Wasted with Bosses
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Our company has celebrated its 10th year anniversary the other day, Thursday. Well, it’s not particulary exciting as one may expect. For one, there’s no suspension of work even for just a day…hahaha. Basically, there’s not much activity for it except for the mass and later that day, a cocktail party. Hmnn… I hate cocktail parties but I gave it a shot. There will be free food and drinks and they say that the best things in life are FREE.
Well, as any other cocktail parties, what you got there are finger foods, wines and beer. And since I’m hungry coming directly from work, I took a lot of those finger foods and then a glass of red wine and then…. San Mig Light!!!! I happened to be with a PM who drinks beer like a fish and a little conversation and bragging here and there led to more discussions and more beer, of course. And then came some more people and then more and more talking here and there until we were told that it’s closing time. The next thing I knew, we were at another restaurant on a long table and free-flowing San Miguel Pale Pilsen.
But more than the drinks and conversations, it’s not very common for a multinational company that you get to drink with your the top honchos of the company, right? What’s more with the general manager? But we just did. We, the foot soldiers, happened to drink and got wasted with them. And what’s more? The conversations are as if we are at the same level. It is as if everybody has been friends for a long, long time already.
I just drink occasionally and I rarely get wasted because I stop when I get tipsy. But this time, I just let myself simply because it’s a rare opportunity to be able to openly talk with the bosses. Yes, they may forget all about what we’ve discussed that night but it leaves a lighter feeling when you know you have told your management what you really wanted to say. Your views in your job and the company and at the same time, giving you their stand and they feel about those things. More importantly, it shows that they are also people like us… humans with feelings and not the usual monster that we view our management. And most importantly, they also get wasted! hahaha!
At the end, it was fun. It made some people closer… in my case, with my other officemates who I never went out with before. I got new connections within the office. That event may never happen again but for me, I’m very happy that it did happen even just for once. I’m not looking for another drink-until-wasted sessions like that but I’m hoping that the friendship and professional relationship that we shared there continue after that night.
Oh, my wife was really angry because I forgot to tell her that I’ll be late that night. But I know she’ll understand…. and she did! But I’m ‘outside-de-kulambo’ that night. hahahaa…