Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Free drinks are a bad idea

We had a bomb drill at work this morning. It involved a tiny flashing blue light which nobody saw, a tannoy announcement which nobody heard and then five minutes of standing in a drafty corridor outside the office. It didn't fill me with confidence.

Have the mother of all hangovers after the work Christmas party last night. We were only supposed to have a certain number of free drinks but then somebody figured out that by fluttering one's eyelids at the barman, one could get more (feminism eh?). I teetered home in the wee hours and have been desperately trying to remember what we all talked about ever since.

So the perfect moment to have to give a one hour presentation about the day job, then. I have no idea how I got through it. At least it wasn't on camera, I suppose. I really am my own worst enemy sometimes.

It's only 4.30pm. Sob.

7 comments:

fuzzy logic said...

Love it. Better than being a temp having to quit before the Xmas party *ahem*. Why are my toes so cold?

Grace said...

Awwww.... just be thankful you get a Christmas do :-P xx

zuzula said...

FL - nooo! bad timing... ooh - is your blog closed? I think 'party' is a bit of an overstatement though - 3 small glasses and half a canape was really all it was...

Grace - you don't have one? outrageous! (unless you work in banking!)

Mrs Pop said...

We don't have a company Christmas party, either... Our sales team might go to lunch, but no booze. Boo...

Merry Christmas Zuzula!

zuzula said...

Merry Christmas Mrs Pop!

george said...

Ooohhh Ah! Whoops about the hangover, I have mine tomorrow evening watching Camel Races from a glass room with it's own bar. I am a bit scared, geez I'm thirsty.

Grace said...

Zuzula - I work in local government... Unless you're really really high up, the most you get is a few drinks in the pub... No free drinks, no free food, no afternoon off