To not want a cocktail JUG to go with my Christmas dinner.

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Work meal tonight. Everyone is pre ordering their drinks. I'm not.

Apparently I'll be disappointed when I have to queue at the bar. No I bloody won't. Firstly, who the hell (apart from my colleagues) wants a drink that comes in a jug? Secondly, why would you want to drink that shit with a meal? They're not even proper cocktails, they're essentially alcopops mixed with a bit of fruit.

They're all professional women 30 plus, for the record.

Ooh, they're now trying to get me to pre order a bottle of prosecco. No. Just no.

Ah fair enough Misty, maybe I need to find a more generous workplace

Sadly we're paying for our own meal and drinks. Therefore I definitely want to drink something I really like.

Misty yeah about 20 years ago!

Hardly anywhere pays for the whole shebang anymore, the ones that do are the exception not the rule.

I'd have happily ordered wine for the table.

In that case Glitter tell them to politely eff off and order whatever you like! The cheeky mares telling you how to spend your own money.

Sorry, looks like I've been lucky enough to have only worked in places that pay for Xmas dos and so thought most companies cover the cost.

I would pre-order ( a bottle of champagne with a straw would be my choice but each to their own) as you could end up spending 40 minutes a time at the bar. I went out last week and came home stone cold sober after being out for 6 hours as it was so busy it was nearly impossible to get a drink, even a soft drink.

A fun sponge? I just don't want to be pressured into drinking more than I can handle
Aw, see, I just don't get this mindset. Why should you let yourself be pressured into anything?!
Let them bitch/moan/think you're boring/whatevs.....drink your one glass of wine whatever. That's totally up to you!
I'd personally be on the jugs of shite cocktails and probably end up with drinking most of it myself, but wouldn't expect anyone else to if they didn't want to!
Just seen your update on writing this. Glad you've decided against shots when got small children the next day. That never ends well head wise.

you sound fun

I agree with you, I can't stand those cocktails that look like artificial colouring and flavouring in a jug or whatever it is served in, I prefer the fresh mojito or a nice pina colada the more traditional cocktails, id rather queue up and wait for decent drink than drink that stuff, but like you also I would of been al over that when I was younger but these days id prefer a glass of wine with my meal or even a rum and coke or something like that

The cocktails sound utterly vile but it's Christmas and perhaps a rare 'big night out' for some of your colleagues. Just drink your wine and let them have fun.

Are you going to Wetherspoons for your Christmas party?

This is what I love about living in the arse end of nowhere with zero public transport and patchy taxi service.

It is so much harder for the fun police to try to bully me into drinking, if there is no way of getting home on a night without having to drive.

My days of getting happily shitfaced are over an done with, I just can't deal with the hangovers I get now.

Just tell them no and que at the bar

I enjoy a cocktail. Even ordered jugs of the bright stuff from weatherspoons.
However, regardless of what I am drinking I want it fresh.
So I wouldn't want a jug of booze sitting on the table waiting for me. And I certainly wouldn't want 2 jugs. That's 4 - 6 drinks, depending on the size of the glass and jug. By the time you got to the second jug, the ice would have melted lots watering down the taste, so you could end up with coloured water.. I know I wouldn't want to pay good money for coloured water.

It's double standards that they are allowed to badger the op into ordering jugs or bottles or whatever, when she doesn't want to because, it doesn't matter. yet she isn't allowed to say hang on a minute, you sure you want to be drinking coloured water. I don't mind having to go the bar to keep ordering drinks.

Oh and if it is weatherspoons, and also to others who may be going, download the app. As long as yours is on there, you can order drinks and food from the table.. Ours have just started doing it. I noticed it the other day when a friend was at the bar and I was getting bored after 10 minutes. Downloaded the app, signed up, ordered and had the drinks brought before friend was back.

I forgot to update. It was fine. No queue at the bar, two glasses of wine. Not Wetherspoons.