What's the craziest behaviour you've witnessed at a Christmas work do?

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Years ago there were a couple of (female) Head of Departments that were frenemies. They actually worked really well together but there was an undercurrent of rivalry there. That year at the Christmas do they were friendly enough to start off with but a couple of bottles of vino later the gloves came off - one of them accused the other of giving a member of her team a BJ in her office, she totally kicked off and the pair of them ended up on the dance floor rolling around trying to pull each other's hair out. It was completely nuts. One of them later resigned and HR released a policy of how to behave when on work socials. That was the last year the company held a Christmas party.

Late 90s 'do' at a hotel in the city. I used to brew my own, and was asked to donate some home made schnapps to the event. I brought a small water bottle in, and advised caution, as I knew it was lethal stuff. Head of HR got hold of the stuff, shared it with his team, and ended up doing some kind of weird striptease on the dance floor, accompanied by his deputy and PA. We didn't see him until the New Year, and it was never mentioned again.

This has been one of the best threads I’ve ever read. I’ve read every post and they’re are some corkers. I’ve spent the last hour just chuckling to myself and wishing life was as fun as it was in the nineties.

Life was genuinely better in the recent past. I have seen and done stuff that I wouldn't contemplate now and yet it really brought spice to life.

Frankly, if you're wearing a thong you might as well be commando IMO.

Not long been in my first managerial post. My boss had been very clear that a number of important players from across the region would be attending and she was very nervous we make a good impression.
Staying at the top of a large plaza type tower hotel. To this day I think she over did the Dutch courage. The lift opened to a reception full of everyone. She stumbled out collapsed in a heap and just lay there mumbling incoherently. We rushed forward scooped her up and stuffed her back in the lift. Only about 200 people saw her.
She claimed food poisoning from her lunch ! . It was never discussed again. By her 🤣

That's a really mean thing to do.

Early 2000s.

big Xmas party with free booze. A junior manager (female) went up to thr MD and grabbed him by the crotch and propositioned him. He was mouthing “help” at me over her shoulder but I was young and found it funny (would obvs deal with it differently now.)

he managed to extricate himself and suggested she might prefer another bloke, pointing him out. She replied “nah, I’ve had him, he’s crap” and wandered off.

@Tracystubbs sounds like a fun night.

Like really decapitated?

I used to work at a hotel when I was a teenager. One Christmas they did us a staff party in the week (when they weren’t busy) in an upstairs event room. The chefs did a buffet before joining us and we hired bar staff in.

we completely trashed the hotel. I was 16 and I got off with four different people I worked with and I was tame! People were being sick down the stairs - the managers slept with people in the toilets. It was carnage. We weren’t allowed to have one again…

One colleague broke another colleague’s arm (accidentally).

After my my first ever workplace Christmas do I woke up on the steps of our local church, in the middle of the town's square, with absolutely no memory of how I got there. I was woken up by a binman prodding me with his litter picker. Later a friend told me that I'd left with one of the 40 year old managers, but I don't think anything happened.

I'm in my 30s now and have never been drunk at a work party since. When I think about it and what could have happened to me, my blood runs cold. It was my first experience going drinking with people who didn't give a shit about me, and I've never wanted to experience it again.

🤣🤣🤣

I have howled with laughter. My favourite is 'you can keep your hat on'.

In my drinking days I was infamous for singing, dancing and challenging misogynistic men to word fiights or even arm wrestling. I went to work in a company for a female ceo who was a functioning alcoholic. I was at my worse dependency and thought it marvellous that the in office bar opened at 5pm.
I managed to spectacularly embarrass myself on three separate occasions during my time at the firm. First at an awards ceremony where I slipped on a spilt pint whilst dancing with my teetotal ex boss. He picked up a 100kg women who'd flashed her long 'big bloomers' knickers. Secondly when the boss said offer the staff any drink of their choice at a gala dinner. I ordered champagne! ( I did sit drinking it with her husband who was later sick in her handbag!). Finally we did a late Halloween party where I sang 'I will survive'. I didn't but who knows if it was my antics or a genuine redundancy, I also gave a running monologue on the sixth sense. They have have never replaced me. I became sober the following year after someone told me a rival company had footage of the bloomer flashing incident.

And for the poster who wondered why Oxford alumni don't wear knickers it's a thing. I kept mine firmly on, dirty mingers.

I was a middle manager in a Scottish secondary school.

In the New Year, I discovered that one of our young women teachers had no memory of getting home. The young man who had organised the meal and subsequent pub crawl found it funny. I tore him a a new arsehole, but he didn't improve any.

The next year, the same girl got drunk again but one of the men from my department made sure she got home. I believe that she's since stopped drinking.

I admit that the young teachers who left her on her own went down in my estimation.

A few years later, one of the men - then in his 30s - came to the next day, lying on the pavement outside the public park. His jacket, phone and wallet were gone.

ETA I had stopped going to the Christmas lunches by this point.

A load of substance misuse workers sniffing coke in the pub. I left.

Some of these are brilliant 😂😂

Not Christmas but a summer bowls evening.

For many it was a thirsty event.

So one member of staff always very serious and staid. He was included in others' rounds but was on orange juice. (+ a vodka) Some knew about this, some didn't, some found out the next day.

What no one realised, including the vodka buyers, was that he was another member of staff's designated driver. No one knew until they saw him in the driver's seat of the deputy head's car leaving for home.

Fortunately both got home safely - but it was never mentioned to him.

But it covers yer fanny

Oh sweet summer child. You’ve never worked in finance have you?

What did you get from doing that?

You had an obligation to mention the price before serving it to so many people, what a twattish thing to do

Sorry, WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?

There's me, thinking that spiking drinks is a criminal offence. Did you genuinely just watch this without intervening?