In my experience, office Christmas parties (or "the work do", if you prefer) inevitably include: 1) the appearance of a colleague's body part that I've never seen before; 2) the witnessing of an excruciating David Brent-esque dance routine from someone more senior than you and 3) being forced to offer relationship advice to a teary-eyed and less-than-sober workmate.
So it's with a no-so-heavy heart that I read this <A HREF="http://money.guardian.co.uk/smartspendingforchristmas/story/0,11127,1365855,00.html"
">story on Guardian Unlimited Money today:
A survey of nearly 4,000 managers showed that fewer were planning to organise a staff bash this year, often complaining that office parties were "long and boring".
We asked our Guardian Unlimited talk users to tell us their office party horror stories here. Being an independently-minded bunch, they've also set up another talkthread about what's in store at this year's do.
Please add your own stories here or on the talkthreads above.
