BigSausage 0 Posted December 5, 2003 Share Posted December 5, 2003 Got this sent to me, a few days before our Christmas party. ------- AVOID THE SEASONAL SPIRIT A list of Christmas office party clangers has been unveiled with a seasonal warning to watch your Ps and Qs in front of the boss. One tipsy new recruit asked the managing director of the company: "So, what do you do?" And another smooth-talking employee confessed to a colleague: "I've been stalking you like a lion stalks an antelope." Recruitment firm Office Angels warned that blundering attempts to break the ice at the Yule Tide do can often make the wrong kind of lasting impression with managers. Other one-liners owned up to by the 1,500 employees polled by the company included the gems: *You're much better looking than you sound on the phone, and *I'm glad we chatted tonight because I didn't like you when I first met you. Office Angels managing director Paul Jacobs said: "Despite the off duty atmosphere of the parties, employees should be aware that any indiscreet or embarrassing comments are likely to be noted and can have an impact in the future." Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted December 5, 2003 Share Posted December 5, 2003 > "I've been stalking you like a lion stalks an antelope." That sounds like something SKI would say. Link to post Share on other sites
MistaSparkle 0 Posted December 5, 2003 Share Posted December 5, 2003 I gotta say... one of the few things I admire about Japanese corporate culture is the clear division between professional time and casual time. Nice to be able to let loose and at a company party without having your coworkers gossip about how you danced naked with a lampshade on your head at the company party the night before. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted December 5, 2003 Share Posted December 5, 2003 Work christmas parties can be fun. I have had some bad ones and some good ones. They are good. Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted December 6, 2003 Share Posted December 6, 2003 Quote: > "I've been stalking you like a lion stalks an antelope." That sounds like something SKI would say. ....yeah, right! Someone near to that guy take a pin and burst his bubble will ya? Link to post Share on other sites
echineko 1 Posted December 6, 2003 Share Posted December 6, 2003 In Japan, sometimes thing that is said when drunk is more acceptable. Is it really true or not I don't know. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted December 6, 2003 Share Posted December 6, 2003 Thats what they say isn't it. I heard a lecherous boss say to an OL type at a party the equivelant of "lets shag" and she was just laughing it off. He'd have had a kick in the balls and a lawsuit the next day back home. Link to post Share on other sites
LARD 0 Posted December 7, 2003 Share Posted December 7, 2003 And I can see the response of the OL here. A coy laugh behind here hands and a feminine "yamete!" Link to post Share on other sites
Roger's head 0 Posted December 7, 2003 Share Posted December 7, 2003 I think the "you can say anything when you're drunk here" thing is bullshit. Many Japanese might feel much more freedom to say things more when they're drunk than in normal life, but in my (admittedly limited) experience what is said IS remembered. And can be used as evidence. Link to post Share on other sites
cheeseman 1 Posted December 7, 2003 Share Posted December 7, 2003 "What's your favorite cheese?" A great conversation starter. Link to post Share on other sites
rachael 0 Posted December 11, 2003 Share Posted December 11, 2003 I had a guy try his Arnie line on me once at a party back at college. I'd never seen the guy, he came up to me - very drunk - and came out with his line... "fancy a shag?" I burst out laughing, it was classic, never forget it. The guy wasn't all that bad too, but he found it difficult to look me in the eye after that. I don't think he remembered it, but his friends did. Link to post Share on other sites
nagoid 4 Posted December 11, 2003 Share Posted December 11, 2003 What did you say rachael? Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 No-ones ever said such a thing to me, I'm jealous. It must have been class when they said that. You should have tormented him for years after. Link to post Share on other sites
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