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Office Parties ..misconducted

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Remember that scene from Bridget Jones’ Diary when she was sloshed at the office party singing karaoke with little pom poms stuck in her hair and the scene cuts to Daniel Cleaver watching her with an odd smirk on his face?

Don’t be that woman.. LOL You’ll regret it.. for sure.

So.. here are a couple of tips :) Not very many but, still!

Don’t over drink

It’s fine to drink. Go ahead. Have a couple glasses of wine. But know your limit. Don’t get sloshed and then run around screaming to everyone that your manager is a real idiot who doesn’t know what she’s talking about half the time.

Act professional

This isn’t a party with your close friends and family. People will judge you. And people won’t be as forgiving as your best friend who’s seen you through worse times.

Be polite to everyone

Tis the season to be joyful and happy… try and include others in your conversation even if you don’t know them, and especially if they aren’t from the company.

Don’t act like they don’t exist, try and draw them into the conversation (maybe a co-worker’s girlfriend or husband, whatever)

Dress professionally

This is NOT the time to be wearing a miniskirt with a low cut cleavage top without a back. You’re with people you work with on a regular basis. Even if you’d wear that to any of your other parties in your private, personal life… these are co-workers of very many different ages and sensibilities.

You don’t want people to be talking for the whole new Next Year about how they saw your breasts pop out of your shirt and/or label/judge you.

And you do NOT want those pictures haunting you…. people have cameras at these parties, yeah!? Don’t show up in sweatpants, but remember to stay appropriately covered.

Any other tips? I haven’t gone to many office parties. Ok, maybe one or two. So I don’t have any stories.. anyone wanna share in the comments? :)

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3 Responses to “Office Parties ..misconducted”


  1. SavingDiva
    on Dec 13th, 2007
    @ 5:31 PM

    I have an office party tomorrow night…I’ll comment again if anything interesting happens…I doubt it!


  2. Lady N
    on Dec 14th, 2007
    @ 12:27 PM

    Oh these are good tips! I’ve been to some office gatherings where people have made absolute fools of themselves after having one too many. I heard a story at my office about a secretary that got really drunk and blabbered about a bunch of confidential information. Of course she got fired the next day.


  3. QuiteLight
    on Dec 15th, 2007
    @ 2:37 PM

    Drinking & confusing your coworkers for personal friends; a winning combination! I work in a peaceful, friendly office where I genuinely like everyone (!!) and we usually get along well, but I won’t forget seeing a few of them drunk & staggering at coworker’s wedding reception, or the valuable advice from my drunk boss that “All men are PIGS, DOGS, really, women have NO IDEA what they think about… I mean, that little bridesmaid, is like, what, half my age?!?….”

    And he’s actually a great boss.

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