"Social Work"
Put 200 co-workers from a large corporation in one room, open the bar, strike the band, and let the social event begin! Sound exciting? Ok maybe the open bar and the band sound exciting, but if I had it my way, I would have left the co-workers at the office. Last Friday night was the company "Winterfest Party" (i.e. belated Christmas party).
Who decides that it's a good idea to get co-workers and their spouses and/or significant others to hang out on a Friday night? Every company has social functions at least once a year, ususally at Christmas time, where co-workers are forced to socilize. Employees feel obligated to attend, spouses are pissed off for the night, and everyone is even more fake than they were during their sales pitch that same afternoon.
The cube hermits were breaking it down on the dance floor, the Regional HR Director allegedly wanted to go to a "titty bar", and her boss showed up in a cape (yes, you read it correctly, a cape....I need to take more pictures). Add some alcohol to the mix and what you have is a bunch of people standing around, not knowing what to talk about since the topic of work is socially off limits, and staring at their watches wondering when the event is going to be over. Don't forget to smile and laugh every five minutes so it's not entirely obvious that you're bored! Weird...and yet every major coporation feels the need to throw fish out of water gatherings for their employees. And if you go with the theory of drinking the night away, you might feel even more awkward on Monday morning! It's all around a lose - lose situation. Next Christmas, spare me the dinner and dancing with Buffy the Vampire and add a small kick to my paycheck!
Who decides that it's a good idea to get co-workers and their spouses and/or significant others to hang out on a Friday night? Every company has social functions at least once a year, ususally at Christmas time, where co-workers are forced to socilize. Employees feel obligated to attend, spouses are pissed off for the night, and everyone is even more fake than they were during their sales pitch that same afternoon.
The cube hermits were breaking it down on the dance floor, the Regional HR Director allegedly wanted to go to a "titty bar", and her boss showed up in a cape (yes, you read it correctly, a cape....I need to take more pictures). Add some alcohol to the mix and what you have is a bunch of people standing around, not knowing what to talk about since the topic of work is socially off limits, and staring at their watches wondering when the event is going to be over. Don't forget to smile and laugh every five minutes so it's not entirely obvious that you're bored! Weird...and yet every major coporation feels the need to throw fish out of water gatherings for their employees. And if you go with the theory of drinking the night away, you might feel even more awkward on Monday morning! It's all around a lose - lose situation. Next Christmas, spare me the dinner and dancing with Buffy the Vampire and add a small kick to my paycheck!
posted by ScooterUD at 10:01 PM
1 Comments:
Is money all you think about? What about comraderie? Learning to work and relax with people? I think the cape sounds wonderful. I have a cape. My friends have capes. The real wonderment, Mr. Blink, is why don't YOU have a cape?
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