What would be the acceptability of this in your workplace? For context, which country and industry are you in?
I guess I’m mainly thinking about professional jobs, but interested to hear from. I think in France it would be quite common to have a glass of wine, even at a work canteen or so. But in the UK it seems like people would think that was a problem, and in a lot of cases you’d be in violation of something at work.
I’m a welder, and no I would not. It’s not allowed on the shipyard. But even if I could, I wouldn’t. I’m a professional and I’m working with high power tools & equipment. I need to have a clear head.
The trades aint what they used to be 😔
School bus driver here. Drinks at lunch would not be a good idea.
At a professional office in the American South, I wouldn’t drink alcohol for lunch, but if a coworker brought some into the office, I’d have some.
In the UK people will definitely have a pint on a Friday lunchtime. Sometimes two in my experience. I haven’t seen it as much in Oz but it’s definitely a thing here.
Interesting, what kind of jobs did you see that at in the uk? In my experience manual/ trades would try to finish up early on a Friday to go to the pub, but not have a beer at lunch then go back to work. And in offices it would be frowned on.
I work in software/IT and going for a pint on Friday lunch is pretty common.
@Sadbutdru @NigelFrobisher when I lived in Scotland I worked as a print broker and we absolutely had a pint or two at lunch from time to time.
UK/Astronaut
We take a fifth of gin everytime our home country whizzes by, so that’s a full glass over the entire workday, and it tends to make the job go faster.
You drink in space??? What kind of gin? What’s being drunk in zero g like? I’m gonna vomit just at the thought of a space hangover mate
Hell yeah, spirits only though since no one’s yet found a ‘medicinal’ reason to bring beer along. I like a bit of Hayman slo gin, we’ve got some Schadlerer schnapps, and plenty of clear bottles.
Being drunk’s pretty much the same but it hits you way faster and passes quicker too, hence why you only do a little bit at a time. No one’s vommed yet, but got plenty of towels around for other reasons just in case
That’s so sick. What do I have to do to be able to get drunk in space? Have you been training to be an astronaut your whole life or is it a career switch?
I sort of fell into it, did a couple of STEM degrees back when they were handing those out, took a foreign language course in Russian and Japanese, met someone there whose partner worked for the ESA, and then did an internship, and then went through years of vigorous training outrunning and outdrinking my colleagues. None of this is true btw, and please don’t believe people who claim to be astronauts on the web.
Hilarious, you got me 😂 I am so crushed that you’re not an actual astronaut though!
Other reasons like zero-g orgies?
Nah, the sex is bad and the 24hr livestream makes it difficult to perform. We really do need better trained professionals up here.
Part of my job involves operate hoists that are lifting several tonnes over the general public. Anything that is even impairment adjacent, like being tired, will get you removed from that position. If you are actually impaired you’re fired no questions.
Almost was crushed cause of a rigger 👍🏼. I’d never work with a drunk one.
When I go lunch I go home for the day. I only work in the morning.
So, no need of alcohol to cope with overwork.
how?? this is like my wet dream.
I work in europe in sector that have signed that we only have to work 35 hours a week. So I work 8 to 15 and that’s it.
The secret sauce is that we have massive unions. So we have achieve a lot of labor rights.
You should see my desk is full of propaganda of 4 different unions, and everyone desk is the same, Unions are very present in my sector.
UK IT dev here. When I started working in the field back in 2000ish it was perfectly fine for IT staff to pop to the pub. Did for many years. Then in my 20s it became normal to have drinks after work rather than during work. Then when marriage etc came along, it became neither.
Depends on what drink it is, I think that a beer would be acceptable in most places, hard liquor brobably not.
no.
Where I work, it’s a non issue. As long as it doesn’t impact your work and nobody notices it (foul odor or behaviour), nobody could care less.
In the US at a white collar job. 1 (2 max) drinks every once in a long while for a work lunch is acceptable. Depends on how comfortable you are with your coworkers and if anyone else seems willing to drink a beer or two.
Software guy. Most productive/distraction free time of the day is mid-afternoon. Drinking at lunch would just take that zone away and push everything to the next day.
Happy to wait till 5pm, or whenever feels like a good time to do a git push.
git drunkalternatively, i’ve found the bulmer peak concept to be entirely real: a drink sometimes helps you to just do rather than spending too much time thinking about if what you’re doing is best… it can help with decision paralysis on the micro scale
that said, you can train yourself out of decision paralysis and as someone gets more experienced this is likely to be less and less helpful
*Ballmer peak
wow yes how was my spelling that wrong and can i blame auto correct?
I’ve had white collar jobs where champagne breakfast was a thing, and blue collar jobs with heavy equipment where driving with any degree of intoxication had serious consequences but, surprisingly enough, not necessarily dismissal.
Also, decades ago, I worked with skilled laborers who would have a beer over lunch, and with concrete finishers who would drink a case of beer between 2 or 3 people while working. I feel like concrete finishers used to work for a flat dollar rate plus beer. If there was enough beer, they would stay all night long.
IT worker in system analysis and design in the public service in Canberra, Australia.
There’s no official policy though many of my co workers believe a lunch time drink is not allowed. I have often enjoyed a couple of glasses of wine or a beer at lunch, have never made a secret of it, and have never been told off or warned by anyone above me
