Kashmira Gander
The Independent
LONDON: The festive season may be a time for good will and sharing – but it’s also apparently the perfect excuse to hook-up with the cute person from accounts, according to a survey which has revealed that 39 percent of people have had sex at their work Christmas party.
Even more people admitted that the annual knees-up offered the chance to kiss a co-worker, with over locking lips at the event.
A survey of 2 000 UK adults by high-street lingerie retailer Ann Summers revealed that IT and HR are the professions most likely to snog or have sex with a colleague or get incredibly drunk at the Christmas party, at 63 percent and 56 percent respectively.
This was compared with 27 percent of those in education and 29 percent in health.
The survey also pinpointed the locations where employees were most likely to hook up – with a quarter opting for the romantic setting which is the car-park and over a fifth the board room.
A further 18 percent of people were filled with lust in the storage cupboard.
Apparently not concerned with having flashbacks of regret replaying in their minds all year, a brave 15 percent had sex on their own desk.
Meanwhile, one in 10 had sex in the office canteen, while 8 percent let go on the office pool table.
And with 65 percent of senior managers claiming to have sex compared with 28 percent of directors and 26 percent of junior staff members, it seems that a good example isn’t being set from the top.