Last year I speculated that the
arfon.net Christmas staff party at Hooters might well become a
“thing” and by Jingle now it officially is! You will recall that
having enquired why should I miss out of a staff Christmas 'do' just
because I was self-employed and a work force of one? And so decided
to do something about it and held the first ever arfon.net Christmas
staff party at Hooters, Nottingham! The party was such a hit with
staff (providing all the widely regarded staff morale boosting
benefits) that it seemed only natural to go back again this year,
however to make it fair it was first put to a vote, Hooters won by a
resounding majority!
So this lone worker returned to Hootersof Nottingham located at the Hicking Building on London Road along
with my "plus one" Mrs Jones (other companies restrict
their functions to the 'employees only' rule or make spouses or
partners pay for their meals and drinks. But not this business!) for
the second annual arfon.net Christmas staff party!
Having been greeted
by one of the Hooters girls, and shown to our table, drinks and food
arrived shortly after and once again I had the Hooter’s speciality,
the chicken wings with Cajun sauce and curly fries and Mrs Jones had
the choice America steak with coleslaw. Not terribly festive I grant
you but the Christmas decorations, Mrs Jones's owl themed Christmas
Jumper and Christmas crackers helped set the mood. My cracker
contained a wind up Christmas owl, a joke (“What kind of shoes
do frogs wear? Open toad sandals!”)
and a paper hat of which I wore (see photo). Then it was Secret
Santa present-giving time! This year I got a '1960s Childhood
Memorabilia pack' containing a replica Ellisdons catalogue, Batman,
Thunderbirds, Land of the Giants, The Monkees and the Dr. Who
and the Daleks trading cards and various toy flyers (how did I
know that I would like that?!). 
Having finished up and posed for some
photos I also picked up the 2017 Hooters calender (of which proceeds
go to a breast cancer charity). And that was the second arfon.net
Christmas staff party and just like last year a good time was had by
all, and I predict that also like last year morale in the studio will
have been heavily boosted, guaranteeing a productive New year! My
sincere thanks to everyone at Hooters of Nottingham, especially
Lauren, Jade and Helen for the warm welcome and for making my second
staff party a Holly Jolly one! Merry Christmas!
Having finished up and posed for some
photos I also picked up the 2017 Hooters calender (of which proceeds
go to a breast cancer charity). And that was the second arfon.net
Christmas staff party and just like last year a good time was had by
all, and I predict that also like last year morale in the studio will
have been heavily boosted, guaranteeing a productive New year! My
sincere thanks to everyone at Hooters of Nottingham, especially
Lauren, Jade and Helen for the warm welcome and for making my second
staff party a Holly Jolly one! Merry Christmas!© Arfon Jones 2016. All images are copyrighted throughout the world.
I wouldn't mind working as an unpaid consultant for you if it meant getting invited to the Christmas parties at Hooters. I could even pull my own cracker. (Oo-er, missus.)
ReplyDeleteWell thank you, we will certainly keep your CV on file Mr Kid ;)
DeleteI'm good at making tea, it's just you wouldn't be able to drink it once I got it from mine to yours, so I'd be better staying home and drinking it myself.
ReplyDeleteIs that enough contribution for an invite?
Thanks for the CV There have been many applicants for this position, we will be in touch ;)
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