Happy Advent! And...

[Rath Darkblade]

Happy season-leading-up-to-Christmas!

Many of us here have a working life, and I'm aware we try to keep that separate from this forum (devoted as it is to Sierra's games etc.) I only wished to share this (from seek.com.au), which I thought was interesting: The Five Things NOT to do at a Work Christmas Party.

Hope you find these interesting, or at least amusing. And now, back to our scheduled programming.

[Tawmis]

Well. These are all fairly obvious too. I'd hope.

[notbobsmith]

One thing I learned some time ago: never order the chicken.

I'm serious. Whenever I've had a company holiday dinner at a hotel ballroom, the chicken dish has always been horribly dry. Every. Time. I don't know why. Maybe it has to do with the way the staff has to prepare so many all at once? Get the beef dish.

So not a particularly interesting or amusing tidbit, but a little less obvious and hopefully a little useful.

[tassieboy]

Well. These are all fairly obvious too. I'd hope.

I would concur.

[Rath Darkblade]

Well. These are all fairly obvious too. I'd hope.

They seem to be, I'm sure - but there are always people who break them, otherwise they wouldn't need to be pointed out, right?

Take, for instance, the guy I'm sitting next to at work. I'd say he'd be in his mid-to-late 50s, so he should know, but every so often (about once or twice a day, or every two days or so?) he tries to engage me in conversation about religion or politics, or both. I've only been in this company for about 3 weeks, so I'm still a newbie ... So I just say sorry, I'm not interested, etc.

I mean - I know how touchy and controversial these subjects can be, so why is this guy keeps bringing them up all the time? I don't know!

Needless to say, it's exhausting - especially when I'm trying to concentrate on complex numbers ...

[Datadog]

Every company has that guy. Or maybe a few of them. Or sometimes you're that guy and everyone's too nice to let you know.

As far as drinking at office parties goes, I think you're in the clear as long as you stay slightly more sober than the boss.

[Rath Darkblade]

*snerk* Well, I'm pretty sure I'm in the clear. I don't have a head for drinks, so I might have one slightly alcoholic drink, but that's it. I know my limits.

[BBP]

One thing I learned some time ago: never order the chicken.

I'm serious. Whenever I've had a company holiday dinner at a hotel ballroom, the chicken dish has always been horribly dry. Every. Time. I don't know why. Maybe it has to do with the way the staff has to prepare so many all at once? Get the beef dish.

So not a particularly interesting or amusing tidbit, but a little less obvious and hopefully a little useful.

Good grief yes. At last year's company summer party they served chicken (either that or squid). It was so undercooked it made quite a few of my co-workers sick. Including me.

[Rath Darkblade]

Chicken or squid? Wow. Was that to make sure that everyone got the chicken?

But yes, undercooking chicken is a major health hazard. It's much too easy to get very sick from undercooked chicken ... yikes. Did the caterer get sued for poisoning you all, BBP?