people them in just walking around London, as there have been for weeks. Very odd indeed
I’ve been to precisely *one* works xmas do in 30-odd years of working, and that was absolutely bloody awful.
I chose to socialise with my actual friends, not a bunch of randoms I was forced to spend 40 hours a week with to avoid being homeless.
They were taking a vote at work today on whether we should have an in person get together or a virtual Christmas party. I cannot think of anything more depressing that sitting on webcam drinking.
My fucking works do is still on tomorrow. Fat chance of that being cancelled.
Pubs will be packed shoulder to shoulder with people complaining that covid makes it unsafe for them to go to work 🙄
My work offered me a £25 gift card if I chose not to attend the Christmas party. Win win!