The 'office' Christmas Party....

jamtart6

Had details of our options for the xmas do last week, one option is £50 all food all drinks inc (I dont really drink alcohol...) and the 2nd option is £30 no drinks. I know we'll end up going for the first option as its better value for the drinkers amongst us. But if I take my OH thats £100 plus taxi's (another £50) for one night out (plus outfit lol jk!).:eek:

I'm majorly put off after I was food poisoned at a staff party a few years ago...so now I never trust the profiteroles!! :eek:

How much are your staff parties going to set you back this year and more importantly are you going or boycotting in true MSE style?

SSB

H
I am not attending at all, due to the large size of the organisation, there will be quite a few people I do not know and I just do not want to spend the money on something that does not look that interesting ( seen the options, none of them seem very enticing).
Therefore, I rather save the money and go out with DH just the two of us ( meal and movie preferably).

Emms

Ours is subsidised so it only costs £5 towards the meal and there are bottles of wine on the tables. If it was £50 though there would be no way I would be paying it. The most ive paid for an xmas do is £25, but partners werent invited so it was just me I was paying for so it wasnt too bad. New outfit prob each time but wasnt fussed about the cost for that cause it normally gets worn again anyways.

Emma

Trow

In true MSE style - I AM going to ours - free transport there and back, free meal and free drinks all night - and no, I'm not joking!

It's usually a great night.

jamtart6

i feel robbed of a free night out!!

Trow

You can come to my one jamtart - I can invite a partner and OH never comes... are you willing to travel to Shetland??? (Might cost a tad over £50 per person though....)

minimacka

All of our works christmas do's are free this year we are going posh cos its a retirement do as well so the meal is £26 each, glad we dont have to pay. We also get some money for our drinks so we only have to pay for our taxi. :j

*Louise*

I am working away for a weekend in December with a group of people - our 'do' will take place then. Will only cost about £10 for drinks, but I get paid over £100 for going on the weekend.:D

Mrs7ones

I never go to ours...
It all started many years ago when I was a pennyless single parent.
The cost of the 'do' was the price of a weeks grocery shopping to me - so it was works do, or eat for a week - no contest really!! (especially as I didn't like half the people i worked with anyway!!

I just don't bother now - I'm known to be anti-social, and proud of it!!:T

tenmah

I am also a single parent, and always feel that the cost of an office christmas do, would be another present I could get for my daughter, so I never go.

I feel it is a lot of money to spend on an evening with people you wouldn't necessarily choose to socialise with!

I too have the reputation of being anti-social but I don't mind. I would prefer to see my daughter's face light up with an extra present!

Garnet_Gem

We don't have any office party but we all go out for lunch on a Saturday in December. It's unofficial so we pay for our own meal. Money is collected from August onwards so we feel that we're getting a freebie by the time it comes along.