When after work drinks go wrong...
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sidekickdmr said:
beko1987 said:
so I tag along during the rounds but get a beer rather than cocktails etc, and usually they are so pissed by the next round they forget I haven't had my turn at paying yet and just buy me another beer.
Trust me, they know 
Been there, done that.
Make sure you get the second round of drinks in next time, or at least offer. It can go with little notice or care for a while but then starts to become something the odd one mentions to the other; before long most or all are looking for it and/or mention it when you go to break the seal.
If you are lucky someone will have a quite word. If not you'll be dropped before you realise.
The latter often depends on if you are entertaining or not. Do you like being entertainment?
Big Rod said:
I've borne witness to some monumental work/social train wreck parties over the years but far worse is having a team of male and female colleagues working on a project and staying in the same hotel from Monday to Friday over a prolonged period of time.
Marriage breakdowns, pregnancies, fights, private detectives, Police, criminal damage...
I'll raise my hand and say that the particular period of time I have in mind I was not directly involved in any of the shenanigans but was unjustly implicated during some of the disciplinary processes which stuck in my craw somewhat.
It's quite entertaining watching it all unfurl from my beer addled perspective though and recounting some of the frankly unbelievable stories kills a few hours at times.
No, I'm not about to start either. It would take far too long to type out and I don't think you'd believe me anyway.
But I want to know Marriage breakdowns, pregnancies, fights, private detectives, Police, criminal damage...
I'll raise my hand and say that the particular period of time I have in mind I was not directly involved in any of the shenanigans but was unjustly implicated during some of the disciplinary processes which stuck in my craw somewhat.
It's quite entertaining watching it all unfurl from my beer addled perspective though and recounting some of the frankly unbelievable stories kills a few hours at times.
No, I'm not about to start either. It would take far too long to type out and I don't think you'd believe me anyway.
Bristol spark said:
I know of a company who a few years ago wanted to reward all the staff with a free christmas party along with a "free bar"
Obviously some took advantage of this, and many shots later things were out of hand!!!
It ended up with 3 riot vans etc outside a nice country pub !!
I believe a few where sacked when they eventially turned up to work next.
They now only invite selected employees, and no free bar.
Looking at your name I'm assuming a construction related contractor, possibly of the carpentry variety?Obviously some took advantage of this, and many shots later things were out of hand!!!
It ended up with 3 riot vans etc outside a nice country pub !!
I believe a few where sacked when they eventially turned up to work next.
They now only invite selected employees, and no free bar.
Rude-boy said:
sidekickdmr said:
beko1987 said:
so I tag along during the rounds but get a beer rather than cocktails etc, and usually they are so pissed by the next round they forget I haven't had my turn at paying yet and just buy me another beer.
Trust me, they know Been there, done that.
Make sure you get the second round of drinks in next time, or at least offer. It can go with little notice or care for a while but then starts to become something the odd one mentions to the other; before long most or all are looking for it and/or mention it when you go to break the seal.
If you are lucky someone will have a quite word. If not you'll be dropped before you realise.
The latter often depends on if you are entertaining or not. Do you like being entertainment?
If I'm not quick enough to get the first round in I'll be damn sure I buy the second.
If someone declines to join the round and keep their own company 'cos they're a bit skint that's no problem at all but if they try to be a ponce they'll get told in no uncertain terms...
I was in Atlanta on a semi regular work trip, few of us there for various reasons, the boss over there is a drinker and we did the hotel bar in and as we spent so much as a company they turned a blind eye to us bring our own stuff in after it closed, the litre of Vodka, a Litre of Jaagermeister (Which is basically spicy Alcoholic Cuprinol) and a crate of beers, between perhaps 8 of us, already having had a few, the boss was playing mein host with the shorts, paper cups and kept topping each of us up with a good slug of our chose poison.
I was on the Jaager which initially makes you go What the holy f
k is that st, hmm, actually its quite pleasant.
So, one of the guys, ex millitary, nice chap but a bit "been there, done that" and reckoned he could handle his booze like nobody else, we were sat chatting and being topped up, full cups of Jaager, he was necking his and I was sipping, I thought I would test his capacity so, every time he went to the loo or distracted he got an extra top up from my cup, didnt se him much the following day, I felt bad, but then not really.
Another night we got utterly battered int he local bar and a guy called William Wallace took us to the "Clermont Lounge" in Atlanta, now that was an experience, we got dropped of near the hotel at the McDonalds and got 20 McNuggets each at 4 am, the girl on the counter asked what dip we wanted and she rattled off a list and I thought I caught Honey Mustard and said "Yes, the Honey one", stupid bh gives us the mound of nuggets and breakfast Honey ffs, then dissapears and didnt come back, I thougth sod it, its going cold and it may be a taste sensation so we sat watching the sun come up over the Northlake Mall dipping Chicken Nuggets in Runny Honey which is in no way a taste sensation, got to bed at 5am and down for breakfast at 7.30 a broken man, shaking like a poorly Poodle, had to get one of my crew to drive the team bus, a 5 litre Mustang and I didnt enjoy that day one ioat.
