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  • #46
    I went with Mr Jedi to his company party Thursday evening. Usually, his office throws a nice party, but I wasn't too impressed with this one. They rented a tiny nightclub downtown--and I do mean tiny. About the size of a long hallway tiny. Not much food to speak of; a couple veggie trays and a couple pizzas that were so greasy, they set my stomach off*. The planners thought kareoke would be such a fabulous idea, but no one wanted to do it. Personally, I don't think anyone was drunk enough at that point. And the CEO, who really is a darling lady, was really driving me bonkers. She's very boisterous, which in and of itself is not a bad thing. The bad thing is her voice is very shrill and grating, and she was practically screaming into a microphone that was already turned up to max volume. We left as soon as bonuses were handed out, and I ended up with an upset stomach and a headache. My ears are still ringing.

    *I've been having flare-ups on my right side for months now. Methinks it's time to get the ol' gallbladder looked at, but since I do gallbladder scans a LOT, I'm not sure if that's the problem or I'm just a hypochondriac.
    I am no longer of capable of the emotion you humans call “compassion”. Though I can feign it in exchange for an hourly wage. (Gravekeeper)

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    • #47
      Hubby's office Christmas party (read: lunch for employees and all family, like mentioned before) was today. It actually went very well.

      The company is small (under 20 employees) so all the spouses / SOs / children ect. got there today by about 12:30 which is when it "started". We got there a little early cause Son and Daughter love to go watch Daddy work. At 12:30, the office shuts down, the phones roll to voice mail and everyone moves to the big conference room, where a local BBQ restaurant catered the meal.

      There was Christmas music and decorations, good food, people we like to talk to. There were other kids for Daughter and Son to play with. And, like every year, Santa came with presents. Hubby got a nice little bonus and a small present (updates and refills for the organizer he uses, because he refuses to go digital and still uses and old DayTimer -- those yearly refills can get expensive!), I got a new book and Daughter and Son each got a small toy (Daughter got a My Little Pony set with three ponies and Son got a toy fire engine with fire men and a fire dog, that he LOVES). We all ate and had fun until about 2:30 and then everyone went home to spend the day with their families. We left straight from there to drive up here to Tennessee.

      There was no alcohol, so no crazy drunkiness. Besides, kids are there. There were a couple of small break downs in the kids, but they were taking care of very quickly.

      All in all, it was a good party. The company is pretty proud of their family friendly atmosphere and parties.
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      • #48
        A supplier of ours had a hell of a Holiday Party.

        They brought everyone in for a nice lunch and on the way out they were informed that they were shutting down until March starting immediately.

        Happy Holidays indeed.

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        • #49
          We just had the Awesome Forest holiday party. The bosses hold it at their house, they cook a huge meal, and we do a gift exchange (which the boss pays for). It is a pretty sweet party usually.
          This year was a little...special though. We have several interns from Germany living at the forest right now. Since Bossman is from Germany this is actually pretty common. One of the interns was leaving the day after the holiday party to go home. So he took the occasion to get spectacularly drunk. Now there is always alcohol available at the parties, but generally no one gets that drunk, and crash space is provided for anyone that does. But this intern was beyond wasted, he was incoherent.
          So our biologist drove the intern back to the interns' dorm, and got him tucked in. But the intern was not ready to sleep. He spent all night running around the dorm shouting. He threw laundry detergent all over. HE TOOK A SHOVEL TO THE DRYWALL. There are now three big holes in the wall. He quietly left the next day, leaving the other intern (who is staying over christmas) to clean up after him.
          The worst part is no one has told Bossman yet, cause he is going to be pretty mad.

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