Office Party Rules: Keep the Fun, Skip the Tea
Office party season has landed and the message says “loosen up a little,” not “lose your senses completely.”
Yes, the music will slap. Yes, the drinks will be plenty. Yes, your alter ego may try to clock in by the third round. Please escort that alter ego back to the parking lot.
That same colleague hyping your dance moves tonight might be the one dropping your video in the work group by 8am.
HR might be laughing with you today, but never forget, the eyes still work even after two glasses of wine. Free alcohol is generous, yet reputations are expensive to rebuild.
Your outfit is speaking before you even say hello. Your dance steps are writing tomorrow’s office gossip. What looks like fun at midnight often becomes premium tea by morning and the office never runs out of cups.
Enjoy yourself, laugh loudly, take pictures you do not need to beg people to delete.
The erotic choreography can wait for the living room audience at home. Keep the energy joyful, not regrettable.
Party hard enough to remember the night and smart enough to keep your job drama free.