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...very well spotted abckenny:)) you clever boy.

Posted by: istj54 at May 7, 2008 5:03 PM

Where I work we don't have work functions.In fact I often wonder how the place functions at all.Some days it is just like Luna Park though and we all turn up "JUST FOR FUN"

J.L. Are you doing the timewarp there?

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Posted by: abckenny at May 7, 2008 12:01 PM

....I've been to a few footy functions that went badly wrong...but maybe I should take it over to the cheating page:))...off to work to earn a crust...seeyez later.

Posted by: istj54 at May 7, 2008 7:22 AM

okay we all know work functions go wrong because there is far too much alcohol, not enough food and some people swill and go stupid. Now enough, it's all boring, just like the footy in WA. Did you see the Dockers coach on TV, what a wally he looks. It's funny because he sounds quite good on paper but a bit over emotional and I think again someone's relative or something. The team plays the same whoever coaches them so you would wonder why they bother, just play without one I think and they would do as well.

Posted by: iaminperth at May 6, 2008 10:10 PM

This blog reminds me of a footy team that doesnt kick a goal, just kicks lots of points, so the frustrated supporter and the happy supporter of the other side yell out simultaneously hey >>>> 6 of them make a goal.

Maybe we will all come here and chat sometime and the blog will get to 100

Posted by: virgil at May 6, 2008 9:37 PM

Hang on istj54, old faithfulls still trying to help Karina out on this one, good to see the old call sign back, Lo there are dozens, but not knowing whos behind the call signs better not open up. How was you sabatical?
Cheers OG

Posted by: oldergent at May 6, 2008 9:32 PM

Can you count a staff meeting as a work function...once again the dreaded alcohol can make them go badly wrong...one glass of wine in the afternoon when you are all tired...maybe I should write this in the how to spice things up blog...lots of inappropriate giggling and silly suggestions...I look forward to reading the minutes...I feel like this blog is all mine. I might start using it as a my own personal blog...if no one else has any contributions. Surely you have some funny party stories to tell.

Posted by: istj54 at May 6, 2008 6:44 PM

Well having catered for a few of these work, Xmas call them what you will functions.
I can only offer Murphy's law. If it can it will, sometimes gloriously, some times sadly, always if you are not involved, interestingly.
Strangely it was always the women who took the most delight in sending the men home (drunk) with pantyhose, knickers, lipstick etc stuck in the most compromising places, ( hanging out the back of the trousers, in pockets) lipstick marks on inappropriate places. The once I did see men do the seriously wrong thing was to send one woman home drunk with used condoms in her purse, with grave results, that destroyed three families. But you only seem to hear of these things after the event. Happily most of the work functions only ended in barneys, push and shove and cat fights. My private work parties were the best, good food, plenty of booze, laughs and drama, and every body saying "When's the next one".
Cheers OG

Posted by: oldergent at May 3, 2008 11:35 PM

Hi Karina

I reckon you could hold this one open for another month, and you still wouldn't crack 100 posts - unless you closed all the others, and the addicts had nowhere else to post.

Posted by: timewarp1 at May 3, 2008 2:05 PM

Oh Dear...nothing happening in here...on topic, I've thought up a new one for work functions going wrong and there being on-going problems ever afterwards...people who save seats for their friends or the so-called in-crowd...you arrive at the restaurant and go to sit in an available chair and are told that it is being saved for someone...so off you go to the vacant table feeling like you know what...but never fear it is soon filled with all the other rejects...or so you now feel...and then they are lal kicking on somewhere else but you are not invited...but they all talk and laugh about it for weeks after...This has happened at many work functions that I have attended over the years to the point that I never want to go to another...guess it all boils down to accepting individuals and being inclusive...some people just can't do it...but it has made for strained relationships and lowered morale in the workplaces and elsewhere.

Posted by: lailaj at May 3, 2008 9:03 AM

Hi decoratress,
I have placed your suggestion on my list of topics and I should post it sometime soon.
Thank you
Karina

Posted by: rsvpproducttest3 at April 30, 2008 2:11 PM

lailaj..

