Office Christmas Parties
This year, I've noticed the lack of the traditional office chrimble party - by which I mean that every other year, from about mid-October, my colleagues and I have to deal with a nightly onslaught of drunken passengers fighting, falling over, shagging in the carriages, falling asleep and missing their stop, not to mention the sick, blood and half drunk cans of stella.

Not had a single problem so far (touch wood!) - so what's going on? Has the 'credit crunch' killed the office p*ssup or has the entire population suddenly turned sensible?
( HSDriver was probably still at work on, Sun 7 Dec 2008, 12:55, 7 replies, latest was 17 years ago)

option B
is my guess.
(venort apparently exists, Sun 7 Dec 2008, 12:56, Reply)

Taxi bookings are up
in this small town, mostly to pubs, clubs and restaurants, and especially on Thurs, Fri and Sat.

So probably the latter :)
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Sun 7 Dec 2008, 13:46, Reply)

Perhaps more companies are being cheaper than usual
and will be having their Christmas parties in Jan/Feb, to get cheaper deals!
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Sun 7 Dec 2008, 16:15, Reply)

Wow
My company (a bank, no less) announced 5 weeks ago that instead of spending £20 per person, that as a gesture of thanks for all of our hard work were going to spend £30 per person. Yay!

My Regional Manager then arranged our Christmas do on a date I couldn't attend, so I miss out on £30 worth of booze. Boo!

And 2 weeks ago the company announced that due to the credit crunch, we are not getting any end of year payrises, despite what we had been verbally told a couple of months back. :(
( SeasonTicketless is too often the statue, and rarely the pigeon., Sun 7 Dec 2008, 18:11, Reply)

Don't know about everyone else
but we're not having a proper party because everyone hates each other.
(hutchers, Sun 7 Dec 2008, 18:52, Reply)

We're just closing early
Christmas Eve and going to the Mexican restaurant next door for lunch. No partners invited this year.

However, my boyfriends company is having a huge shindig, and he's invited me! I'm quite (a lot) happy about that.
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Sun 7 Dec 2008, 23:53, Reply)

we're going to a hotel on Dartmoor
for a meal and to get shitfaced

last time we went there was carnage and I'm amazed they are having us back!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 8 Dec 2008, 10:04, Reply)