the christmas party
I am proud, I don't like to take hand outs or be the recipient of benevolent gestures from the corporation for which I pack books, I'd just like to be paid a living wage for my labour and service, and I'd like that work to be respected.
So,in the past I hadn't considered going to the works christmas party,I had instantly dismissed it as a patronising gesture and somehow very undignified to dress up and be a guest of my employers.
The gesture was to collect people, take them to the venue for a meal and drinks and then a taxi home.
But
it was my birthday the day we told that we could reserve a place for the christmas party. It was announced at the meeting that we needed to take a form from the team leaders desk, fill out our choice from the menu and then take it to the office with a £10 deposit, the deposit is returned on the night, and it was announced that places were limited this year as the number of staff had increased and based on figures for attendance at last year's party that only 200 places were available for 500 employees.
WHAT????
Ok, that's grossly unfair, and I tried to discuss it with others as we walked to our posts to start the day's shift but I didn't get much response ...I was furious
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