Comments on: Enforced Socialism

By: warcrygirl

warcrygirl — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 22:43:19 +0000

I hate most social situtations here because I wasn’t born in the city I live in, therefore I will forever be the Odd Man Out. This town is more clique-ish than Beverly Hills High School, except most of us are wearing Walmart Chic instead of Rodeo Drive.

Fuck ‘em all, I say, and not in the good way.

By: GoingLoopy

GoingLoopy — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:11:27 +0000

I also work at a mid-size law firm, which has several “teams” (none of whom interact with one another much). Luckily, at our Christmas party, I managed to get seated at the table with the other paralegals and spouses/boyfriends/etc., with NO adult supervision. Meaning the bosses were far, far away. We posed for pictures with the table decoration which looked shockingly like a butt plug, ordered $30-a-glass scotch, and discussed blow jobs and farting. Unfortunately, I *thought* I had to get on a plane the next day…so I didn’t get to drink enough free booze and had to leave early. However, I weaseled out of the gift exchange and didn’t really have to schmooze much, so it was overall not bad.

Moral of the story: unless the holiday party is in the evening and has free booze, ditch it.

And I’m sorry about the knee…hope it feels better. Or that the kats get better at fetching things.

By: Andria

Andria — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:26:02 +0000

I can’t handle my company Christmas party, which is why I’ve only gone once. I am NOT a social butterfly, and mostly just sit there being nervous and saying retarded things. Which is like the rest of my life, only I’m more drunk at the Christmas party.

By: Rio

Rio — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:12:01 +0000

wtf….buffet?

Similar to a private dinner party, the success or failure of an office holiday party is directly correlated with getting the guests drunk.

Yeah, boy…..the jokes are funnier, the discourse more interesting, and sex with the hot receptionist is more likely when you’re stuffed full of eggrolls and shaved roast beef instead of Bombay Sapphire.

I would have difficulty retaining a law firm if they operated like that :-)