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

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ChristmasDoDo · 11/12/2024 01:19

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.

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PerkyQuoter · 12/12/2024 18:08

It was a grim end of year drinks in a pub near a park where a lot of homeless/drug users frequented. We were all having a drink in the pub and relaxing, a few shots etc. All of a sudden, Tracey who has been dancing bleary-eyed near the bar for sometime, decides to remove her top and bra and just starts dancing topless for her shocked observers. Behind her, perched on a couple of bar stools was what I’ll call Captain Birdseye and and Captain Mannering who were getting a real eyeful and thoroughly enjoying the show. We never saw Tracey again after that.

TheNameBeChanged · 12/12/2024 18:11

Not the office party, but the secret Santa before the party. The first present out of the bag was oddly large and soft for a cheap gift. It was the center of attention as it was unwrapped, and a dead goose complete with feathers was revealed

there was much consternation and the rumours began to fly. Was it someone’s dark humor, was it a warning along the same lines as finding a horses head in the bed. What did the dead goose mean?

in the end someone had to own up they had gifted the goose and it was a perfectly normal Scottish gift

after that, all the other presents were an anticlimax

Pinkrinse · 12/12/2024 18:13

Cocolapew · 11/12/2024 11:25

Years ago we were waiting about for taxis etc when we realised our friend was missing. We frantically looked for her, she had a habit of making bad choices with men when drunk.
We eventually found her upside down in a wheelie bin, fast asleep.
It was her snoring that alerted someone to where she was.

😂😂😂😂

TwinklyKhakiPoster · 12/12/2024 18:16

Thank God someone else like me 😆

2025willbemytime · 12/12/2024 18:19

I'm shocked how many women go out without knickers on when wearing a skirt or dress. Just why?

TwinklyKhakiPoster · 12/12/2024 18:25

Best one yet 🤣🤣

Username19832756 · 12/12/2024 18:31

@BibbityBobbityToo The image of she ‘plopped’ them onto the table is killing me 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Wendolino · 12/12/2024 18:44

Mumsontherum · 12/12/2024 17:53

I worked at the head office of a German supermarket in London. During the Christmas night out, one of the senior buyers sneaked back into the offices, took a gift box, did a shit in it and left it in the middle of his assistant’s office. Absolute chaos the following morning when she opened the box! He left to work at another supermarket soon after…

How did they know it was his poo, did he own up or had he attached a gift tag?

Northernladdette · 12/12/2024 18:45

Our area director turned up in fancy dress complete with water pistol. We were at a venue where other companies were having their Xmas dos.
Complaints were made.
He was sacked as a result.

izzygirlis4 · 12/12/2024 18:46

TheNameBeChanged · 12/12/2024 18:11

Not the office party, but the secret Santa before the party. The first present out of the bag was oddly large and soft for a cheap gift. It was the center of attention as it was unwrapped, and a dead goose complete with feathers was revealed

there was much consternation and the rumours began to fly. Was it someone’s dark humor, was it a warning along the same lines as finding a horses head in the bed. What did the dead goose mean?

in the end someone had to own up they had gifted the goose and it was a perfectly normal Scottish gift

after that, all the other presents were an anticlimax

Wtf

usernother · 12/12/2024 18:50

Older Manager (married with children) got off with teenage junior, snogged him in front of everyone, and he gave her a massive love bite on her neck. No idea how she explained it to husband.

Thefsm · 12/12/2024 18:50

A group of twenty of us went to Pizza Hut for our Christmas social (not paid for - we were just lowly shop assistants). The area manager and our managers were there and were loud, drunk and awful. The poor waiter couldn’t keep up with such a large group so drinks took a long time to arrive and they kept loudly saying they would not be tipping. I ended up putting £50 down to cover as much of a tip as I could because the poor guy was close to tears dealing with them. On minimum wage this disgusted me. How could people be so disrespectful of other service workers?!

