Surviving the Workday

I’m not sure I really believe that a lot of people have sex at office “holiday” parties as data in Office Party Dangers suggest. That may be because my work experience is mostly with nuns, straight women, and gay men, none of whom had any sexual interest in me (and vice versa). Which is fine. However, apparently there is another world outside my own where people have prodigious amounts of sex at office parties.

Tips for Management for Planning “Holiday” Parties (excerpted from Office Party Dangers, which explains the use of scare quotes)

- Develop company policies on expected behaviour at workplace social functions, especially where alcohol is available; ensure the policies are drafted by “stakeholders” or all departments to encourage “buy in” by employees;

- Revisit those social-behaviour policies just before holiday festivities to remind personnel they are all respectable, responsible individuals, and that the guidelines are to be helpful;

- Invite spouses and significant others — which acts as a deterrent to sexual fraternizing, particularly if the party will include dancing;

- Limit access to alcohol by issuing drink tickets or putting the focus on a multi-course meal so that everyone has fun but doesn’t over-imbibe;

- And finally, ditch the mistletoe, as it only serves to encourage intimate contact and the very type of behaviour that could spell trouble and sour the office atmosphere faster than the Grinch can steal Christmas.

Read Office Party Dangers to see that other people are having more sex at work than you are.

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