Yes, as the song goes.... soon it will be Christmas...another year done..
Along with Christmas comes the inevitable Christmas Parties with their gaiety, fine food, fellowship and legend making activities.
Who can't recall with some passing delight if not actual devilish glee some revealing antic that happened at past Christmas Office Party? Ah yes, who does not know of the mix of truth telling, truth inventing, and truth stretching that is given leave to be circulated all under the innocent guise of 'filling in' the worker who hadn't been able to attend the annual function of dysfunction and mayhem which accompanies most of these celebrations denoting the total ignorance of what the Season is truly all about? These truths that spread faster than the artificial lighting that drapes over every eave, roof, and metal railing in the average North American household, that may or may not cause red faces, vivid day dreams, and domestic disputes for years to come.
These 'truths' embellished with details that are peppered with superiority, speculated upon as to the inner motivations, combined with the blurred memory of the story teller contributes to the Office Consciousness that when tapped will provide many hours of biting, condemning, and snickering conversation in the lunch room for months until at least the office Spring Bar-B-Q.
Is it not a just a bit strange then that the very reason these 'parties' even exist at all, the very origin of the Greatest Party on Earth, the real Meaning of the Season , has nothing to do with buffet tables, open bars, bonuses, and collections for the boss's gift? In fact, I suspect that very very few of Office Party attendees give very much thought to the actual reason for the season.
I suspect these social gatherings are more of an opportunity to see and be seen, an opportunity to schmooze with the upper echelon of the corporation, and often an unhappy opportunity based on lust and too much alcohol to test one's attractiveness by expressing one's previously and the oh so wisely hidden desire for a romantic dalliance with a co-worker, their spouse or some combination thereof, however brief.
A few examples of character revealing Christmas Party antics...which are not exaggerated, contrived, or invented..well not a lot anyways.
Christmas Character Flaw Revealed #1
How about those crocodile tears that flowed when the Boss thanked everyone for the World Vision Gifts bought for her in her name? Really...she didn't KNOW one could do that? How can she be the age she is, with the money she has, and live in the world we live in and NOT know of World Vision?
Christmas Character Reveal #2
How about that worker and his wife who BRING and pass around unasked for goodies to augment the Boss's office party?
Blatant trying to get in good with the boss attempt perhaps.
Christmas Character Reveal #3
The person with the big official and professional type looking boots who flung their leg over the table while slogging back copious amounts of booze to the shocked dismay of the others at the table revealed more than her lack of manners. It also revealed the lower standard of character traits that her particular profession has allowed into their ranks.
Christmas Character Reveal #4
The Christmas group photo. How could one miss the squeezing in of some office staff into the back row of male co workers? One can only speculate on the 'why' of it all.
There are a million Christmas Parties going on in North American this season-- opportunities for millions more character revealing incidents.
If you feel you would like to share your own or another's Character Reveal , please do so in the comment section to be enjoyed by the rest of us.
http://www.worldvision.org/
Visit the site to learn more about sponsoring a child or donating to a very worthy cause.
Along with Christmas comes the inevitable Christmas Parties with their gaiety, fine food, fellowship and legend making activities.
Who can't recall with some passing delight if not actual devilish glee some revealing antic that happened at past Christmas Office Party? Ah yes, who does not know of the mix of truth telling, truth inventing, and truth stretching that is given leave to be circulated all under the innocent guise of 'filling in' the worker who hadn't been able to attend the annual function of dysfunction and mayhem which accompanies most of these celebrations denoting the total ignorance of what the Season is truly all about? These truths that spread faster than the artificial lighting that drapes over every eave, roof, and metal railing in the average North American household, that may or may not cause red faces, vivid day dreams, and domestic disputes for years to come.
These 'truths' embellished with details that are peppered with superiority, speculated upon as to the inner motivations, combined with the blurred memory of the story teller contributes to the Office Consciousness that when tapped will provide many hours of biting, condemning, and snickering conversation in the lunch room for months until at least the office Spring Bar-B-Q.
Is it not a just a bit strange then that the very reason these 'parties' even exist at all, the very origin of the Greatest Party on Earth, the real Meaning of the Season , has nothing to do with buffet tables, open bars, bonuses, and collections for the boss's gift? In fact, I suspect that very very few of Office Party attendees give very much thought to the actual reason for the season.
I suspect these social gatherings are more of an opportunity to see and be seen, an opportunity to schmooze with the upper echelon of the corporation, and often an unhappy opportunity based on lust and too much alcohol to test one's attractiveness by expressing one's previously and the oh so wisely hidden desire for a romantic dalliance with a co-worker, their spouse or some combination thereof, however brief.
A few examples of character revealing Christmas Party antics...which are not exaggerated, contrived, or invented..well not a lot anyways.
Christmas Character Flaw Revealed #1
How about those crocodile tears that flowed when the Boss thanked everyone for the World Vision Gifts bought for her in her name? Really...she didn't KNOW one could do that? How can she be the age she is, with the money she has, and live in the world we live in and NOT know of World Vision?
Christmas Character Reveal #2
How about that worker and his wife who BRING and pass around unasked for goodies to augment the Boss's office party?
Blatant trying to get in good with the boss attempt perhaps.
Christmas Character Reveal #3
The person with the big official and professional type looking boots who flung their leg over the table while slogging back copious amounts of booze to the shocked dismay of the others at the table revealed more than her lack of manners. It also revealed the lower standard of character traits that her particular profession has allowed into their ranks.
Christmas Character Reveal #4
The Christmas group photo. How could one miss the squeezing in of some office staff into the back row of male co workers? One can only speculate on the 'why' of it all.
There are a million Christmas Parties going on in North American this season-- opportunities for millions more character revealing incidents.
If you feel you would like to share your own or another's Character Reveal , please do so in the comment section to be enjoyed by the rest of us.
http://www.worldvision.org/
Visit the site to learn more about sponsoring a child or donating to a very worthy cause.
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