I was invited to fourteen corporate holiday parties last year, all within walking distance of one another, all with open bars. This year, NONE! And I didn't suddenly become more obnoxious, companies have really cut back.
After ten months of freelancing (read: unemployment) I took a seasonal job at a large department store here in New York (mercifully for my shattered ego, it's one of the better ones, but still). We just got a store-wide email saying that the customary Christmas party had been canceled, replaced by a large donation to St. Jude's Children's Hospital. I was oddly disappointed, as I had been hoping to get ripped, like crazy drunk, at the open bar with very little repercussion. Now the children with cancer will get care and I will be sober when I collect my pink slip come January 1.
@Seeräuber Jenny: To be honest, nothing to shake a stick at. Unfortunately my financial stick has been, uh, shaken by the aforementioned bout of joblessness.
She can say anything she wants. I credit her and Tina Fey with helping the American public avoid four more years of Republican tyranny by helping to torpedo that idiot Sarah Palin.
@son of spam: I know this is all in good humor... but straight women don't always have to look like Betty Draper and they (we) can actually do things too. Not sure where you were trying to go with this one - especially because, and you should know this by now, I usually enjoy your remarks. #katiecouric
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Okay, gripe over. Fucking cheapskates.
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Some background:
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I love this economy.
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But how is the discount, Mrs. Lincoln?
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Creepy.
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Seriously. I do. #katiecouric
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@misha trotsky: She's morphing into Suze Orman, which maybe isn't the best person to morph into.
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