I HATE Office Potlucks!!!

[Jack_Dawson]

Not the food so much, but damn in my office (we have two), there are about 15 people. None of whom I find the least bit interesting or compelling. And during "lunch", it's just dead fucking silence. Except for the occasional "So Lisa what did YOU bring". Then more silence. So I always chow down and then hunker in my office to avoid the awkward silence. That's where I am now. 14 people are still out there, eating and saying nothing. Arrrrrgh.

Just venting. Thanks for listening! :hi:

[musette_sf]

1. Often I catch a cold

or some other such nasty thing after the "office potlucks". I no longer attend them.

[tx_dem41]

2. Errrr....so what DID Lisa bring?

Jeez, don't leave us hanging like this!

[alexisfree]

12. silence!

[tsakshaug]

3. Food good

I eat-don't talk-grunt some-eat more-leave-I'm full-what more is there to life?

[DebinTx]

4. I'm surprised that the men

aren't zeroed in on anything sports related. Every time we go to lunch, that's the topic while the women quietly eat.

[sbj405]

5. "Mandatory fun"

With the holidays approaching we have many of these events coming up. I feel the same way. I don't really have any interest in hanging out with most of the people and I do hang out with a few that are somewhat interesting or have common interests. uggh. Not looking forward to it - in the next week I have a birthday club, a baby shower, a retirement, and 2 holiday parties. Definitely overkill. Oh and the food is usually bad. :-)

[Jack_Dawson]

7. LOL - exactly!

Mandatory Fun. Love that expresh. I'm going to incorporate that if you don't mind. Thx!

[DS1]

9. close to our "Mandatory Fun Inflictions" in the usmc

;-)

[Jack_Dawson]

13. The USMC has that?

[DS1]

15. It's "unofficial"

:evilgrin:

But yes, every company party was referred to my close-knit subcompany as "Mandatory Fun Inflictions" or sometimes "Mandatory Family Inflictions" when all the married people would drag along the wives and kids. Not that there's anything wrong with wives and kids, but when you're on a beach knocking back a few beers....

[MissMillie]

6. I guess I feel pretty lucky

Our department always manages to have 3 or 4 good groups for discussion during any department event. When one group gets too heavy into discussions of research, I'll move onto another one that is talking about current events, or politics....

[RubyDuby in GA]

8. I feel for ya man., but my office

doesn't do anything that doesn't involve alcohol with it. This comes from the top down. Oh yeah...architects are weird, but these know how to party!

[Jack_Dawson]

14. Damn...in a Red State to boot?

Should I move to GA? You guys need my vote.

[RubyDuby in GA]

17. the house next door to me is for sale

Please please please god please move here.
We need all the help we can get.

And as a bonus, it truly is fun to piss of the fundies and psycho redneck repubs in my area. I consider it a sport and I'm an Olympian!

[Jack_Dawson]

18. What are your favourite methods? Plus,

I could probably get a lot more for my housing dollar than in California, yes?

Where in GA do you live?

[RubyDuby in GA]

23. You should see the looks I get around Covington,

35 miles southeast of Atlanta, at some of my bumperstickers. :evilgrin: And then there is my big mouth that loves to point out hypocrisy to all around me. I'm popular at county commission meetings I tell you. I'll make signs and put them in my front yard just saying the usuals (current one says: Newton Co Republicans - stole my Kerry/Edwards yard signs ~ National Republicans - stole the election).

And yes, you would get a lot more housing for your dollar here. Especially where I live, I am just outside what is considered the Metro Area. Taxes are a lot cheaper, gas is, housing - everything.

Did you ever see that stupid show In the Heat of the Night? They filmed that in Covington.

[Jack_Dawson]

24. With Archie Bunker?

I think I saw it. Small little redneck town? Are there ANY progressives there? Is there a college campus w/in driving distance?

[RubyDuby in GA]

25. Yep Archie Bunker

And he was an ass!

Actually, quite a few progressives there.
Oxford College is in Covington. It's a satelitte campus of Emory University (Emory actually started here, but moved to Atlanta).
In Atlanta - Emory, GA State, GA Tech
Athens (same distance almost to Atlanta) - Univ of GA
Macon - roughly one hour - Mercer University


I'm in heavy recruiting mode today. Anything to get another progressive True Blue in my town!!!!

[alexisfree]

10. lol

was funny....and I know how those losers behave....have a nice day from us!!:party:

[Rowdyboy]

11. Too bad....my old office was full of EXCELLENT cooks who enjoyed

competing. The food AND conversation at these get-togethers was always top-notch, lots of joking, kidding and pigging-out. I typically brought a home-made, lite cheesecake which all the women fawned over.

[Kookaburra]

16. Sorry yours is so boring

We have a pretty decent and interesting group, and my boss is a hoot to be around -- always makes for fun office events.

[maveric]

19. Dont you love the guy that brings in a bag of chips for his contribution?

Cheap lazy fuck that 99.9% of the time is a "guy".

[Jack_Dawson]

21. LMAO!!!

"Chip Guy" brought in 3 bags!

Too funny...

[Nay]

22. I agree that the "chip guy" is a cheap bastard, but

at our workplace there are guys (and they are always guys) who are happy to chow down on potluck food without contributing anything at all. It's disgraceful. We also have people who steal other people's lunches from the fridge! Real bunch of freepers.

[furrylitldevil]

20. Much sympathy

My office is the same way, so I just grab what I'm going to eat and get back to my desk. It's worked pretty well so far!