Work Christmas Party for Children was a rip off

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The company I work for is very successful even (or should I say specially) in these hard times. Every Christmas they throw a party for the children of employees. This party has never been free, tickets cost £10 per adult, £8 per child. In other years, everyone has felt 'lavishly' looked after with plenty of food and drink going around, entertainment for the little ones and a half decent gift from 'Santa'. The standards have been dropping gradually as the price of the tickets has been increasing. Fast forward to this year's Christmas party. It was so cheap, lack luster and awful I feel like complaining even though it was an internally organised event. Adults paid £10 per ticket and got nothing. Children paid £7 per ticket but the children's entertainment was lame and my kids were bored. There were no decorations. Santa looked like some random bloke with a badly positioned beard and the gift was worth no more than £1.99. The whole affair felt like a right rip off. What would you do?

be grateful your company is doing well and you are having a do? Not buy tickets anymore? See if you can get on the planning committee?

What would I do?? Well if the standard is slipping then I just wouldnt bother going along next year. What else can you do really?

Just don't go next year.

Unless you want to get involved with organising it, there's nothing you can do.

Except not go again.

That's what I tend to do if I go somewhere and didn't enjoy it!

You're absolutely right. I guess I just feel a bit angry that the spread was so poor my kids realised Santa was just some random man and not the real thing and now they're asking questions. But you're right. Just let it go.

I really, really want to work for a company that usually gets the Real Santa? in for their Xmas bash.

Yes, you'd think for £7 a pop, the least they could do was drag the Real Santa? out of his elven lair at the North Pole.

A poor do all round. Probably best to give it a miss next year or at least ask whether it will be an improvement before committing yourself.

Everyone knows it's never the real Father Christmas at these events anyway. It's always one of his helpers. He's far too busy at this time of year to get to all the places he's supposed to go to . That's my explanation anyway!

Ha ha ha bruxeur!. I just mean that he didn't bother to even put on a fake beard, you know, make a little effort.... But yes, I should just let it go and that's exactly what I shall do.

Absolutely folkgirl I always tell my kids not to expect the real one, and we always have a discussion about whether it was the real one afterwards... its quite fun. This year so far (thanks to various school events and GP's) we've seen 4. Each time, when I ask the children if it was the real one, and they say no I ask them why. "Well mummy, that one was too thin and had a funny accent" (scouse) or "No he wasn't real Mum, he had a yellow beard and an ear ring" - last year we think we were lucky enough to get the real one. The children "shushed" me until we were well away and whispered "he was REAL, thats why I said I loved him". Bless.