Being the manager of the small team in London I was always responsible for the smooth running of the Christmas party. I work in a relatively small team of 8 girls and 3 guys. When it came to Christmas period or silly season the girls ruled the team, leading the charge on drinking and going out as frequently as possible.
For the Christmas party I was always keen to be out the office by 1pm for an afternoon out before everyone went their separate ways, earlier rather than later.
On the morning of the eventful Christmas party everyone entered the office sedately and the atmosphere was relatively chilled, however as we neared mid day the girls disappeared to the gym before returning together in somewhat shorter and more interesting outfits, which would likely cause trouble later.
We headed out to a nice local bar and after a few hours of enjoying one another’s company everyone started to spread out from the group with several people seeing friends in the bar.
The girls quickly grabbed the attention of many of the male groups and were being bought many drinks each. With everyone being looked after I slipped away to the office to finish some of the work I needed to get done.