Real life MMD: Should I go to the Christmas lunch?

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Please give this MoneySaver the benefit of your advice...
My office is planning our Christmas lunch but the most affordable place was thought 'too predictable'. Every other restaurant near work will be min. £25 per head, which for me is a lot of money. I wanted have the chance to socialise a bit as I'm the newest, but the hefty price tag has put me off. I also told my other half I wouldn't go to his dad's for Boxing day because of the train fare. I don't want to ruin the fun though.
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Should I go to the Christmas lunch?
My office is planning our Christmas lunch but the most affordable place was thought 'too predictable'. Every other restaurant near work will be min. £25 per head, which for me is a lot of money. I wanted have the chance to socialise a bit as I'm the newest, but the hefty price tag has put me off. I also told my other half I wouldn't go to his dad's for Boxing day because of the train fare. I don't want to ruin the fun though.
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I hate the inflated prices at restaurants this time of year. If it were down to me, Christmas work do's would happen somewhere between the end of January and the beginning of November!
Must remember to use it more, but every little helps
This happened to a close friend in a different way while working for a very important person in public office. Photographs of the person at a xmas do were taken of vip with a scantly clad strip gram jumping on him. My friend using part one, was able to get the photographs & all negatives (long time ago would have had worse repercussions than present time) Placed them on VIPs desk after holidays. The favour returned at a later date helped save my friend from very big problems in the company when accused of being part of something that could have lost him his job which he had no part in but no proof he did not.
look at the money as a long term investment on your future & GO!
There are many reasons you could give but fortunately you don't have to give any reason at all. If coerced into giving a reason "I don't have the time or money".
The new year social pub lunch or whatever sounds like a reasonable way to socialise with work colleagues without being mugged by a restaurant.
Very, VERY, VERY BAD ADVICE.
Although it may have worked out "OK" in your "friends" example, the first thing I'd do (and more other employers) is get rid of you ASAP.
If you'd been there for less than a year, you'd be dismissed immediatly, and without explanation (effectivly perfectly legal)
If you'd been there for more than a year, you'd be first out the door in any redundancies (as you mention above) that were going - or rather, that could be made.
That's the polite version.
The slightly less polite version to handle any blackmail attempt (which is what we're talking about here) is immediate dismissal for gross misconduct.
Either way, forget asking for a reference - not going to happen. You couldn't be given a bad reference (unlawful), but withholding a reference, or even acknowledgement, can be damaging enough - especially if you've been with a company of any length of time.
If you're the kind who'll attempt to use blackmail, you CANNOT be trusted to "keep your end up". You'll just keep coming back for more, and more, and more.
Like the old saying - the best thing to do with a cancer is cut it right out...
And a very merry Xmas to you as well. Not nice.
chuk
You don't need to give explanations but the truth always works!
You can start of the New year NOT in debt because you are trying to "keep up" and you can budget for the next Christmas meal.