Google the Clermont Lounge, it is apparanrently legendary, seeing an older black lady crush a can between her tits was er, unusual.
I was on the Jaager which initially makes you go What the holy f
k is that st, hmm, actually its quite pleasant.So, one of the guys, ex millitary, nice chap but a bit "been there, done that" and reckoned he could handle his booze like nobody else, we were sat chatting and being topped up, full cups of Jaager, he was necking his and I was sipping, I thought I would test his capacity so, every time he went to the loo or distracted he got an extra top up from my cup, didnt se him much the following day, I felt bad, but then not really.
Another night we got utterly battered int he local bar and a guy called William Wallace took us to the "Clermont Lounge" in Atlanta, now that was an experience, we got dropped of near the hotel at the McDonalds and got 20 McNuggets each at 4 am, the girl on the counter asked what dip we wanted and she rattled off a list and I thought I caught Honey Mustard and said "Yes, the Honey one", stupid b
h gives us the mound of nuggets and breakfast Honey ffs, then dissapears and didnt come back, I thougth sod it, its going cold and it may be a taste sensation so we sat watching the sun come up over the Northlake Mall dipping Chicken Nuggets in Runny Honey which is in no way a taste sensation, got to bed at 5am and down for breakfast at 7.30 a broken man, shaking like a poorly Poodle, had to get one of my crew to drive the team bus, a 5 litre Mustang and I didnt enjoy that day one ioat.Google the Clermont Lounge, it is apparanrently legendary, seeing an older black lady crush a can between her tits was er, unusual.
beko1987 said:
Luckily many of my colleagues are rich, so when pissed insist they buy drinks, so I tag along during the rounds but get a beer rather than cocktails etc, and usually they are so pissed by the next round they forget I haven't had my turn at paying yet and just buy me a beer.
That's a stty thing to do, you're a stty person for doing it and they know you're a stty person doing a stty thing.HTH.
iphonedyou said:
beko1987 said:
Luckily many of my colleagues are rich, so when pissed insist they buy drinks, so I tag along during the rounds but get a beer rather than cocktails etc, and usually they are so pissed by the next round they forget I haven't had my turn at paying yet and just buy me a beer.
That's a stty thing to do, you're a stty person for doing it and they know you're a stty person doing a stty thing.HTH.
Putting to one side the PH binary options of great man or worse than Hitler with no middle ground....
...seriously it will have been clocked and commented on. Stop being a cheapskate and put your hand in your pocket lad.
not really a work thing, but a few years back a couple of mates asked if i fancied playing for their sunday morning pub team, they were a laugh and i was always up for a game.
anyway after the game they said follow us to the pub, so i did, a tad nonplussed when they sailed right past the teams pub.
so i had to ask when we got to the intended one.
turns out that after the previous years xmas do for he teams etc, they had been banned from their own team pub. there had been urination and shagging in public involved, props included were a pool table and a upright piano.
anyway after the game they said follow us to the pub, so i did, a tad nonplussed when they sailed right past the teams pub.
so i had to ask when we got to the intended one.
turns out that after the previous years xmas do for he teams etc, they had been banned from their own team pub. there had been urination and shagging in public involved, props included were a pool table and a upright piano.
Only thing I've really seen happen in a negative way was a chap at my last firm get obliterated and called another guy a, "Black c***". The chap who was actually insulted took it in context that the guy was virtually unable to walk and brushed it off. It wasn't so much specifically racist the guy was black and the drunk thought the second bit was fitting at the time.
Typically someone else made a complaint and the guy was asked to leave.
On a positive note, a mate of mine who i used to work with was an awesome drunk. Literally three pints in he was suddenly like an excited kid but in a hilarious way not annoying. He was a good laugh sober so the beer just perked him up.
One of the last things I saw from a drunken night out he'd had, was that he'd asked someone to draw on his hair (had a shaved head). She he spent the night with a brilliantly felt tipped side parting!!
Typically someone else made a complaint and the guy was asked to leave.
On a positive note, a mate of mine who i used to work with was an awesome drunk. Literally three pints in he was suddenly like an excited kid but in a hilarious way not annoying. He was a good laugh sober so the beer just perked him up.
One of the last things I saw from a drunken night out he'd had, was that he'd asked someone to draw on his hair (had a shaved head). She he spent the night with a brilliantly felt tipped side parting!!
thainy77 said:
J4CKO said:
Google the Clermont Lounge, it is apparanrently legendary, seeing an older black lady crush a can between her tits was er, unusual.
I stayed with a mate in Atlanta a few years ago, this was on his list of "must see Atlantan sights"! And you say older, she was about 75-80!Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff