So, when I flaired “Exit Strategy”, I mean for an event tonight, not leaving Japan. Apologies in advance for potential fraudulent use of flairs.
So, here’s the run-down. I accepted an invitation from a friend of a friend for a 忘年会 tonight. Yeah, OK, everyone loves a bonenkai. But yesterday, we get an agenda by mail. After one hour of decent drinking and eating, it will be two hours of games, poetry readings and songs. The party starts at 6:30. Free time and all that a party should be until 7:30, then it goes into this managed mode.
20-something people expected be present tonight.
Not gonna shade. Some people like that. But, it’s definitely not my bag. I have already committed to tonight, and I’m not going to ghost them. Also, I certainly don’t want to make collateral damage for my friend, but I do think bailing early is an acceptable option. (“I have a late call with the US/European office!”) What, in your view, is the minimum acceptable time I could be present without causing a rift or otherwise disrupting the space-time continuum?
by Neko_Dash