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Holiday Cheer in the Workplace?

Posted by Cliff on from the just-to-teaser...Ebenezer dept.

inherent asks: "With the holiday's quickly approaching, the a fternoon here at work has begun degrading into a large-scale decorations-fest. Having recently graduated College, I'm used to much more 'outlandish' decorations than those I see going up on cube walls around me. What are some /.ers best and worst memories of holiday cheer in the workplace?" I'm from the school of thought that leaves the Christmas decorations for when it's closer to Christmas rather than before Thanksgiving, but maybe that's just me. But, for those of you who just can't wait to share the cheer, this year...this one is for you.

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  1. I keep a little "Holiday Cheer" at all times by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I keep it in the bottom drawer of my file cabinet. Flasks store better than liter-bottles.

  2. Cheering has Been copyrighted by HappyPerson · · Score: 0, Funny

    DMCA explicitly prevents cheering and or any such activity without the Strict permission of RIAA. Please refrain from typing, singing, kissing, sniffing, and wiping your ass with any music playing in the background, you must license those uses. Your mp3 player is illegal unless its RIAA approved and skips intentionally. All mp3's will now be only .NET enabled and will contain deliberate security flaws that must be allowed because if they were patced you may actually be able to have more than 1 MP3 on your computer at any one time. This is patently illegal and will be punished by repeated playing of music by a 4th grade marching band.

    /. it's not what you do its how complex you can make it look.

  3. bushy by rf600r · · Score: 3, Funny

    Due to complaints that the phrase "Christmas Tree" was too religiously oppresive to some(One person, actually) we renamed it the "Holiday Bush."

    Each year, we look forward to being called over the PA system to "come to the loby and decorate the bush!"

  4. Humbug! by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 4, Funny
    Chanukah, Kwaanza, Christmas: HUMBUG!

    I have petitioned management to institute the celebration of Festivus .

    I think that a corporate celebration of Festivus gives a brilliant opportunity for the traditional "Airing of grievances".

    --
    "Flyin' in just a sweet place,
    Never been known to fail..."
  5. do you need to ask?? by green+pizza · · Score: 3, Funny

    xsnow!

    I've been running xsnow between Dec 1 and Jan 1 since about 1994. It's about the only true tradition I have.

  6. Re:Cheer doesn't bother me, don't make me particip by 198348726583297634 · · Score: 2, Funny
    Agreed. I don't like families, or interpersonal relationships, so I'd rather not be constantly confronted with these godawful pictures of wives, children, pets.. Everywhere you turn, it's "family" this or "girlfriend" that .. sickening! I don't care if your son just graduated from college, or your little girl just got a puppy for her birthday (ooh, so much responsibility! why doesn't she get a job instead!)



    Actually, I don't even like "fun" or "happiness." And so many people these days walk around with smiles on their faces, like it was coming back in style.



    Please do not involve me in your "relationships" or "emotions." I'm here to work, and so are you.



    (yes, it's sarcasm.)

  7. The pot-luck dinner! by AtariDatacenter · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yup. The typical pot-luck dinner. However someone, who was easily figured out, brought rum cake. We're not talking normal rum cake. This thing was completely saturated with rum. A slngle slice was almost the same as taking a shot.

    Needless to say, there was much christmas cheer going on in the sysadmin and DBA staff. Other than some laughs, surprisingly, nothing was said.