That's exactly how I feel about it, but unfortunately, I've already missed the last party the company had and my absence was noticed. I actually wanted to go to that one, but my mom wouldn't watch the girls for me.
And since this is the FIRST annual family picnic, they are keeping tabs on who is RSVPing and who will be there, etc. And since I am the newest employee in my department, I will be seen as a "non-team-player" if I skip out on these events from the get-go.
So, I've got to go, like it or not. At least this one.
Sheesh! And I bet they won't even be serving alcohol either.
I used to get that a lot at one of the places I worked. I worked 30 miles from home and got pretty tired of all that driving so never did want to drive back into town to do stuff with *work* people! One of my neighbors worked at the same place and thought the same way. Therefore, we were both accused of not being team players.
We got even. Our boss was lecturing us at a department meeting for not showing up at stuff etc. We volunteered to plan the next picnic. We planned it at a place closer to our houses but 15 miles in the other direction from work. hehehe.... only 7 people were willing to drive that far on their Saturday off! We were *even*!!!