Most staff Christmas parties take place tonight including the Newstalk Christmas party.

But if you're thinking of getting roaring drunk and telling your boss exactly what you think of them or photocopying your backside? Think again.

In a recent survey by the Institute of Leadership & Management almost 30 percent of employees said behaving badly at their work Christmas do had adversely affected their career prospects, although, on the bright side, only 3 percent said it had got them directly into trouble with the powers that be.

But socialising with work colleagues in the festive season can be fraught with danger. When the booze is flowing and inhibitions begin to disappear, everything from arguing with your colleagues or being caught in a compromising position with Carol or Jason in accounts can become a risk.

Henry McKean went to see what people on the streets of Dublin get up to on their work Christmas shindig...

Here are just a few examples:

• Going out that night and waking up in the same office clothes, people looking at you thinking you never went home
• Projectile vomiting in lifts in hotel (which has been rented for the night) and subsequently shutting down the whole lift for the night
• Stairs –fall down the stairs and breaking their front teeth (and other body parts)
• Going missing for three hours – waking up in the toilet the next day
• Getting a taxi home with your boss – having to stop the taxi because to puke (and fart) at the same time

But how do you avoid offending the boss or kissing the boy or girl you fancy, making a fool of yourself in the process?Henry McKean investigates?