To plan on getting quite drunk at my work Christmas party?

Anon00 · 2024-12-05T09:54:12+00:00

I’m started working as a nurse about 4 months ago. Next week is my teams work night out. Our ward is split into 4 teams and mines is definitely filled with the youngest people. Our band 6 really likes a drink and is quite a crazy lady I think and people really like her for it. This is my first big girl job so I’ve never had a professional staff Christmas party before. Do people actually get super drunk or will I be embarrassing myself just by getting drunk?

Stanleycupsarecool · 10/12/2024 15:54

Lol my mum is a nurse and she told one year that she got so hammered she was sat on a doctors lap. She didn’t want to go back in on Monday 😬

VapeVamp12 · 10/12/2024 15:33

Do any of the people replying work for NHS? My sister does and so did my Mum and their work parties or nights out everyone got absolutely smashed.

ThisZanyPinkSquid · 07/12/2024 16:28

Nurse nights out can get wild 😂😂 enjoy 🎉

Tiredalwaystired · 07/12/2024 13:57

Patterncarmen · 07/12/2024 10:23

She can do what she wants to. I just have had friends make fools of themselves at a Christmas do, and passed over for promotion. I also had another get done for drunk driving and lose their license. I’ve never thought it a good idea to lose control at work events.

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sure. I’m not advising getting legless either. But this was all in response to someone saying “one small drink of you have to, and then stop”. That’s right at the other extreme. There’s a place nicely in the middle.

Gaz98 · 07/12/2024 10:37

Anon4500 · 07/12/2024 06:30

Pmd you

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No wonder she had to leave with colleagues like this.

LlynTegid · 07/12/2024 10:31

All things in moderation, don't add anything to the many threads about drunken work Christmas parties. @Patterncarmen you have made some useful observations.

Patterncarmen · 07/12/2024 10:23

Tiredalwaystired · 05/12/2024 12:20

I mean, good for you, but don’t make that a piece of instruction for others.

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She can do what she wants to. I just have had friends make fools of themselves at a Christmas do, and passed over for promotion. I also had another get done for drunk driving and lose their license. I’ve never thought it a good idea to lose control at work events.

Anon4500 · 07/12/2024 06:30

LostittoBostik · 07/12/2024 06:19

Details please,,,,,!

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Pmd you

LostittoBostik · 07/12/2024 06:19

Calamitousness · 07/12/2024 03:29

Well, I know one girl that had to leave her job after the work night out. She was so embarrassed. And to be fair, she really did need to leave after it.
no. I wouldn’t plan on getting drunk. I used to plan to drive or stay reasonable. It was awful watching some of the drunk antics.

Details please,,,,,!

Calamitousness · 07/12/2024 03:29

Well, I know one girl that had to leave her job after the work night out. She was so embarrassed. And to be fair, she really did need to leave after it.
no. I wouldn’t plan on getting drunk. I used to plan to drive or stay reasonable. It was awful watching some of the drunk antics.

Anon4500 · 07/12/2024 02:08

Miaminmoo · 07/12/2024 01:23

Do as you please, I employ staff and quite a few of them get pretty drunk on our works night out - usually ends up being a lot of fun.

Define fun haha

Miaminmoo · 07/12/2024 01:23

Do as you please, I employ staff and quite a few of them get pretty drunk on our works night out - usually ends up being a lot of fun.

Kazzybingbong · 06/12/2024 23:21

An old teaching colleague of mine got hammered at prom and was crowd surfing on the year 11s. It wasn’t his finest moment and he received a disciplinary for it. I don’t think it’s a great idea to get wasted at professional work related things but this was next level.

BoldAmberDuck · 06/12/2024 22:21

adriftinadenofvipers · 06/12/2024 18:45

I can raise your game lol - I overdid it at a work do (the drinks were free which is never a good idea really though it seemed like it at the time!) in 1989 and missed out on a promotion because they thought I was immature in partaking in all the lovely free drink they made available to me!!