Definitely..
I've given people the benefit of the doubt all my life.. sometimes it works & sometimes it doesn't!
We learn from both experiences.

I refuse, however, to let the bad ones make me cynical or distrustful.. that's becoming a prisoner of the past.. & anyway, it's not in my nature.

Red flags, though, & warning bells.. yes, they're often there & ignored. I hope I've learned enough to pay attention to them.. & run/drive/hop/skip/jump in the opposite direction!

Posted by: decoratress at April 30, 2008 12:43 PM

Lailaj you are so right........those red flags can be fluttering so hard they are almost blowing away and yet we ignore them because of how we want things to be........have done this over and over :(
Slow learner, me, always far too ready to take people at face value and give everyone the benefit of the doubt.

Welcome back by the way :)

Posted by: jenjen57 at April 30, 2008 12:03 PM

Decoratress, I think we often do have that intuition but choose to ignore it because we are carried away with our projctions of what we so badly want to be...just a thought. I know, for sure, that I have done this in the past and then there has been much hand wringing asking myself why I ignored that field of red flags blowing in the breeeze.
I guess the hard thing is to fllow up on that intuition...but as humans we often like to give people the benefit of the doubt. I know I do.

Posted by: lailaj at April 30, 2008 11:05 AM

Hi there Karina..

How about the topic
"Intuition... How Good is Yours?"
(or should I re-word that to read "... Does it Work for You?" ..to keep at least one word on topic, hahaha!)

Intuition is vital when on a dating site...
Is it a traffic light, or just a little niggle at the back of your mind which is easily ignored?
How can you improve it, & use it to your advantage?

I'm sure that discussion & advice on this subject would be helpful to members, & be very appropriate for RSVP?

Posted by: decoratress at April 30, 2008 10:04 AM

Yeah, but what about making passes at co workers, since?

Posted by: laughsandtalks at April 30, 2008 3:34 AM

That's a given..I love flirting. It is tonic for the heart and the soul and gets you through the dreary winter months...and makes someone else's day too:))

Posted by: lailaj at April 30, 2008 8:18 AM

lailaj at April 27, 2008 4:40 PM

.....I've never overindulged at a work function since:)) I swear!

Yeah, but what about making passes at co workers, since?

Posted by: laughsandtalks at April 30, 2008 3:34 AM

Hi Karina,
What about the topic of how you tell the other after a date you don't want to keep seeing them? Do you tell them by text, email, face to face etc. Curious as to what others think.

Posted by: dontknowwhy08 at April 29, 2008 6:25 PM

Hi virgil,
I have placed two new topics but I am going to let this one run for a couple of more days. I usually let them run for a period of time even if they are not super popular. The two new topics should make up for the less interesting one.
Cheers,
Karina

Posted by: rsvpproducttest3 at April 29, 2008 3:40 PM

Karina

Why dont you close this, as it is clear no one is interested in it, and repalce it with another take on a popular topic, like expectations? of the dating experience or anything but this?

Posted by: virgil at April 29, 2008 11:19 AM

I'm beginning to think that work functions go wrong because of jealousy and betrayals...and the lossening of inhibitions caused by too much alcohol.
My most embarassing one was many years ago when I had that one too many and made a most inappropriate pass at one of my married, very happily, co-workers.

I woke up next morning mortififed and wondering what on earth to do....I couldn't go to work...but had to. I decided to pretend I couldn't remember a thing about it...worked very, very well as when it was commented on, by said victim of my advances, another co-worker said, "She doesn't remember a thing, mate!"...as I stared vacantly around me. A lesson very well learned, I can tell you. I've never overindulged at a work function since:)) I swear!

