tis the works Christmas do tonight. I'm already late, not particularly bothered about going etc. But if I only get one free thing of the company this year, this'll be it...

half the staff are boycotting out of principle, the other half are going out of principle (boycotters: "If they can't afford a decent pay-rise/bonus then we shouldn't spend their money on this shit as if that make it ok." Goers (ohh-er missus) "If they don't give us shit-all else, we're having a free meal and as many drinks as we can handle on the company instead"