So, just a word to the wise. Some people seem to think it will never happen to them!!

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1989!!! Wow 🤣🤣

BoldAmberDuck · 06/12/2024 22:20

adriftinadenofvipers · 06/12/2024 18:45

I can raise your game lol - I overdid it at a work do (the drinks were free which is never a good idea really though it seemed like it at the time!) in 1989 and missed out on a promotion because they thought I was immature in partaking in all the lovely free drink they made available to me!!

So, just a word to the wise. Some people seem to think it will never happen to them!!

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I agree. Older and wiser now! 😀 but still mortified whenever I see a certain someone 20 years later!!

adriftinadenofvipers · 06/12/2024 18:47

Jellytrain · 06/12/2024 13:08

Oh my God have some fun while you're young!!! Not paralytic but merry!!

Fun can also be had while you're old, believe it or not.

Having too much "fun" with work colleagues is a terrible idea because your work colleagues are not your friends.

adriftinadenofvipers · 06/12/2024 18:45

BoldAmberDuck · 06/12/2024 03:50

Just get merry but not blind drunk! I still am mortified and regret something I did back in 2004 after too many drinks at a work party. Remember you have to face these people the next days,months, years….

I can raise your game lol - I overdid it at a work do (the drinks were free which is never a good idea really though it seemed like it at the time!) in 1989 and missed out on a promotion because they thought I was immature in partaking in all the lovely free drink they made available to me!!

So, just a word to the wise. Some people seem to think it will never happen to them!!

adriftinadenofvipers · 06/12/2024 18:34

Hfgvi · 06/12/2024 00:56

Was exactly like that last weekend 🙄
It’s not a piss up in the coffee room at the hospital but work friends getting together for some fun and down time in their own time, at their own expense.

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You carry on thinking that dear, because clearly you know best...

Julimia · 06/12/2024 14:55

Why should you need to get drunk at all, ever! It is quite possible to have a good time without. Besides the works party is definitely not the place and don't be fooled by others appearances. You need to grow up a little bit more yet too.

Jellytrain · 06/12/2024 13:08

Oh my God have some fun while you're young!!! Not paralytic but merry!!

Swiftie1878 · 06/12/2024 09:10

I think you’ve mis-described the event.

If it’s a work Christmas party - don’t get drunk. It will bite you later in your career.

If it’s a social event with work colleagues - do what you like. Obviously make sure you have solid plans for getting yourself home safely if you plan to get drunk though!

Merry Christmas xx

BadLad · 06/12/2024 07:51

Æthelred · 05/12/2024 11:50

Westlake v ZSL London Zoo and Bellman v Northampton Recruitment are two examples of how pear-shaped things can go when things get out of hand at works Christmas dos.

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Love the synopsis of that London Zoo case.

A London Zoo meerkat handler who got into a Christmas party fight with a monkey specialist over their love rivalry for a llama keeper was unfairly dismissed, an employment tribunal has held.

Emmz1510 · 06/12/2024 07:35

While I think that the reasoning that because you are a nurse in a responsible job you shouldn’t get drunk on your Christmas night out is flawed (come on folks, it’s not like they are drinking on the job with the patients or wearing their uniform bringing the NHS into disrepute although I would be careful of social media posts and colleagues posting pictures), I still wouldn’t get too drunk. You don’t want to make a fool of yourself with new colleagues. I’d have enough to get slightly merry and leave it at that.

ScarfsAndHats · 06/12/2024 07:30

Sorry op, you sound quite immature. Do you really want your work colleagues to see you completely wasted doing embarrassing or stupid stuff?

Notwiththebullshizz · 06/12/2024 07:21

Before changing jobs, I worked in the hospital for about 6 years! Christmas parties were always full of very drunk Drs and nurses and HCAs, the job is incredibly stressful (from what I've heard, even more so now) so let your hair down and get drunk! Just try not to get to a point that you're then too drunk to remember anything 🤭. Enjoy your well deserved night out with your team. Xx