Posted by: lailaj at April 27, 2008 4:40 PM

Hey Troy
not annoying at all.Was surprised that it went through in the first place but I must have hit a nerve.She is determined to keep this blog alive even if most of us see it as flogging a dead horse.
Cheers
Kenny

Posted by: abckenny at April 24, 2008 4:17 PM

So kenny, are you just learning this haha. First time moderated?...annoying isn't it. Try again, sometimes an identical post will go through the second time, although, if you did mention what it seemed you mentioned, I wouldn't bet on it :-)

Troy

Posted by: troyohboy at April 24, 2008 2:49 PM

Obviously F.P. one should never ask a woman what colour her hair is or question their level of competence or question their intellect.

Posted by: abckenny at April 24, 2008 2:24 PM

What happened to Abckenny's post, which was posted after 12.06 pm, and before Troys @ 1.21 pm? .It was funny and appropriate, and on topic..so where's it gone?

Posted by: femalepersuasion at April 24, 2008 1:59 PM

Karina
what happened to your sense of humour?

Posted by: abckenny at April 24, 2008 1:30 PM

Posted by: rsvpproducttest3 at April 24, 2008 12:06 PM

I think you missed Ww's pun Karina. Subtle boy that he is haha.

Troy

Posted by: troyohboy at April 24, 2008 1:21 PM

Hi woodnwine,
What happened on your work function? You got me all curious.
Cheers,
Karina

Posted by: rsvpproducttest3 at April 24, 2008 12:06 PM

It is sage advice to always carry a small botlle of soda water in ones handbag or manbag for a variety of party problems...such as spilt red wine....too many horses doovers...to water down your wine...or simply to use over the head of the once a year, ardent suitor who appears at office parties seemingly out of the woodwork.

Posted by: lailaj at April 23, 2008 5:24 PM

Woodnwine-mine unfortunately always seem to involve red wine.....and you guessed it..when I am wearing white :)

Posted by: femalepersuasion at April 23, 2008 4:56 PM

One of my work functions went wrong today .... MS Outlook.

Posted by: woodnwine at April 23, 2008 3:52 PM

Dunno Karina.
The best Xmas do I ran had 2 divorces 3 fights and 3 conceptions, and the police called in the small hours getting into the grog left over, talked about locally for years, doesn't seem to happen any more a good party among friends.
Cheers OG
ps and nobody sacked on resumption of work.

Posted by: oldergent at April 23, 2008 3:22 PM

Hi elegant68,
As an old boss of mine used to say. "When comes down to work functions it's best to keep it to the driving limit". I always think about that when I am on a work function
Cheers,
Karina

Posted by: rsvpproducttest3 at April 23, 2008 11:50 AM

This doesn't seem to be a very popular Topic, Karina, going by the number of posts.

Could we perhaps have a topic from the suggestions everyone gave in the Topic asking for them?

I seem to remember there were some very good ideas, which may attract more comment than this one?

Posted by: decoratress at April 22, 2008 12:17 PM

Karina,
I chuckled when I read your comment re: Work Shows, I have a history of one drink too many at a few work shows, so have avoided them. I guess we all need to take responsibility for our actions, however when it comes to work and play I have learnt the hard way that it does'nt mix so well. I highly recommend to keep the drinks to a minimum and head home early, as the night can become very messy, the truths of your workplace come to the surface. Also you have to face the music the following week and that may not be in ones best interest. Thank you

Posted by: elegant68 at April 21, 2008 9:31 PM

Chrome, your main profile picture is okay, but your second, third, and fourth are soooo much nicer......was that the kind of input you were asking for?? Totally an honest opinion, and young lasses in Perth should take a look..................K

Posted by: auntykaz at April 21, 2008 8:36 PM

Marcus, if you tell us when it's your birthday and get a couple of birthday wishes of your own, will it make you less grumpy about people sharing camaraderie??

Posted by: malsie at April 21, 2008 4:01 PM

Hey, Marcus, maybe you can have a birthday bash and we can all come and share in the good cheer..........K

Posted by: auntykaz at April 21, 2008 8:33 PM

Chrome

The other thing I was thinking of was actually adressed by another blogger, and that is switching your primary photo with one of your gallery photo's, as your primary photo shows your eyes mostly closed.

