Stick a fork in me, I'm done

[white_hart]

At 6pm today I decided that anything that I hadn't managed to get round to already could just wait until January, shut down my work laptop and put away all of my office equipment until the new year.

(I did, in fact, have a surprisingly productive day, possibly thanks to having an early night last night and an extra hour and a quarter in bed this morning instead of going for a grey twilight walk, and have even managed to draft the paper I've been noodling vaguely about for most of this week without getting very far, so there isn't actually that much left undone after all.)

Also, prompted by (a) the news and (b) talking to someone today who said they'd cancelled their Christmas lunch in accordance with University guidance but someone had brought in some mince pies and a couple of bottles of Prosecco and they'd all gathered in an office to consume them, a poll about parties:

Poll #26457 Office parties

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 43

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Which of these count as a work "Christmas party"?

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Going for a prebooked meal at a restaurant
41 (95.3%)

Going for an impromptu meal at a restaurant
31 (72.1%)

Drinks and a catered buffet in the office
43 (100.0%)

Drinks and nibbles in the office, prearranged
41 (95.3%)

Drinks and mince pies in the office, brought in unofficially by a colleague
22 (51.2%)

Mince pies/chocolates left in the kitchen for people to help themselves
0 (0.0%)

Does a Secret Santa exchange automatically count as a party?

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Yes
9 (20.9%)

No
30 (69.8%)

SEWIWEIC
4 (9.3%)

Are you going (or have you been) to a work Christmas party this year?

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Yes
5 (12.8%)

I was going to but it was cancelled due to Covid
8 (20.5%)

There is one, but I'm not going due to Covid
4 (10.3%)

We normally have one, but aren't due to Covid
13 (33.3%)

No, we don't have Christmas parties where I work
9 (23.1%)