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>Office Parties
How do you generally get out of them? There's just no polite way to do it.

>> No.15519365

>>15519353
Grandma died sorry

>> No.15519376

>>15519353

Tell them you have other plans.

It's that fucking simple

>> No.15519379

They're literally an excuse to drink free booze you retard. Plus if you're lucky you can grab some of the 30 racks and sneak them home.

>> No.15519398

>>15519353
I prefer not even though I would have loved as it can be a problem with my gf I don't want to risk

>> No.15519409

>>15519376
Already agreed but they added on some other stupid activities after the fact.

>>15519379
I don't like drinking alcohol with people that aren't my friends, feels cringe to get drunk with your coworkers.

>> No.15519410

No, I know this feel anon. Had a rough time with then for a decade now. I'm the quiet autist at the party .

>> No.15519420

>>15519353
fuck off i got work to do

>> No.15519431

>>15519409
Tell em you're an alcoholic, years sober or whatever and no thanks. They won't ask questions.

>> No.15519461

>>15519353
Take vacation days at same time.

>> No.15519508

>>15519431
I've already agreed to go anon

>> No.15519522

>>15519420
Based and cyrus pilled

>> No.15519531

>>15519353
Why would you? These are the moments where you shine as the office chad and assert dominance. My favorites are national meetings where my lowly wagie ass gets demanded to sit with executives for dinner. Learn how to work a room.

>> No.15519539

>>15519508
well then why did you agree to it dickhead
just tell them something came up, have to be in the hospital to visit someone, funeral, whatever just make up something

>> No.15519551

>>15519353
The fuck is office panties? They make wagies wear panties now and you're not allowed to take them off?

>> No.15519554

>>15519539
because at first they wanted to just have a simple dinner and then changed it to normie shit because it's a small company.

>> No.15519622

>>15519353
My company doesn't have office parties. We mostly don't like each other enough to want to see each other outside of work anyway.

>> No.15519623

It would be potentially dangerous towards your social reputation in that office and consequently damaging to your interpersonal relationships with colleagues and superior(s). Attend parties on special occasions if possible to further cement relations with employees - but ideally and most importantly with your superiors (maybe including smart, successful employees that would be valuable friends/contacts).

Of course, if you work in a call centre or the above-mentioned relationships wouldn't be valuable simply tell the party organisers that you will be unfortunately unable to attend. This isn't highschool, you don't need a sick note from your parents and GP.

>> No.15519640

>>15519353
Just say you have to go.

>> No.15519651

>>15519554
that sounds like hell. i wouldn't go.

>> No.15519654

>>15519623
Anon let's say I have agreed to go but there are two components to the so-called party with one which i would like to attend and the other not. How can I leave after the first portion?

>> No.15519685

>>15519353
fart loudly and pour the punch everywhere while you scream "hitler did nothing wrong", you can add masturbation and fried chips in your nose.

>> No.15519697

>>15519654
>Hey anon where are you going? The second portion hasn't started yet
>Yea, but I gotta go pick up my niece from football training. Cya on Monday
>Oh okay cya
Literally that easy. Although I have never waged in my life, but I have lied a lot(recent years).

>> No.15519704

>>15519697
>it's literally saturday evening
Lol it's in a few hours and I can't seem to come up with anything.

>> No.15519710

>>15519554
kek how cucked are you
just don't show up
if you get asked about it just change the subject

>> No.15519717

>>15519654
like the other anon says, literally just say bye to everyone and you have to head off now. if someone asks the reason why just say you have to go now and say bye again. only a retard autist or an asshole would press harder for an answer. they won't make a big deal out of it unless you appear as if it is one.

>> No.15519718

>>15519685
This

>> No.15519738

>>15519710
>it's a small company
>they will notice
>will probably call and ask me
Call me a beta or whatever but I still have to work with these people anon.

>>15519717
Okay maybe I am overthinking it. This is probably the best approach, I was thinking to briefly explain why otherwise. It's not a huge party where there's dozens of people and if someone leave it's unnoticeable.

>> No.15519740

>>15519554
can you expand please? I'm curious
you could always go for a bit and if it is really bad get a fake call and excuse yourself because something came up

>> No.15519743

Get a google voice number and post it here with a time to call you at. Someone here will probably save your autistic ass by calling you

>> No.15519760

>>15519740
At first the plan was to go to a restaurant then they decided it would be cool and quirky to go to a bar or club afterwards. I can't stand bars/clubs and especially with coworkers.

>> No.15519800

>>15519623
>It would be potentially dangerous towards your social reputation in that office and consequently damaging to your interpersonal relationships with colleagues and superior(s)

That only means that your relationship with them was weak to begin with. Whether or not you attend these parties for the entire duration won't change that fact. You think going to these parties is going make these people respect you more?

>> No.15519911

Literally make up any excuse. Transitioning from a restaurant/dinner to a bar/club actually works in your favor for being able to leave, how do you not understand that? Say something came up, you don’t want to drink more, you’re tired, or just ghost and say you weren’t feeling well. No one should ask questions and if they do they’ll be the ones making it weird. If someone presses (some normies do this, they get all excited and say come on anon don’t be lame etc.), just tell them you really can’t and leave it at that. I’ve had plenty of scenarios EXACTLY like this one at work except I’m not a total sperg and like my coworkers so I just continue to hang out. However there are always plenty of guys that leave between locations because of family obligations or just don’t feel like it. No one gives a shit. Granted I work with all males and it’s a blue collar setting so no one is weird about it.

>> No.15519922

>>15519911
Okay guess you're right and I'm just being an autist overthinking shit. thanks anons

>> No.15520672

>>15519922
shoot them all
its the only way

>> No.15520889

Just stop replying to emails about group activities. After a few months you’ll stop being included in everything and it’s great. Even better when some people just stop talking to you about inane shit every day. I love when the lottery pool fools show up the day after the drawing.