I hope that helps.

Posted by: virgil at April 21, 2008 8:09 PM

I arrived around midnight to work and walked into the office and switched on the light. Shoe, sock and then work mate walks up, I can hear noises in the cubicle behind. Pretty obvious scene, I tell him I have to talk to downstairs and excuse myself.

Female work mate comes down and I play totally dumb. Talking inane subjects and not letting on that I knew. It was pretty obvious what was happening.

Fast forward two weeks and a dinner with work. I drop the subject of wanting to one day walk in on someone being inappropriate at work. Should have seen the male work mate squirm.

Yes it was a little mean but I never let on until both had left the company what the story was, it was between them and me.

Posted by: mrfriskey at April 21, 2008 8:01 PM

chrome79 - sorry mate, what is it you want advice on?

Posted by: woodnwine at April 21, 2008 7:43 PM

RE:Listen up guys and girls!
junebaby57 at April 21, 2008 7:39 AM
wishfulthinker03 at April 20, 2008 10:20 PM
virgil at April 20, 2008 10:19 PM

Not replying to kisses...

Thank you for your replys guys, sorry I didn't get back in time before the topic closed.
I don't think their rude Junebaby57 (I hope), maybe just very busy or a little to shy? I admit, I prefer the woman to make the first move but very few do.
Wish I had some lint Wishfulthinker03 :P and your very nice to add the compliments. I've had same bad photos up in the past but it's all me so I'm not in a rush to make sure my absolute best photo is what others see first. I usually look a lot worse than that!
Virgil, I've been told by female friends that I've already said too much as they would prefer more mystery, oh well. I'm still interested in hearing any advice, or will I regret asking for it? :P
Thanks again. :)

Posted by: chrome79 at April 21, 2008 6:29 PM

Wow ... bring on some new topics and get some fun happening again.

Posted by: woodnwine at April 21, 2008 6:27 PM

Malsie. I've nothing against birthday camaraderie and will be happy to accept my 9th complimentary birthday stamp from the Management.
I was having a dig at those dobbing and who also somehow think Karina is the omnipotent blogmeister knower and checker and rectifier of all things untoward.
Cheers Starlene.

Posted by: laughsandtalks at April 21, 2008 6:11 PM

WnW

I agree, these topics are irrelevant to most of us, well this one might be OK in December or January, but around Anzac day?

Posted by: virgil at April 21, 2008 4:31 PM

It looks like the Listen Up blog is about to be shut soon, so will post here instead...
Marcus, if you tell us when it's your birthday and get a couple of birthday wishes of your own, will it make you less grumpy about people sharing camaraderie??

Posted by: malsie at April 21, 2008 4:01 PM

How to kill the blogs in 2 easy moves.

Posted by: woodnwine at April 21, 2008 3:08 PM

Karina

I feel this blog should be retired in the morning, and replaced with one that is relevant to the target market, ie singles 45plus.

Posted by: virgil at April 20, 2008 7:25 PM

Gosh I remember the first work function I went to. I was 17, too young to drink, too young to understand PC (sometimes I still am). There was a female supervisor at work who everyone disliked. She was an evil bitch. Anyway the cheap cask wine they threw on this night coincided with her 30th birthday so I decided to tell her that she wasn't so bad once she'd had a few. Not the best move of my life. Anyway we (boyfriend and I) followed on to dinner with one colleague and her husband and I was decidedly green. Her husband noticed and said he would get me a water and, kind soul that he was, got me straight vodka instead. The joke was on him (literally) when I raised the glass to my lips and tasted the vodka and promptly emptied my stomach onto the table, of which he was sitting on the opposite side. My least proud moment of my life.

Thankfully I've never had a repeat of this performance. Although I have many other stories I'd prefer to keep in the treasure chest

Posted by: kim30s at April 19, 2008 11:40 PM

This topic is the worst "sneak in and advertisement for Luna Park"
I have ever read..

