Office Christmas parties are not usually my favorite thing. That being said - last night we had the all of UPMC HR Christmas party at Shootz in the South Side. This year was a little bit different than last year because I actually knew some people. I have to say it was much more fun that last year. Some of the night's festivities included my Vice President of HR singing karokee. Never thought I would ever see that in a million years. As the night unfolded and the alcohol kept flowing there were some pretty interesting karokee debuts. Some of the people that I viewed as very staunch - loosened up and went all out. I guess I missed the manager of Healthplan's HR ripping his t-shirt off. That would have been hilarious. I had one office party, when I was a teacher in VA, that I will never live down - so I chose to keep it to one drink at office parties. You never want to be the talk of the company - especially at UPMC. I remember one year we went to Craig's office party when he worked for a small public accounting firm -- they had hired a comedian for entertainment. The comedian made some comment about a guy that was getting up to leave (the guy was an employee's husband) and the guy turned around, flipped the comedian off and screamed F*** You! I think everyone had their jaws on the floor for a very long time --- need I remind you that this is a room of stuffy accountants? I remember a Partner that was sitting at our table saying that the employee who was with this guy would probably be fired. Needless to say I've attended and been a part of some crazy Office Christmas Parties.
