i realized i never posted about the office holiday party. oh lord! where in the world do i work?! so we had on the border catered in (which would only happen in texas) and ate in the conference room, which had been transformed into a small banquet-type room. they also rented a margarita machine. i didn't have any though. i drink from time to time, but i just don't think it's appropriate to drink at work. and when i say at work i mean in the office. we had this lunch and then were supposed to go back to work afterwards. i just don't see how this is possible since we are a member-focused organization.
so anyway me and three of the other girls in the office (note: i know it's three of the other women and i, but this is my blog and i type casually) sit at one table and no one else sits by us. they have always been outcasts and i'm an outcast because i'm leaving/quitting. so finally the executive director sits by us. i don't know if it was out of pity or to make sure we didn't talk about anyone else but it was pretty sad because it's like having your brother take you to the prom.
so, we're eating lunch and watching shrek 2 (yes, you read right 20 some odd adults watching shrek 2). but that's not the best part. the best part is the party favors on the tables. playdough and those little three-piece noise maker/hand clapper things. for a brief moment i thought i had been thrust forward into time, and i was at my future child's 5th birthday party.
later, we do this silly chinese gift exchange that we don't call a chinese gift exchange b/c it might offend alan*, the asian employee. so they call it a white elephant gift exchange even though the gifts are normal. and i'm thinking wouldn't calling it a white elephant gift exchange be offensive to caroline*? (she's a ~300 lb white girl who works in our office) but anyway. i survived the party. my clock got stolen once and ended up with someone who opened it right then and hung it up in his office. i ended up with a $15 gift certificate to blockbuster and the annual bonus, which me and gorgeous will use. so all's well that ends well ... i guess.
*names have been changed to protect the offended.
so anyway me and three of the other girls in the office (note: i know it's three of the other women and i, but this is my blog and i type casually) sit at one table and no one else sits by us. they have always been outcasts and i'm an outcast because i'm leaving/quitting. so finally the executive director sits by us. i don't know if it was out of pity or to make sure we didn't talk about anyone else but it was pretty sad because it's like having your brother take you to the prom.
so, we're eating lunch and watching shrek 2 (yes, you read right 20 some odd adults watching shrek 2). but that's not the best part. the best part is the party favors on the tables. playdough and those little three-piece noise maker/hand clapper things. for a brief moment i thought i had been thrust forward into time, and i was at my future child's 5th birthday party.
later, we do this silly chinese gift exchange that we don't call a chinese gift exchange b/c it might offend alan*, the asian employee. so they call it a white elephant gift exchange even though the gifts are normal. and i'm thinking wouldn't calling it a white elephant gift exchange be offensive to caroline*? (she's a ~300 lb white girl who works in our office) but anyway. i survived the party. my clock got stolen once and ended up with someone who opened it right then and hung it up in his office. i ended up with a $15 gift certificate to blockbuster and the annual bonus, which me and gorgeous will use. so all's well that ends well ... i guess.
*names have been changed to protect the offended.
5 lovely comments:
p.p. said...
Sounds like a blast!!!
-Me said...
Wow. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for the play doh (I actually have 5 canisters in my office that I play with while at work). But watching Shreck and playing with Play Doh. I really am convinced that Menso people are insane! Other than the outcasts, of course.
mrcrazyone said...
Here at our office we call it Dirty Santa. The highlight had to be that someone brought a $5.00 sandwich maker from Wal-Mart as a gift. “(she's a ~300 lb white girl who works in our office)” you are so wrong for that. Someone had a side of mean at lunch today LOL
Melissa said...
"caroline" is probably too dumb to put two and two together.
Sivad said...
ROFL @ "we do this silly chinese gift exchange that we don't call a chinese gift exchange b/c it might offend alan*, the asian employee. so they call it a white elephant gift exchange even though the gifts are normal. and i'm thinking wouldn't calling it a white elephant gift exchange be offensive to caroline*? (she's a ~300 lb white girl who works in our office) but anyway."
that was very funny!