Posted by: thelynathdiary at April 19, 2008 10:23 PM

Hi Jewels,
Yes the same wishes from me for your son; do you hear from him often?
My eldest son is keen to join the Army Reserve and I do know that some of the reservists have gone overseas.
I'm not sure how I would cope if he went to a place like Iraq or Afghanistan, but I guess you just have to, like others have done in previous generations.
I can well understand why you couldn't sleep after his 'phone call :)

Posted by: amberlight58 at April 19, 2008 9:38 PM

Karina, I don't think this topic is going anywhere in a hurry.
Virgil @ 9.21am was spot on!!!

Posted by: amdoingit at April 19, 2008 9:01 PM

Bill, some things a lady needs to keep to herself.. Rest assured I would be wearing an almighty grin but that would be hard to detect from where you are.. Perhaps my writing would give me away??? Time will tell... Hmm !!!
Enjoy your next weeks meets.. Cheers.."G"

Posted by: amdoingit at April 19, 2008 8:42 PM

"G" @ 6.53pm: Assuredly in jest. If you actually were, I'm sure you'd tell me the good news off-line.

Posted by: timewarp1 at April 19, 2008 7:44 PM

Bill @ 12.24p...You're probably no orphan for thinking along the lines that you did. In jest I know.. It was wasn't it??
Name only came about when a friend convinced me to join the site. Had trouble coming up with a name on the spot and anything I liked was already taken.. She was getting cranky and I was all set to give up and not register. After a few heated exchanges I said ok I'm doing it and that's how it came about. Really didn't think much of it at the time but a name change has been on my mind of late. Could conjur up unwanted connotations???
Cheers..."G"

Posted by: amdoingit at April 19, 2008 6:53 PM

"G" @ 9.48am: You know me - always the pedant. But I have to own up to the question mark. Irresistable.

Posted by: timewarp1 at April 19, 2008 12:24 PM

Stangely enough, l have always behaved fairly elegantly at work functions....
Family functions though, now that is a very different kettle of fish.....

I guess the peril of the work function is that alcohol loosens tongues, have seen it many times, and it usually isn't a pretty sight, and even worse in the cold hard light of day.....

JenJen, that was a very witty list of "why we should drink at work"......keep em coming!

Agree Jewels, over the team leader thing....
I am a Team Leader, and the silly rubbish l deal with between staff is draining to say the least....and they are sober!! I usually deal with things very diplomatically, but would, at times, love to say to them get the hell over it, you are adults or gods sake!!

Ah, the peril of being in charge of staff knows no boundaries sometimes..................................K

Posted by: auntykaz at April 19, 2008 11:18 AM

Posted by: junebaby57 at April 19, 2008 4:42 AM

Hope all is well with your son in Iraq Jewels.

Isn't technology a wonderful thing - that he can keep in touch from such a distance and under such turbulent and volatile condtions.

May God watch over him and keep him safe.

Posted by: jenjen57 at April 19, 2008 11:13 AM

Bill, re youredoingit? @ 12.41pm.. The answer is "I wish" !!!! Cheers..."G"

Posted by: amdoingit at April 19, 2008 9:48 AM

Karina

This topic would have ben brilliant to run early December, or maybe even early January.

It seems the time context is wrong.

Given the conflict of the last week, is it reasonable to think we will be prepared to bare our souls in this blog?

Posted by: virgil at April 19, 2008 9:41 AM

jenjen so funny but sometimes, some of the things in your list can be soooo true. Especaially about making work mates look more attractive!!

I don't go to the work christmas party any more, over the last 25 working years, I have seen to many drunks, too many flirts...myself included, to many "did you see that married man with that single or married woman" type scenario, to much gossip, and too much of management trying to be the nice guy once a year!!! When they are aXXXholes for the rest of the year!!!!

