I gave up on parties with coworkers a long time ago and don’t regret it. I’ve seen people I respected acting like drunken idiots one too many times. I don’t think it’s possible to have a trouble-free party with coworkers so I don’t host them and I don’t go to them. Like, I didn’t go to the cookout yesterday and I’ve already heard about how bad a couple of people acted and how weird someone dressed, which proves my point.
Comment by wiseacre | September 4, 2011
Tina says: Oh my! I’m not quite as anti-party as you are, but I can see your reasoning.
Comment by TLR | September 4, 2011
I’ll hold on to this for Christmas, which is when I feel like I have to go to my boss’s annual party which is so awful I can’t describe it. He and his wife both get falling down drunk, then act like they have no recollection of it when we’re back at work. (They both work here.) It usually starts at 5 p.m. and goes until ????, so I’m already planning on walking around being pleasant then leaving at 6:30..and I’m going to let my poor husband off the hook and not make him go with me this time.
Comment by Party Patty | September 5, 2011
My wife and I host a summer party for wherever I’m assigned at the time and it’s never a problem and always fun. We limit the amount of alcohol available, which really helps. Instead of beer and mixers with hard liquor we have an alcoholic punch, soft drinks and soft punches and great food. A LOT of food, my wife says. Another thing we do that seems to be a good thing is that we have a cut-off time, usually 9:30 because we start at 4 or so. That way there isn’t the problem of some people hanging around too long and others feeling they get talked about after they’re gone. My wife is an excellent hostess and she makes sure no one becomes her “assistant hostess” and uses that to lord it over someone else. It’s a shame a person has to be that way, but we’ve learned from twenty years of parties! The married couples and women especially like our parties and I think the younger employees figure it’s only one evening and they can tolerate it. We’ve watched some of them grow up summer by summer and now they talk about their children and retirement plans.
We’ll keep hosting these parties for three more years, then our party-giving days will mostly be over, but there will be some nice memories. So tell your readers not to give up on parties.
Comment by T.G. | September 5, 2011
Tina says: Thank you “Party Patty” and T.G. for reading and commenting. Patty, I’ll call and remind you near Christmas!
T.G., your advice was very helpful. And thank you for telling readers not to give up on parties! I won’t, I promise!
Comment by TLR | September 5, 2011
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I gave up on parties with coworkers a long time ago and don’t regret it. I’ve seen people I respected acting like drunken idiots one too many times. I don’t think it’s possible to have a trouble-free party with coworkers so I don’t host them and I don’t go to them. Like, I didn’t go to the cookout yesterday and I’ve already heard about how bad a couple of people acted and how weird someone dressed, which proves my point.
Comment by wiseacre | September 4, 2011
Tina says: Oh my! I’m not quite as anti-party as you are, but I can see your reasoning.
Comment by TLR | September 4, 2011
I’ll hold on to this for Christmas, which is when I feel like I have to go to my boss’s annual party which is so awful I can’t describe it. He and his wife both get falling down drunk, then act like they have no recollection of it when we’re back at work. (They both work here.) It usually starts at 5 p.m. and goes until ????, so I’m already planning on walking around being pleasant then leaving at 6:30..and I’m going to let my poor husband off the hook and not make him go with me this time.
Comment by Party Patty | September 5, 2011
My wife and I host a summer party for wherever I’m assigned at the time and it’s never a problem and always fun. We limit the amount of alcohol available, which really helps. Instead of beer and mixers with hard liquor we have an alcoholic punch, soft drinks and soft punches and great food. A LOT of food, my wife says. An
other thing we do that seems to be a good thing is that we have a cut-off time, usually 9:30 because we start at 4 or so. That way there isn’t the problem of some people hanging around too long and others feeling they get talked about after they’re gone. My wife is an excellent hostess and she makes sure no one becomes her “assistant hostess” and uses that to lord it over someone else. It’s a shame a person has to be that way, but we’ve learned from twenty years of parties! The married couples and women especially like our parties and I think the younger employees figure it’s only one evening and they can tolerate it. We’ve watched some of them grow up summer by summer and now they talk about their children and retirement plans.
We’ll keep hosting these parties for three more years, then our party-giving days will mostly be over, but there will be some nice memories. So tell your readers not to give up on parties.
Comment by T.G. | September 5, 2011
Tina says: Thank you “Party Patty” and T.G. for reading and commenting. Patty, I’ll call and remind you near Christmas!
T.G., your advice was very helpful. And thank you for telling readers not to give up on parties! I won’t, I promise!
Comment by TLR | September 5, 2011
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