My department Christmas Lunch will this year be at Bon Viveur, a relatively new restaurant in Bristol.
For reasons of ‘equality for lunch non-attendees’ (more like ‘budgetary pressure’, I reckon), The Company will not be subsidising employees’ departmental Christmas lunches this year (last year we received £10 towards the cost). This makes the minimum £21.50 (two courses) or £26.50 (three courses) a little steep, especially considering the ongoing debt situation (when they say that debt ‘cripples’, they’re right) and the fact that, if I’m going to spend £20+ on a meal, I normally do it with people I really like to hang around with. Maybe it’s because I don’t really socialise with my cow-orkers, but I’ve found past Christmas lunches to be a real strain, and not that much fun.
What should I do?
November 17th, 2004 at 9:11 pm
Bummer, i would refuse to go if i were you. Well educated and expert staff like yourselfs should be entertained. The tight asses! Are the directors going out? I bet they will!
Tell them that My boss is taking us to the firehouse in Bath. We have the choice of the christmas menu or the normal menu, two weeks time on Thursday. Everything will be paid for, drinks wine and food for partners too! Mind you its the only perk we get! It should be a laugh.
November 18th, 2004 at 7:23 am
No Timmy B,
You should make a stand and not feel pressured into doing anything. Sounds like it will be deathly dull. I say you stay in and rent a vid with your lovely wife- cost 3 quid and have lots of snuggles- cost FREE!!! xxx
November 22nd, 2004 at 11:22 pm
Was that a deliberate typo ?
cow-orkers ?
http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&id=166962
November 23rd, 2004 at 11:56 am
What should you do? Sneak in a cheap bottle of vodka a get lashed… always a good one a staff parties I have found!