Office Parties Not Like Those You Can't Remember

(From Reuters -- By Ellen Wulfhorst)

It's office party time of year again, but the holiday shindigs just aren't what they used to be.

Gone are the nights of photocopying one's bare buttocks, groping interns and hauling home a gift bag full of goodies.

Instead, sensitized by sexual harassment cases, sobered by the dangers of drunk driving, solemn since September 11, 2001, saddened by Hurricane Katrina and set back by economic worries, companies are staging sedate affairs these days.

Office Parties Not Like Those You Can't Remember

Scott O'Leary, thanks for the post.