Would your company or family be able to organise a piss up in a brewery?

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We would email people. Or set up a Teams channel. Or both. Because that means people might see the message on at least in one way. People would reply in teams or email - because who needs just one method.

We might get a doodle poll for the date. Or a poll for the meeting to discuss it.'
Some might see that.

A meeting invite would go out. Maybe half of them would respond.

I am sure you get the idea - it might happen eventually but I don't think it would be as well organised as it could be.

Would your company or family be able to organise a piss up in a brewery? And how?

My mum would say "what on earth do you want to have a piss up in a brewery for?" and organise a totally different event which suited nobody but her.

Well my company is 7 very capable women, most of whom are mothers so yes we regularly organise piss ups in a brewery or escape rooms and cocktails.

family again is full of capable women (in-laws) but me and SIL are main ‘organisers’

caveat: my company organised events and exhibitions, I’m also a scout leader organising camps for 100+ people and SIL has a degree in event management!

My company couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery, even if everyone was in the brewery already!

My company definitely couldn't and noone would go anyway

My side of the family would but would be totally led by what Dsibling wants and noone else would have any say 🤣

Edited to add second thoughts on my company.... we would set up a Teams channel and organise a staff consultation, and then completely ignore what everyone wants and pick the cheapest option instead.
With shit wine.

My family? Absolutely. Piss ups are regular, not necessarily in a brewery.

My company? They could but might struggle to get people to come along!

My company definitely couldn't.
My family, yes no problem esp a few years ago as my DD was a celler and dray man !

Yep. I work in a brewery so plenty of free samples and taxi home.

Family could, absolutely
Take from that what you will about the other

Those were almost my exact words yesterday at work! Lots of managers who have been promoted way beyond their capabilities and with no or very little people skills.

Excellent @scryingeyes!

No but there would be a lot of user research and a beautiful process diagram

My company are literally having a piss up in a brewery for our staff party next month so I bloody well hope so 😁

My work would spend three months sending emails about organising it and then someone will give up and organise the shittest one and management will get annoyed that no one turned up.

Ah, OP, we clearly work in the same place. Except you forgot the five meetings and catch ups to discuss the minutiae, whilst failing to notice that the brewery has been demolished and rebuilt as a nunnery.

Well🤔 as its the NHS I'd say no😳

My family: if it was my idea, no. Absolutely not. Terrible idea. Foolish. If it was my sister's idea, it would be genius and witty and why didn't anyone think of it before. Bonus points if we suggested it in the same meeting, within 10 minutes of one another.

DH's family: only fine as long as planned to the specific requirements of SIL. Who then wouldn't show up anyway.

Peter principle

My company? No. The Queen is the patron of the charity I work for, and they were making such a fuss about the arrangements for the last event that I thought she must be making a surprise appearance.

My family? Yes. Though we'd have to be steered away from bringing the home brew.

The Queen.
Already there.

Our family, God yes easily, me, my mum, my 5 sil's easily without even blinking. Notice it's the women, the men just turn up at the time they are told to.

At work, I wouldn't know because I've just been made scam redundant.
(All Leadership admitted incompetent re Peter principle, and my new bully boss crying and pleading for my help on my last day).

Family - I’d be the one planning it all.
Work - I run a small charity, it’s me and several dozen volunteers. We honestly manage more in some mornings than whole corporate organisations do in a month, and haven’t had a meeting since 2020.

(so yes , piss up in a brewery sorted in 20 minutes or so I reckon)

Work - yes - but it would be in a champagne house rather than a brewery, and it would have a clear and enforced end time (two hours after starting) so noone would actually get that pissed.

Family would organise it at the specific brewery that is special to us all, and then be surprised that no one could go except my parents (who are the organisers) and my sister who home schools, because they'd arranged it for term time, and then they'd act faux disappointed and then faux understanding and say "well of course, you must do what you think is best."

I organised a surprise party for my dad's 80th.

I got family and friends from various parts of the country into the same place at the same time.

So it was a piss up in a pub, with cake.

If my family wanted a party I’d be in charge.

It would involve coordinating 12 different dietary needs, 2 who can’t climb stairs, 3 with ASD related sensory issues needing quiet space, 1 ADHD kid needing bouncing around space, 2 mostly deaf adults needing minimal background noise, and 3 with chronic illnesses who get tired easily.

We don’t have a lot of parties 😅

That would never happen at our place