Then there is the occaisional sexual harrassment case that has come out of said party...and as a past team leader, the last thing you want to be working or worrying about while you are on your own christmas leave, is working out some stupid case where one staff member got pissed and came onto the wrong female, who then puts in a complaint...the bloke can't remember it....but you have to action and resolve the complaint....god, the rule at a christmas free for all should be :"""enter at your own peril.....don't come complaining to management if something goes wrong, with inebriated work mates, you are adults work it out before you come back to work!!!!!"""

Being a team leader was so much like being a mum!!! I have moved to Project management and love it...I can actaully concentrate on the work and see jobs get installed and completed, someone else now worries about all the things that guys at work managed to complain about!!!

Actually being a mum was a bit easier, if you wanted to say no, you can and the kids have to abide or obey as you pay them pocket money ......any way just my thoughts so early in the morning.....I am up as my boy has just phoned home from Iraq and I can't get back to sleep.... hope every one else sleeps well....jewels

Posted by: junebaby57 at April 19, 2008 4:42 AM

youredoingit? @ 12.41pm: Nothing much very personal and embarrassing to report, ma'am.

Drank too much free grog at a couple of Uni Oenophilist Society dinners in my very early 20s - and noticed that girls who'd wanted to sit at my lunch table at the refectory were now avoiding me. Obviously bad PR, so I stopped.

Then I got into trouble 2 years running in the 70s, over Christmas Eve afternoon keg sessions. One of our suppliers would supply the keg, and it'd be broached about 2pm.

They worked me very hard, and I'd be really hurrying all the week before Christmas, to try to catch everything up. So on Xmas Eve it'd be most of 3pm before I'd attended to all the really urgent shipments, and felt able to knock off for a drink.

Then I'd zoom up the stairs to the lunch room, and down a couple of quick ones while I exchanged Xmas greetings with all my mates, before they staggered off home.

I'm a bit of plonkie rather than a serious beer drinker. Beer soon makes me very sleepy, so when I got home, I'd be thinking longingly of a nap until dinner.

But Joan would want me to be involved with decorating the Tree for that couple of hours. As a teacher, she would have broken up a couple of weeks before, and she felt I was being very disloyal to my family by not making a fourth at the tree.

By the time they finished decorating it, it would be the usual time I got home from work.

The next year I held a slightly sipped beer in my left hand during my work farewells and put it down in a corner before driving quickly home to keep everyone happy.

Posted by: timewarp1 at April 18, 2008 9:21 PM

Amberlight I am sure that if that man ever saw me again he would go in a different direction. I laugh about it now but at the time it was terrible.
I am thinking that Christmas parties are looked forward to by many for a reason to pounce on those they have been to frightened to approach all year and with all the disasterous results. And do not mention the pregnancies:))

Posted by: oohlala1 at April 18, 2008 8:57 PM

REASONS WHY ALCOHOL SHOULD BE SERVED AT WORK...

* It's an incentive to show up.

* It reduces stress.

* Sitting on the copy machine will no longer be seen as "gross."

* It leads to more honest communications.

* It reduces complaints about low pay.

* It cuts down on time off because you can work with a hangover.

* Employees tell management what they think, not what management wants to hear.

* Increase job satisfaction because if you have a bad job, you don't care.

* It eliminates "sickies" because people would rather come to work.

* It makes fellow employees look better.

* Bosses are more likely to hand out raises when they are wasted.

* Salary negotiations are a lot more profitable.

* Suddenly, burping during a meeting isn't so embarrassing.

* Employees work later since there's no longer a need to relax at the bar.

* It makes everyone more open with their ideas.

* Everyone agrees the work is better after they've had a couple of drinks.

* Eliminates the need for employees to get drunk on their lunch break.

* Employees no longer need coffee to sober up.

* Babbling and mumbling incoherently will be common language.

Posted by: jenjen57 at April 18, 2008 8:49 PM

Oohlala,
That must have been awful for you! (but it was hilarious for us!)
Did you ever meet the man again?

I christened a very attractive tree in the courtyard garden at a Barossa venue and spent the bus trip home with my head in a bucket, on my first social occasion after splitting with my ex.
A work Christmas party, of course, where else do you succeed in making such an ass of yourself?
However nothing particularly memorable other than this (that I can remember anyway!)

