This Friday is the firm Holiday party*. Free booze from 2 to 7pm, a firm "talent show," dancing, and a chocolate fountain as centerpiece. All at the Park West, where Capone used to get his grease on.
However, just in case any of us employees had gotten any crazy ideas about acting like adults this Friday, I just received this at the bottom of the most recent firmwide email:
Tip #5: Office Party
Dilemma: There's going to be a DJ at our annual office party. Do I dance with my boss or not? What kind of dancing is appropriate?
Solution: "Absolutely, you can dance with your boss," says business image and etiquette consultant Jill Bremer, owner of Bremer Communications in Oak Park. But be very, very careful about it. Leave the bump and grind at the clubs. "You still want to maintain a little bit of space between you." And what if your boss asks you to dance and you don't want to? "You want to help the person save face," Bremer says. So make up an excuse. "Bad shoes or something like that. Just try to do it politely." And don't forget the cardinal rule of office party etiquette: "Don't get drunk, because you don't want to be next week's hot topic. You will be talked about for years. People have long memories."
*It is pertinent to note that at last year's party several of my coworkers told me that many secretaries literally wait all year for this thing. Apparently it is their one chance to land one of the many high-paid attorneys in attendance. I left early last year, but I can attest to the lurid nature of this bacchanal.
posted by Little Gordie @ 2:07 PM
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