some people got smashed and were sick in bins and someone was rumoured to have had a shag under a desk of a boss.
Sounds like some office parties I've been to. My last place had some Xmas parties in the office to save money.
Work life has changed a lot. I remember when people could smoke in the office kitchen and I have worked in places where people could smoke at their desks. Now they have to go to the 'Shelter of Shame'. The current place is pretty old and things like a workers' bar used to be more common. The new offices has things like 'meeting pods' and I think there may be beanbags, but we are stuck in the 1950s block where you have to go down 2 floors and then up one just to get to the loos. Keeps us fit anyway.
I remember there were ashtrays right up until the ban practically in the offices I worked. I am trying to remember how many years ago, I think roughly 20 years ago maybe? It was on its way out but was till a thing, especially if you had to work the weekend. It is crazy to think of how far we have come. As someone said recently, we wouldn't vote to allow smoking indoors again. This can only show how good a decision it was despite the militant lobbyists and the like trying to tell us that such freedom curtailing was the end fo the world!
My place got rid of their shelter of shame and imposed a smoking ban on the immediate area around the office. It has kinda backfired as the diehard smokers now walk further afield to smoke before coming back and spend a substantial amount of time away from their desks!