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I found out this evening that our Christmas meal has been booked.... it's £40pp + drinks aibu to think that's excessive?

I think that’s rather cheap!

That's about average I would say.

It’s a lot for a work do!

I suppose it depends on what it is? That's what ours cost last year and it was a great night with a full evening's entertainment then a disco in a lovely venue. Do you know what it entails?

It's a meal in a local restaurant

Wait, £40 per head for a Christmas meal, is considered expensive?!?!

Cheaper than ours; I don't think that's bad value. About average for a meal out somewhere nice?

Surely it depends if lunch or dinner and where you live.

Well yes, it's been paid for in every other place I've worked.

Sounds about right, Christmas nights out always end up costing an arm and a leg.

Think it depends on your workplace and what you earn to be honest

Such are the times we live in OP! Frugality is the new festive I work in a school so you can imagine how many work dos have been paid for...

I'd say £40 is probably about average.

Ahhhhh, now I get your point. You’ve been spoiled before. Time to pull your big girl pants and pay for yourself.

Alright Ska, why are you being so rude?! I mean I think it's pretty expensive given a main in some comparable like Prezzo is about £13...

I’ve never paid for my meal? I thought it was the norm for the company to pay?!

tatree depends where you work. I've only ever worked in the voluntary and public sector. In the voluntary sector we got a £10 contribution towards it (each) but started to refuse that once we realised it was the boss (also not well paid) who was subsidizing it. In the public sector we pay for our own.

OP we get a say in where we go, we never pick anywhere more than £20 pp plus drinks! YANBU.

Is it mandatory / who is paying?

No it's not mandatory - can I Christmas meal be mandatory?!??! I won't go. It's not about not being able to afford it, just think it's a waste of money. It's a very niche sort of food.

We charge £42.95 as the early bird special and £49.95 as the standard price. Includes arrival prosecco, 3 course meal, DJ and disco and Christmas crap on tables. I'm way up north so the same hotel chain down south charges £60ish for the EBS.
Depending on where you are and what you're getting for that, it's not a bad price

Ex forces so have been to many mandatory things! It is sadly normal pricing but just make up an excuse and don't go!

Say, it's just a meal - a crappy set menu - in a bog standard restaurant. No drinks and nothing Christmassy about it.

I look at it I actually like the people!

Sounds expensive, especially plus drinks unless you are a biggish earner and like socialising with your work colleagues.

Very niche? It's Mongolian guinea pig, isn't it?

Is your workplace booking out the whole restaurant - that might add a premium to the cost?