alcohol is the debbil

**nickel** · 12-11-2005, 11:22 AM

i went to an office Christmas party last night, open bar all night, but i was driving so i kept it on the low.
anyways, it's interesting to observe the actions of drunk people while you are sober.
it is quite amazing to see so many people who have significant others but seem to forget their obligation to them once they are sufficiently boozed up.
there were a few taken guys who propositioned me last night, and i know i could have taken it a step further quite easily.
i just wonder how many people do things they regret the next day or for a lifetime after their office Christmas party. i witnessed some indiscretions like fondling, kissing, and even a couple in the coatroom that i know wouldn't fly if the other party witnessed it.

anyone ever view things like this at an office Christmas party?

**MikeD** · 12-11-2005, 11:49 AM

Originally Posted by nickel

i went to an office Christmas party last night, open bar all night, but i was driving so i kept it on the low.
anyways, it's interesting to observe the actions of drunk people while you are sober.
it is quite amazing to see so many people who have significant others but seem to forget their obligation to them once they are sufficiently boozed up.
there were a few taken guys who propositioned me last night, and i know i could have taken it a step further quite easily.
i just wonder how many people do things they regret the next day or for a lifetime after their office Christmas party. i witnessed some indiscretions like fondling, kissing, and even a couple in the coatroom that i know wouldn't fly if the other party witnessed it.

anyone ever view things like this at an office Christmas party?

Heh, I saw my ex (from many moons ago) at my wife's office Christmas party on Friday night. Good thing my wife knows nada about that relationship...

Yeah, it happens. Then again, alot happens between folks who work together. Hell, you see them more than you see your spouse. It's bound to happen...

**ialsohaveadream** · 12-11-2005, 12:14 PM

Originally Posted by nickel

anyone ever view things like this at an office Christmas party?

Wow, timely! I just finished writing about mine.

Actually, while things sometimes go down at the Christmas parties, I think it's more common at conferences. Get a bunch of people together who know they're only going to be in town a few days and then will likely never see each other again, and magic happens.

**baggio248** · 12-12-2005, 07:57 AM

Last year one of the "higher ups" in my company drank WAAAYYY too much. She ended up visiting the porcelin god at the restaurant. Then she is ready to go home and trying to find out how she is going to get a taxi. As she is sitting outside, the owner of the company walks out and gives her a hundred dollar bill to pay for her taxi. That is slightly embarassing. We don't get an open bar this year. I guess this restaurant this year is alot nicer, but I also head that 2 years ago it was like this, and half way through he opened the bar.

**mcs328** · 12-12-2005, 08:00 AM

Mine are very tame since we have children come in and watch movies or do crafts and stuff. No one gets trashed and stuff.

**Butch** · 12-12-2005, 08:09 AM

Mine is always fun. Will actually be back in NYC in time for it this year, so I'll head over.

We always have it in a major club - rented usually until 10 or so, then they let the public in, but give us wrist bands so we can continue with the open bar.

It always gets fun and crazy.

2 years ago, our CEO was ****faced as she gave her speech at the end of the party . . . that was really funny . . .

Same year, when they opened up the club, it turned out to be Boy George's birthday party . . . place was packed with drunk business people and transvestites . . . that was really funny . . .

4 or 5 years ago, the HR assistant vomited on one of my co-workers she was making out with on the dance floor . . . in front of everyone . . . she promptly ran out of the place.

I've had my moments at the parties as well, but nothing too scandalous

Will be fun to go this year. I will be fresh off the plane from Germany (literally landing only like 3 hours earlier), so it will probably take me only 2 drinks to be woozy . . . and, I no longer work with these folks . . . well, at least not for the moment . . . may be back with them in a year or two . . . plenty of time for short memories to forget things

**LegendKiller** · 12-12-2005, 08:22 AM

I tend to avoid my company's parties, about the only people I find that I like hanging out with are the finance people and few of them would be all that much fun, the rest are in Vegas. I'll go out and get toasted with my boss and his boss any other day.

**Merlin** · 12-12-2005, 08:41 AM

Folks here are all pretty much sinck-in-the-mud types. None of them know how to relax.

**Butch** · 12-12-2005, 08:44 AM

I guess working in a company where probably 80% of employees are under 30, and about 70% are women, has its advantages

**brainsmile** · 12-12-2005, 09:10 AM

I once drank too many shirley temples

**Lolita** · 12-13-2005, 11:30 AM

Originally Posted by Butch

Mine is always fun. Will actually be back in NYC in time for it this year, so I'll head over.

We always have it in a major club - rented usually until 10 or so, then they let the public in, but give us wrist bands so we can continue with the open bar.

What club is it being held in this year?

**Butch** · 12-13-2005, 12:18 PM

Originally Posted by Lolita

What club is it being held in this year?

I don't know anything about the place this year, but it's called 'Glo' . . . in the Meatpacking district (well, a block north or so) towards Chelsea.

Last year was 'Show,' the year before was 'Plaid' . . . don't remember before that . . .

**mcs328** · 12-13-2005, 01:04 PM

Originally Posted by Butch

I guess working in a company where probably 80% of employees are under 30, and about 70% are women, has its advantages

My company make up is more like 90% over 30. I think the gender ratio is evenly split. The singles versus married people are also 90% married. No action potential going on here at all.

**nickel** · 12-13-2005, 01:06 PM

Originally Posted by brainsmile

I once drank too many shirley temples

on the good ship Lollipop?

