Source: TheGrindStone.com, 10 Ridiculous Holiday Office Party Horror Stories.
After reading the previous blog post you now know exactly how to act at your office holiday party. However, not everyone has read my foolproof instructions on how to conduct themselves. Check out some of the stories I’ve aggregated from around the internet, they’re sure to make you chuckle into your eggnog.
• “Our inventory controller, a rather loud and abrasive person already, got extremely intoxicated during our company Christmas party four years ago. Our sales manager was mingling and talking to the owners of the company when suddenly, the controller walks up, red in the face, brandishing a pocket knife. It was actually a little terrifying. He sliced off the sales manager’s festive snowman tie and just kind of walked away. The entire company was shocked! And our sales manager doesn’t wear a tie at the party anymore.”
• “A few years ago at a Holiday Party I was saying hello to a senior manager and I noticed a woman standing slightly behind him who I recognized as his wife from the previous year’s party. I said, ‘Oh and this must be your wife,’ hoping he would tell me her name again. To my surprise (and to the surprise of his wife), he said ‘No, I’m not married.’ Let’s just say that when he realized that his wife was standing behind him the whole time, he knew he was going to be buying a really expensive gift that year for Christmas.”
• “We worked at a new insurance company and they organized a very nice, somewhat upscale, holiday party. Everyone got two tickets to use for alcoholic beverages. My boss, who had a newborn at home and probably hadn’t been out for fun in a while, harassed people into giving him their unused tickets. Several drinks later, he was sort of stumbling around and slurring, and because he was normally a bit of a jerk, no one tried to intercede. The ‘best’ part was when he hit the dance floor to rock out. It was like ‘Lord of the Dance’ gone horribly wrong — gangly arms and legs flying everywhere. I’ll give him credit, he did show up to work the next day (looking a pretty sickly green).”
These stories are pretty good, but I bet you’ve have some even funnier office party stories. Leave them in the comments and we can all laugh together!
