December 1, 2008
This credit crunch really does threaten to ruin Guru's Christmas.
Yours Truly had already been forced to promised Her Indoors he will halve his mince pie budget to £100, and only attend three Midnight Masses to cut down on petrol, and now those killjoy lawyers have made the annual office parties almost pointless.
Tom Potbury, senior associate in the employment team at law firm Pinsent Masons, said "drunken brawling" - surely a mainstay of festive bashes everywhere - was inadvisable.
"One result of the credit crunch is that many businesses are currently looking to make redundancies," he sagely warned.
Glad you cleared that up, Tom. There was Guru naively thinking this was a period of non-stop hiring and pay rises. But wait - there's more.
"In deciding who stays and who goes, one criterion that is often considered is the disciplinary record of each employee. Now more than ever it is therefore advisable to avoid drunken brawling or other misdemeanours at the office Christmas party."
Hang on a minute - "any other misdemeanours"? So, let's get this straight. Your mortgage payments have gone up, your job is on the line, fuel costs more than gold, it's freezing cold, there are about five hours of daylight every 24 hours, you can't afford a turkey at Christmas but - whatever you do - don't indulge in any misdemeanours at the Christmas party.
It all makes Guru want to drink eight bottles of mulled wine and sit on a photocopier before punching his boss and passing out naked with Tracey from reception.
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it happened
Posted by jan | December 7, 2008 2:16 PM
Posted on December 7, 2008 14:16