It’s the most wonderful time of the year! It’s also a time when office Christmas parties are happening left and right, and alcohol flows almost freely. And when booze-filled behavior takes over, you can expect an unhinged event to take place.
These responses to a recent Reddit post prove that. One user asked, “What's the craziest thing that has happened at your work Christmas party?” People shared personal accounts of their wildest work party experiences. Some are laughable, while others may induce feelings of second-hand shame.
Enjoy scrolling through these stories, and if you haven’t celebrated your company's Christmas party yet, do so responsibly. This thread should be your cautionary tale.
#21
Used to work in IT for a mid sized UK law firm - company went all out and hired a fancy hotel for our Xmas do. Pre-dinner drinks are happening and some of the trainees had decided pre-pre-dinner drinks were a good idea. That idea proved to be a bad choice when a trainee threw up in the lap of the MANAGING PARTNERS WIFE before we'd even been shown into the dinning room.
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24points
#22
It was an 'alcohol free' party at work in the morning. A co-worker brought in a bunch of pies, all home-made and heavily laced with rum. By noon, everyone was schnockered and calling taxi cabs.
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23points
#23
Had a big party in a posh hotel but it then came out that work had a 250 cleanup bill because someone took a s**t in the foyer. There were a few rumors as to who was the suspected culprit but no proof until one day a video appeared of the cctv footage of a colleague stumbling out of the party room, stopping, unzipping and just letting loose infront of horrified staff to shocked to stop him in time.
It was also exactly who everyone expected it to be as well.
It was also exactly who everyone expected it to be as well.
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22points
#24
Owner jumped on the bar of our brewery and took her top off, dancing to ICP. Later banged two guys in the back office while her husband played Jenga and nursed his vape.
21points
#25
Office party with open bar, a seriously bad idea. A senior engineer who worked for me got totally blitzed and groped the (female) CFO. Then he stumbled to the bathroom and passed out in his own vomit. Coworker was unable to awaken him and called 911.
Ambulance shows up to take him to the ER while I follow behind in my car. Halfway to the hospital the ambulance suddenly pulls over and sits there while I (in the trailing car) wonder WTF is going on.
Three minutes later a cop car shows up and the cops enter the ambulance. One emerges a minute or two later and the ambulance continues on its way, now followed by both me and the remaining cop in our respective cars. We get to the hospital and my engineer, now awake, incoherent, and handcuffed to the gurney, is taken to an examination room.
The cop explains that the guy woke up during the ambulance ride and attacked the crew. I spent 10 minutes talking him out of arresting and charging the guy.
Hospital checked him in and I stayed up all night in the waiting room so they could release him to my custody and I could take him back to the hotel. His BAC had clocked in at 0.4.
Amazingly he was not fired (he was a *really* good engineer) but was required to attend counseling.
Ambulance shows up to take him to the ER while I follow behind in my car. Halfway to the hospital the ambulance suddenly pulls over and sits there while I (in the trailing car) wonder WTF is going on.
Three minutes later a cop car shows up and the cops enter the ambulance. One emerges a minute or two later and the ambulance continues on its way, now followed by both me and the remaining cop in our respective cars. We get to the hospital and my engineer, now awake, incoherent, and handcuffed to the gurney, is taken to an examination room.
The cop explains that the guy woke up during the ambulance ride and attacked the crew. I spent 10 minutes talking him out of arresting and charging the guy.
Hospital checked him in and I stayed up all night in the waiting room so they could release him to my custody and I could take him back to the hotel. His BAC had clocked in at 0.4.
Amazingly he was not fired (he was a *really* good engineer) but was required to attend counseling.
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20points
#26
When most people had left the party, the Executive Director of a non-profit used the conference room big screen to look up staff member profiles on a court case website. This was done in front of everyone that was still there, and he thought it was just a funny joke. I heard about it after I had left. He was was later fired for a litany of other improprieties.
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19points
#27
One of the company executives ending up kissing a member of his sales team. While he was kissing her, another woman who was also in his team, grabbed the girl off of him (because she clearly liked him even though she had a boyfriend) and they had a fight in the middle of the dance floor. The next day none of them were in the office. The girl who started the fight was told she either had to resign or be fired. She opted to resign out of embarrassment.
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17points
#28
The owner discovered that the VP had been giving the operations department a hard time, so he came up with a clever way to address it. For the company Christmas party, the owner ordered an open bar, knowing the VP would likely overindulge. By the end of the night, the owner started playfully roasting the VP in front of everyone. While it was lighthearted enough to pass as friendly banter, the underlying message wasn’t lost on the operations team, who were blushing and laughing the entire time. Meanwhile, the VP, visibly intoxicated, had no idea how poorly he was coming across. It was a masterclass in subtle yet effective leadership.
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15points
#29
Sales guy brought a girl he met on tinder. First date, never met her before. Tue party was at a pretty nice venue. She got absolutely wasted, threw up all over the bathroom, and had to be carried out of the venue.
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14points
#30
Old job about 15 years ago someone took a s**t in the bosses office in the garbage can.
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14points
