Holiday Sweaters

Put all your coworkers and their significant others together in a room, throw in some tacky red sweaters with christmas trees on them..give them a couple tickets and what do you have....An awkward Holiday Party. I know that companies do this to give back/thanks for all our hard work throughout the year. However, I hangout with the people I like from work all the time. You are forced into going (and dragging your even more unwilling to go partner) to these annual parties because you want to be a "team player".

No one acts like themselves, 2 drink "tickets" only last you for an hour, and you have to stare at tacky holiday wear. Now granted, this holiday wear gives plenty of ammunition on those that don the sweaters for everyone else to type/talk to each other about the next day on the chosen office-approved instant messaging tool.

Why don't companies figure out how much they want to spend on the holiday party and divide the amount evenly and hand that out as a check to all the employees. I would get much more statisfaction out of that and I could have my own fun holiday party with the people I enjoy spending time with. I wouldn't be in an enclosed room locked in torture with only 2 precious drink tickets, forced to overt my eyes from the awful, glittery mess that people wear to feel "festive".....ugh