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<\/a><\/p>\nBrowns\u2019 spokesman Paul Hulyer said: \u201cWe\u2019ve been hosting Christmas staff parties for nearly 40 years at Browns and despite the changing fads and fashions, we\u2019ve seen just about everything in that time.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe faces may change as quickly as the music at these staff parties but one thing is constant \u2013 the 10 staff party characters who are present.<\/p>\n
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\u201cNever is that more obvious than at the annual staff Christmas party. These character traits seem common at every staff party we\u2019ve hosted since we were established in the 1970s.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe reckon everyone can name someone who fits each of these categories our experts have devised.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The Top 10 Office Party Characters<\/h2>\n
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The Peak-too-sooner<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n This man or woman is the office Christmas party evangelist. They help round up the troops in advance of the annual bash and make wild promises of incredible party feats and promises of being the last-man or woman standing at the after-party shindig. Unfortunately, they are then found just 90 minutes into the festive bash, candle well and truly burnt at both ends, snoozing quietly in the corner.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Flirt<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n You\u2019ve had your suspicions about this staff member all year and, as the Christmas party celebrations start to unfold, they confirm your worst fears \u2013 they\u2019ve made you the target of their inappropriate advances for the duration of the evening. They start off the night pleasantly enough \u2013 innocently offering to buy you a drink – but then suddenly turn, shunning every other member of staff and focus their attention solely on you (or a particularly inappropriate part of your body). They make lewd suggestions almost as an after-thought, sit uncomfortably close to you and growl at other members of their sex who have the misfortune of straying innocently into your vicinity throughout the evening.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Blabbermouth<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n They\u2019ve been the picture of discretion all year, hiding their simmering discontent at not getting that pay-rise or failing in that promotion behind a fa\u00e7ade of normality. But once the festive spirit takes them, their lips become loose and they begin to announce, at an inconsidered and raised volume, how rubbish it is working at their company. They also suddenly find it impossible to maintain company secrets or private disclosures. Nothing is out of bounds and, before the end of the evening, any confidential company business is suddenly common knowledge among the entire workforce. Often found at the root of any Christmas party squabbles.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Houdini<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Often best-friends with the Peak-too-sooner and the Organiser, the Houdini seems well up for plenty of festive frolics in the lead-up to the staff Christmas do. They often go as far as helping organise venues for the hardy party animals to go to after the main event has subsided. Unfortunately, this party \u2018type\u2019 is usually never around when the apr\u00e8s-party begins, having sloped off home for an early-night and a mug of Horlicks discreetly while the rest of the workforce is still in full-party mode. Usually in their early 30s and often a new parent or horribly infatuated with their lover.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Dark Horse<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Quiet as a mouse all year round this pinstriped staff member suddenly, frighteningly finds their outrageous inner self at the Christmas party. While they wouldn\u2019t say boo to a goose in normal office hours they suddenly think it is perfectly acceptable to go round helping themselves to colleagues drinks and dancing inappropriately close to members of the opposite sex. They\u2019re also likely to announce that they used to be lead singer in a death metal band once they\u2019d quit their job as a dancer at a seedy revue bar. Often to be found working the floor in tandem with The Flirt<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Limpet<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n You can easily spot this s(h)elfish staff member at the Christmas party because they are irremovably welded to the side of their departmental boss. They\u2019ll be the one heartily laughing at their boss\u2019s awful jokes, cooing cringefully at their boss\u2019s development plan and happily skipping off to the bar and buying their boss drinks all night out of their own pocket. They\u2019ll also be the one left looking heartbroken as their boss exits the party early without hearing their full 14-part eulogy to their boss\u2019s greatness, written in staggering techni-coloured fawning detail (in their own blood). Often to be found, at the end of the night, in the toilets, attempting to outcry The Weeper<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n