**Lolita** · 12-13-2005, 01:24 PM

Originally Posted by Butch

I don't know anything about the place this year, but it's called 'Glo' . . . in the Meatpacking district (well, a block north or so) towards Chelsea.

Last year was 'Show,' the year before was 'Plaid' . . . don't remember before that . . .

Heh, that's so funny I had a feeling you'd say Glo. I've been there and I liked it

Enjoy the party.

**esme** · 12-13-2005, 01:41 PM

Originally Posted by mcs328

My company make up is more like 90% over 30. I think the gender ratio is evenly split. The singles versus married people are also 90% married. No action potential going on here at all.

that's so similar to where i work.

90% married/divorced/over 30 (i'm the youngest)

**Butch** · 12-14-2005, 12:46 PM

Originally Posted by Lolita

Heh, that's so funny I had a feeling you'd say Glo. I've been there and I liked it

Enjoy the party.

Quite a coincidence

So it's a good place? Nifty! Of course, I'll probably be too exhausted to enjoy it . . . the party is about 2 hours after I get off the plane tomorrow . . . starting at midnight Frankfurt time!

Oh well, will be fun

**BigJon** · 12-14-2005, 03:58 PM

I have yet to work for a company who has an ACTUAL Christmas party. The closest I've gotten is the current where the owners and CEOs give out prizes (including free airline tickets).

**welfareloser** · 12-14-2005, 06:08 PM

alcohol doesn't cause that... it just makes for a good excuse in the morning. it's almost entirely psychological... if an open beer in your hand = i'm relaxing, woooohooooo! ... then you only act that way when drinking, but it ain't the drinking that causes it. i always used to get so annoyed in undergrad/high school when i'd hear girls say "and then i got SOOOO drunk that i made out with/ slept with/ etc..." yeah. like it was something that just happened to them because, oopsie, they accidentally drank too much. as if the alcohol somehow gets them off the hook, intent-wise. i'd just sit there, nod and smile and grit my teeth, thinking, the intent was aaaaallllll you, honey

i'm really beginning to think that about 80% of people in "committed" relationships... shouldn't be.

so anyway. it wasn't the beer goggles that made em think you were cute, nickel

**gear02** · 12-14-2005, 06:32 PM

I'm surprised people will drink that much at a company party. Even if it's all free you're drinking with people who you're working with AND your managers. There's too much chance you might do something that will get you fired or cause issues with your career.

That's stunning to see how people, considering how careful they are with their careers, would do such a thing.

**Agent Plissken** · 12-15-2005, 01:17 PM

We dont get a Christmas party this year because someone didnt book a place in time, and now there is nowhere large enough for us. (2,700 peeps)
So now they are just giving us $50 GCs for our cafeteria (which is a rip off anyway)
Oh well. Maybe next year I can get drunk and act the fool!

**ShawnLee** · 12-15-2005, 01:34 PM

Originally Posted by BigJon

I have yet to work for a company who has an ACTUAL Christmas party.

Same here. I'm not sure how fun any party I would have would be.

**clutchy** · 12-15-2005, 02:08 PM

http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/..._Her_Boss.html

please tell me you guys have seen this video?!? This chick is talking about her boss being cheap at a party of some kind, I think it's a christmas party... look at her friends faces... then she tries to play it off

**zenbooty** · 12-15-2005, 03:23 PM

Originally Posted by welfareloser

i always used to get so annoyed in undergrad/high school when i'd hear girls say "and then i got SOOOO drunk that i made out with/ slept with/ etc..." yeah. like it was something that just happened to them because, oopsie, they accidentally drank too much. as if the alcohol somehow gets them off the hook, intent-wise. i'd just sit there, nod and smile and grit my teeth, thinking, the intent was aaaaallllll you, honey

Alcohol doesn't make you into a different person, it just impairs your ego's ability to hide those facets of your persona that you normally don't want others to witness. In short, the drunken you is the more "complete, honest" you.

You say you didn't think
You said you had too much to drink
Is it in the chemical?
Or is it just some part of you?

Say you don't want it,
You don't want it,
Say you don't want it,
But then, you slip it on in!

**eSDee** · 12-15-2005, 06:31 PM

Originally Posted by clutchy

http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/..._Her_Boss.html

please tell me you guys have seen this video?!? This chick is talking about her boss being cheap at a party of some kind, I think it's a christmas party... look at her friends faces... then she tries to play it off

Fake.

**clutchy** · 12-15-2005, 06:45 PM

Originally Posted by eSDeeLoco

Fake.

fake? I don't think so...

**ialsohaveadream** · 12-15-2005, 06:59 PM

Originally Posted by clutchy

fake? I don't think so...

I do. I've seen that before. Definitely looks staged.

**welfareloser** · 12-15-2005, 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by zenbooty

Alcohol doesn't make you into a different person, it just impairs your ego's ability to hide those facets of your persona that you normally don't want others to witness. In short, the drunken you is the more "complete, honest" you.

well, i know i'm solidly in the microscopic minority with this opinion, but i'd even disagree with that... i think the "impairment" that occurs is about 5% of the problem when people go hittin on strange "because" they are drunk. and i mean 5% max, if you're on the verge of alcohol poisoning. i think blaming alcohol is like blaming, say, the object of your affection's pheromone-containing perfume. it's not something that makes your pants fall off. it's a tiny, tiny effect, and the rest is all you, secretly jumping for joy on the inside at having such a wonderful excuse to get dirty

i think most people could easily control the urges, that their inhibitions are 95% intact, and they just choose not control it and use alcohol as a cover.