How is your Federal Agency celebrating the holiday's

[Anonymous]

Need ideas and suggestions on what to do for our office that's laid back. Most employees stay in their offices and aren't really sociable. The boss said its a must we do something, an as the AA I need to put this together. What should we do that's not too sociable?

[Anonymous]

How big is your office?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How big is your office?

It's 18 people.

[Anonymous]

We don't do anything We had a potluck last year that cost $20 to attend (for plates and decorations I guess??), but most of us don't go.

What do you mean by "the AA"?

[Anonymous]

I'm one of those people who avoids office social events. I would make it a point to attend if there were some kind of incentive for me - especially if it was a 59 minute, early release award or something similar. I've gone to parties or participated when I knew there was a raffle 59 minute award. Or even better, have it and let everyone leave after.

I'd also figure out what kinds of food people like and order/bring that. If you have coffee drinkers, know what kind they like.

Make it as easy as possible to attend. Keep it on site. And don't charge anything for it.

Or hire someone to come in and give 10 minute seated massages for everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm one of those people who avoids office social events. I would make it a point to attend if there were some kind of incentive for me - especially if it was a 59 minute, early release award or something similar. I've gone to parties or participated when I knew there was a raffle 59 minute award. Or even better, have it and let everyone leave after.

I'd also figure out what kinds of food people like and order/bring that. If you have coffee drinkers, know what kind they like.

Make it as easy as possible to attend. Keep it on site. And don't charge anything for it.

Or hire someone to come in and give 10 minute seated massages for everyone.

Surely you aren't a fed? We can only do ours over lunch and how can you NOT charge anything for it? Where would the money come from? We don't have extra budgets for these things. I feel like if my agency hired a masseuse for us, it would make the news and we'd be ridiculed.

[Anonymous]

The holiday's what?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We don't do anything We had a potluck last year that cost $20 to attend (for plates and decorations I guess??), but most of us don't go.

What do you mean by "the AA"?

AA means administrative assistant. What did YOU think they meant?

[Anonymous]

Perhaps you could have a seminar on punctuation and capitalization, and Order in some Lunch's?

[Anonymous]

I cant even.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We don't do anything We had a potluck last year that cost $20 to attend (for plates and decorations I guess??), but most of us don't go.

What do you mean by "the AA"?

AA means administrative assistant. What did YOU think they meant?

No clue. We don't have admin help in my agency.

[Anonymous]

We usually just go to a restaurant and have a long lunch. Usually after lunch our boss lets those who participate go home for the day. Another boss took us out to eat for lunch and then for ice skating after.

[Anonymous]

For our mostly anti-social group we do a potluck and have everyone bring something - a dish, napkins, plates, desserts. Over lunch, doesn't cost anyone anything beyond what they bring. I think knowing it's just an hour helps attendance.

[Anonymous]

Federal Court. Closed on Christmas Eve. Yippee!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We don't do anything We had a potluck last year that cost $20 to attend (for plates and decorations I guess??), but most of us don't go.

What do you mean by "the AA"?

AA means administrative assistant. What did YOU think they meant?

I was also dumbfounded. But not nearly as much as I was by the PP who thinks that government employees can get even a single free cup of coffee!