>> No.15521777

>>15519760
Pal that's great, like the other anon said, you have the perfect opportunity to leave after going to the restaurant. I do this for all work parties. We go for a meal, once we're done and most want to go to the clubs, they ask me to come with them. I just explain that I don't drink and it's not my thing, that's all.
If you need another excuse, just say that you have to get up early in the morning and you've already stayed out late enough.

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>>15519760
That's fine, just say at the office that you'll do dinner, but won't do the bar stuff, THEN have a couple of drinks at the restaurant and book a taxi/uber halfway through desert.

When they're all like 'Nooo, ssss-taaaaaay, come-onnnnn' you just say 'eheheh sorry, I've already booked a taxi, but this was nice.'

'Awww nnnnoo, come onnnnn, sssstaaaaaay', 'aha, heheh, no, sorry, I can't, the taxi is nearly here, but I had fun. This was nice, you have fun tonight.'

Having a couple of drinks at the resturant is your way of 'having fun with them', but it's also your excuse to book a taxi and be driven home.

>> No.15521930

>>15519508
you have to go now

>> No.15521963

>>15519379
Why would anyone get shitfaced in front of their boss and act like a complete tard? unless the boss is absolutely on a highspeed train to passout land

>> No.15522221

>>15519353
go and say hi and leave 15 minutes later

>> No.15522723

>>15519353
Attend the party and enjoy it.

>> No.15522998

>>15521963
I'll hang with my boss and we'll get stoned together and/or play basketball. He doesn't drink much these days and neither do I, so it's all good.

>> No.15523038

>>15519353
just get embarrassingly drunk in front of them and then they'll stop inviting you to things

>> No.15523607

i went anons, it wasn't that fun

Idk how normies can keep getting drunk/go to clubs. It's simply just not fun

>> No.15523765

>>15521963
Because not everyone's boss has a stick.up his ass. Unless you're in the military or catholic church your boss probably still behaves like a normal human being in his off time.

>> No.15523950

>>15523607
Part of it seems to be that it becomes more fun with more experience as it becomes a normal thing to do in your life and your social skills XP increases.

Could also just be it isn't your thing.

>> No.15523953

>>15519398
fucking cuck

>> No.15523999

>>15523607
The honest trick is to just not give a fuck. Go get drunk, talk to people or don't. When it comes social outings just realize that you probably aren't gonna have a magical night of fun. You're literally just passing time until the event is over. Don't make it out to be more than it is.

Socializing also gets easier once you have hobbies that aren't just playing video games, drinking, or browsing 4chan.

>> No.15524066

>>15519409
>I don't like drinking alcohol with people that aren't my friends, feels cringe to get drunk with your coworkers.

1st world problems

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>>15523999
>Socializing also gets easier once you have hobbies that aren't just playing video games, drinking, or browsing 4chan.
Like which? This shit's been bugging me for a long time, I don't play videogames (the mere idea makes me cringe, I'm an adult) but I don't really know in what hobbies to get that will let me get to know people so I just browse 4ch and YT in between my job and going to the gym.

>>15523607
I don't like clubs but they're okay if you go with friends. Going alone is a huge no-no.

>> No.15524336

You gotta set boundaries right from the start and you gotta stick to them. 'I am not interested in your social shit, fuck off' - said more diplomatically. Stick to your guns and eventually it becomes a meme 'hey anon, you going to the xxxx? . . haha'.
I don't even go to the work christmas party and they don't give a shit. Bottom line: work is for work time and fuck them if they expect me to let it encroach on my non-work time.

>> No.15524383

I go to every office party and sign up for all the extracurricular teambuilding activities like wallclimbing etc. It gets referred to in my review and is partly the reason I get 10% increases every year. The managing director cares about that shit and if I I've to give up the occasional evening to order top-shelf whiskey on the company tab and hit on interns then I can make that sacrifice.

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15524691

I thought this was /biz/. Whats the gain from skipping outings? Maybe you're lucky and your boss only cares about your performance, but I know how my boss would think if I consistently turned my nose at his 'generosity'.
If you want to go up the ladder you have to play the transparent games they learned at their expensive management seminars. Go to parties, sign up for the charity runs etc. Thats what they weight heavily when it comes to promotions and raises, especially if its a wankery silicon valley company that talks about the employees being a family.
>>15524383

>> No.15525239

>>15524323
>but I don't really know in what hobbies to get that will let me get to know people so I just browse 4ch and YT in between my job and going to the gym.


Outdoor, physical activities, and sports are the easiest. Learn to fish, go hiking, follow the NFL and play fantasy, go to the gym, go kayaking, go swimming, play basketball. I met a lot of people doing all this shit summer and it made me a lot more open as a person because I finally had something to talk about that was my own narrow field of interest.


Basically just literally do anything that is outside your house and/or involves other people. Even though fishing can be a solitary activity, just about every guy does it or has done it.

>> No.15526306

>>15524691
That sounds shitty. Is that really the norm now? I’m waging while finishing up a degree, so I don’t have real experience. I can’t imagine it being like that in smaller cities

>> No.15527206

>>15525239
Basketball is a lot of fun, especially 1v1 or 2v2. Balling with my boss is a blast. He and I tend up to play two of his friends and we won both games.

Kayaking can be a lot of fun too.

Hiking, hell yeah!

>> No.15527251

>>15519365
Anon this is the 5th time your grandma has died. How many grandmas do you have?

>> No.15527286

>>15519353
>How do you generally get out of them?
drunk. and with a girl. or to a friend's house (birthday, major event, football, idk anything, not funeral or wedding though you fucking retard)

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>>15519551