As we enter that thoroughly miserable period of the year where the nights are at their longest and winter seems to be stretching for millennia ahead of us, many people simply love the prospect of Christmas and all of the fun and frivolity that this can bring. Indeed, there are some who claim that Christmas was strategically placed at this time of the year in order to lift the spirits of the citizens and cut down on the number of suicides - honestly, I kid you not!.
One of the highlights of the work calendar is the annual Company Christmas parties , and this is the perfect excuse to let your hair down and socialise with your colleagues in a way that would usually be completely anathema to you. Yes, I use the word anathema because all too often, people act completely differently once they have gulped down a few glasses of punch and end up getting up to antics that fill their minds with total dread the morning after.
You can just imagine it, things like: Oh no, not the stationery cupboard, or, God help me, I never did that with the flipping boss! Then after the festivities are over, how many people return to work and worry about seeing a crisp P45 form sitting on the desk of their boss?
So the moral of this article has got to be that you need to take it much easier at your next office party. Let someone else be the object of all of the gossip and never risk losing a job that you probably worked so hard for in the first place.