Wintersgirl · 12/12/2024 18:51

TomPinch · 12/12/2024 04:10

How old are these stories? I can't imagine things like that happening these days. My work has a no alcohol policy and has had for years. Xmas do is always a tame lunch somewhere.

I reckon nineties into early 2000s maybe? There was quite a heavy drinking culture back then, I never went on work Christmas do's, I've spent all day with them I'm sure as hell not spending my free time with them aswell...

Pudmyboy · 12/12/2024 18:52

GaladrielHiggins · 11/12/2024 11:20

I didn’t know her before that so not sure what happened to her afterwards, I imagine she changed her name and emigrated to Australia!

I've also remembered one woman from work who lived near her boss, so when her DH came to pick her up they offered her boss a lift home as well. Boss sat in front passenger seat, she sat in the seat behind, windows down as they were all feeling a bit worse for wear. Her boss threw up out the window as they were driving along and it went back in the rear window and hit her.

Sorry this made me laugh! Hope she got a promotion for that little 'bonus'!😂

Mumsontherum · 12/12/2024 18:54

Wendolino · 12/12/2024 18:44

How did they know it was his poo, did he own up or had he attached a gift tag?

Genuinely, he did it in the Christmas box he had been given by Santa that afternoon. He fell asleep in the office and then did a runner when everyone started arriving for work the next morning, leaving his wee surprise behind!

TomPinch · 12/12/2024 18:56

Wintersgirl · 12/12/2024 18:51

I reckon nineties into early 2000s maybe? There was quite a heavy drinking culture back then, I never went on work Christmas do's, I've spent all day with them I'm sure as hell not spending my free time with them aswell...

I was thinking that too, and I think the 70s and 80s were worse for this. I'm told there's was a drinking culture at my place of work but all the stories are from about twenty years back. None worth relating though.

Wendolino · 12/12/2024 18:56

@Mumsontherum hilarious 😂

Barney16 · 12/12/2024 18:58

Porkyporkchop · 11/12/2024 13:16

Saw colleague dancing (slowly) with a full body sized pot plant. A huge green thing with massive leaves. He was nuzzling it and effectively cheek to leaf - went on for a while and he appeared quite enamoured.

couldn’t look him in the eye after this really.

Edited

I can't stop laughing. That's so funny.

Sisterwinter1969 · 12/12/2024 19:03

This was in the 1980s. Office do at our own place of work.
As a naive 20 year-old, I was utterly shocked to come across Denise, the office tart, on her knees giving BJs to 2 of the men. I learnt after that they were so drunk neither could achieve an erection despite Denise's sterling efforts. 😳

EdgeofSeventy · 12/12/2024 19:05

@DemonicCaveMaggot did anyone find out what warranted a 3am call and a ban?

I would be far to embarrassed to say which indiscretions have befallen me, needless to say I no longer drink 🤣🤣🤣🤣

DarkAndTwisties · 12/12/2024 19:06

Northernladdette · 12/12/2024 18:45

Our area director turned up in fancy dress complete with water pistol. We were at a venue where other companies were having their Xmas dos.
Complaints were made.
He was sacked as a result.

Fancy dress and a water pistol? That takes planning - did he make that decision sober??

Notmoog · 12/12/2024 19:07

Wendolino · 12/12/2024 18:44

How did they know it was his poo, did he own up or had he attached a gift tag?

lol

Notmoog · 12/12/2024 19:08

Northernladdette · 12/12/2024 18:45

Our area director turned up in fancy dress complete with water pistol. We were at a venue where other companies were having their Xmas dos.
Complaints were made.
He was sacked as a result.

seems very harsh

AhBiscuits · 12/12/2024 19:12

Sat in a meeting earlier this week having to listen to the boss give a warning about being well behaved at the party when last year he threw up over the table and got thrown out.

ThatAgileLimeCat · 12/12/2024 19:13

FlatWhiteExtraHot · 11/12/2024 10:52

Most of the crazy behaviour at mine involved me 😂

Same 🤣🤣