Spirit of the CBL

The Company Christmas Holiday Party. I use the capital letters to denote this ubiquitous experience that has become an institution in itself. Where superiors and subordinates gather after work to mingle as if they were equals - all the while remembering they are not.

At 18 hundred and 30 hours the majority of employees from my place of business boarded the Spirit of Philadelphia - a big boat on the Delaware River, the Hampton Inn of cruise liners, the Chili's of the sea - once the boat set sail (does a boat set sail if it does not have sails?) we were trapped, along with Arthur's Dance Studio and the staff of the Camden River Sharks (minor league baseball team), for the next 4 hours.

The CHP is a wonderful example of so many things: why stuffed mahi should not be mass produced, that Secret Santa's Festively Anonymous, Non-religiously Focused Gift Giving Partners are always a bit of a let down, but most importantly - why employees and employers should not be allowed together on the dance floor when there is alcohol involved.

I think I will leave it at that.