Posted by: amberlight58 at April 18, 2008 8:46 PM

I was involved in an incident at a Christmas party many years ago. One of the bosses was well known amongst the staff to be a bit of an idiot and I had never done a very good job of concealing the fact that I was in agreement with this view. At this Christmas party he decided (fuelled by alcohol) to give me a serve over my opinion of him and I gave him a serve back twice as hard. Suffice to say it was a major talking point in the office for a few weeks, but nothing official was ever said about it, because it was recognised that if he had an issue the Christmas Party after several drinks was not the time or place to raise it.

Another incident I've been asked for advice on was related to a client who sought advice from me on how to deal with a problem that one of their staff had caused at a major client's Christmas party a few years back. Their client complained that the company's sales manager had been very, very drunk and she had been trying to pick up some of their male staff. It was also mentioned that it was far from the first time she had been drunk at one of their functions but this time her behaviour had been totally unacceptable. Suffice to say she is no longer working for the company.

Posted by: memememea at April 18, 2008 8:19 PM

I had a very bad incident at an Art Opening Exhibition where my boss introduced me to a man saying that he is a Greek.I thought this odd as you dont usually introduce people like that. She walked off and trying to make the small talk I said that he did not look Greek. He looked more Indian to me. as it happened I was right he and was a Seik. He was the local Green's member for council. I had misheard my boss. I went very red and went to hide in the ladies room till my face was no longer red. Listen very carefully to your boss.

Posted by: oohlala1 at April 18, 2008 5:14 PM

Really wrinkly smile, you should not be giving away management secrets, they spend a lot of money for that Intel. I don't know why they call it Dutch Courage, more a case of Aussie Bravado. Haven't seen you post before if its you first welcome.
Cheers OG

Posted by: oldergent at April 18, 2008 4:39 PM

Work functions go wrong when the employer makes grog too freely available.
I guess the trick is to take responsibility for one's own self - and see the trap lurking in free alcohol.
I suppose there's no such thing as a free drink, particularly when your employer is paying. They could be playing Lord or Lady Bountiful, bit they MAY well pay for your drinks just to see if anything develops which they can blackmail you with!! Beware!
I don't think I'm much different from anyone in that I will drink more if it's not coming out of my own pocket. But where I have a physical limitation which kicks in before I become totally spastic, some people have no such safeguard.
At one work function, where the employer said we could have as much as we liked, top shelf included, in no time flat the cops were very nearly called, which spoiled the event a bit. There were some very long faces for a while.
If you need to be pissed every now & again, just don't do it at a work function - even if there's some really hot talent around and you need the Dutch Courage.

Posted by: wrinklesandsmiles at April 18, 2008 3:47 PM

Not chicken Bob... Just sensible methinks... Anyway, some things are best not for public forum.. Nothing to do with doing or not doing either because I never did. Well, not at work functions anyway!!! (Looking at that I think a change of profile name could be on the cards) Could probably just do without the unwanted attention at the moment.
Let's just see how the topic pans out. My efforts could and probably would pale into insignificance now that we have a younger lot on here. ..but....never say never!!!!

Anyway, nothing stopping you from blurting out a snippet or two??

Bill, I'm sure you'd have a tale or two to tell as well.??

Off to work for a few hours.. Have a good one all.

Cheers "G"

Posted by: amdoingit at April 18, 2008 12:31 PM

I always go into trouble for doing it, come to think of it I used to get into trouble for not doing it too.

Hi G.
Chicken! lol

Cheers OG

Posted by: oldergent at April 18, 2008 11:59 AM

I'll keep my memoirs to myself thank you very much, This could well prove to be an interesting topic though!!!!!

Good to see you out Bob..

Cheers "G"

Posted by: amdoingit at April 18, 2008 11:13 AM

Usually when I first thought of them.
Cheers OG.

Posted by: oldergent at April 18, 2008 10:15 AM