One woman has left people in stitches of laughter after sharing how she managed to get her work colleagues kicked out of a restaurant as her ‘feral’ side came out at the Christmas party
‘Tis the season to break away from the stresses of work with a fun Christmas party with your colleagues – but one woman’s “feral” antics lead to getting her whole team kicked out of a Christmas event.
Makeup artist Brooke has become an internet sensation after recounting her wild work party experiences on TikTok. The 33-year-old, known as @brookestok on the platform, confessed: “I always dread a work do because I go with every intention not to act like a feral animal but do you know what I do? Act like a feral animal.”
Her candid confession and uproarious storytelling have tickled many, especially when she revealed how her behaviour resulted in her entire team being ejected from a restaurant during last year’s festive celebration. “I have not lived it down,” she admitted.
Brooke continued: “I got my whole company chucked out of last year’s Christmas meal. They still talk about it to this day. Luckily, I work with people who are fun and find me funny, because if I didn’t, I probably wouldn’t have had a job.”
She detailed their boozy brunch and subsequent bar crawl across London, which ended in a noodle bar where Brooke was more interested in nabbing a keepsake than eating noodles. “As I walked into the noodle bar there were gold buddhas everywhere,” Brooke recounted.
She went on to explain a colleague expressed a desire for one of the buddhas, and decided to get one for them. “I thought what I would do is that I would pick one of those buddhas up, hid it and then when we go I’ll have that,” she shared on social media, laughing uncontrollably.
Believing she had successfully hidden the buddha, the group settled down for a meal, but found it odd when no one came to take their order. Eventually, a server approached them and said: “You all need to leave. Because you’ve tried to steal the buddha.”
“Then they escorted us out of the building,” Brooke added. However, before being shown the door, she spotted more buddhas in the toilet, asked a stranger to grab one for her, concealed it in her coat and managed to sneak it out. The stolen buddha now serves as a prop at her workplace.
Brooke was hoping for redemption at this year’s Christmas party, but the 2024 festivities proved just as chaotic. Her team opted for bowling, a decision made by her boss in an attempt to keep things under control. Both Brooke and her boss ended up in fits of laughter when they finished their drinks and left the bowling alley, only to realise that she still had the bowling shoes on.
Others joined in sharing their own work Christmas party tales, with one person saying: “Don’t worry about it. I am banned from my town Weatherspoon. That’s pretty bad.”
One person recounted a particularly embarrassing festive faux pas, saying: “I got so drunk few years back. The CEO wife was so worried about me. She took me home, plonked me on the sofa with a duvet. In my drunk state, the boxer dog looked cold in his bed so I took the duvet and slept in the dog bed with him, to be woken by my boss in the morning. I was mortified.”
How to recover if you messed up at work Christmas party
Career expert Rob Phelps at AI Jobs shared how to recover from office party mishaps, to ensure you get to see the New Year at the company. He says if you are worried about how you behaved at Christmas party you should start by assessing the damage.
Rob advises: “The first step is to take a breath, calm down, and work out exactly what happened. Was it a major mistake or a minor slip up that can be laughed off? Drunken karaoke that ended up on social media, an awkward overshare to your boss, or an argument with a colleague? Consider your audience and who saw what may have happened, as that could determine the severity of the situation, and how you should react.”
He also recommends a succinct apology if needed, proposing you say something along the lines of ‘I’m sorry about my behaviour at the party; it was out of unprofessional, and I regret it’. Rob points out the more you talk about the incident, the more it sticks in people’s minds, so it’s best to keep a low profile post-gaffe.
The expert also advises against fixating on the error and to take it as a learning experience. He further adds: “Yes, you may have had too much to drink, but don’t make that your excuse. Keep it simple, and avoid trying to place blame on external factors like alcohol or stress.”
