BUT there is always a but

Corporate parties sound like free bee, eat as much as you can......drink as much as you can, BUT order as expensive as you can never out of your own pocket (even I had my most expensive scotch moment there).... coz that's the best part of corporate parties!!!

There are always two groups in these parties, and to be very frank, you are not the one who can choose the group. The only criteria is self imposed perception of your manager which puts you in one of them.

The only way to find out "in which group you lie" is directly proportional to the time you were engaged in conversation with your manager, and who was leading the conversation.
The closer you move.......more fake you grow in a corporate party.

Although BUT theory (there is always a but) works in every situation in the life, BUT it works exceptionally well in the CORPORATE life. Your whole career depends on this BUT (although on other one also some times).......you are talented BUT you are not trying hard.....
exceptional work BUT there is a scope of improvement........blah blah BUT blah blah.......

The worst part is that you are always the victim of this BUT.

You are surely the victim of Areas Of Improvement and the worst part is that you'll never improve on anything. It's a Vicious circle that revolves around BUTs.

With the use of the BUT theory, all your "goods" are surgically removed by Mr. AWESOME Kumar (senior manager).

That's the reason I hate complimentary expensive things, coz for them, the price is Y.O.U.

My fake plants died coz I did not pretend to water them :(