Do you go for drinks after work

Was in town ( Dublin ) last Friday evening and went for a drink in Toners at about 5.30/6pm and the place was jammed with after work drinkers the suits gave them away :P every pub in the vicinity was the same. On a Friday all I would want to do is get home ASAP.

OldMrBrennan83

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artanevilla

I much prefer going for drinks before work.

hatrickpatrick

artanevilla wrote: »

I much prefer going for drinks before work.

Get with the times, beers with lunch is where it's at

damo86

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

Get with the times, beers with lunch is where it's at

If you can't do your job pissed....you can't do your job!

andekwarhola

mariaalice wrote: »

went for a drink in Toners at about 5.30/6pm and the place was jammed with after work drinkers the suits gave them away

Such powers of deduction demand that you start a private investigation business.

suicide_circus

Occasionally but not with people from work, that would be grim.

10000maniacs

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

Get with the times, beers with lunch is where it's at

38.5 hours per week is more than enough tim to spend with most of the shower I work with in Ireland.

Pac1Man

God no! A pot of coffee and a few chocolate digestives at home please.

Cupcake_Crisis

I work next door to a pub so.....yeah.

My husband once worked for a New Zealander who would brake out a case of beer on a Friday afternoon they would finish an hour early and drink the beer in the office.

Noveight

I'll occasionally have a wet lunch. Got a bit carried away one lunchtime and needed to make a pitstop at Esquires before heading back to the office for something to put the edge back on :P

pauliebdub

I try not to. My last job was very cliquey and had a strong drinking culture so to get ahead you had to hit the pubs at least once a week, gets tiresome very fast.

tayto lover

Did it a few times years ago.
Overstayed in the pub the last time and got a text late in the evening from the wife - "Your dinner is in the dog".
I sent back a text saying "Don't worry love, we can get a new dog".

I nearly got a belt of a frying pan when I arrived home.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Yes usually on the last day of my week and sometimes for a quick one on payday if we were finished early

Dr Crayfish

I work right in Grafton St area and the job can be stressful so by 5pm on a Friday some of us are gagging to get to a boozer. I work with a bunch of guys my age with no ties too so it happens more often than I'd like. We never eat, start early and are wasted by 9pm. It's good fun though but it can ruin my whole weekend!
In Australia and NZ when I worked there, even in corporate offices, it was normal to break out the beer at 4pm on a Friday. In fact in England on a Friday the beer fridge opened at 4pm and we could help ourselves.

D0NNELLY

About 1997-99. The old Clarendon after work in Stephens green sc.. every Friday night. It was us vs dunnes..

Mighty

Arghus

10000maniacs wrote: »

38.5 hours per week is more than enough tim to spend with most of the shower I work with in Ireland.

What about the ones you work with abroad?

AlmightyCushion

10000maniacs wrote: »

38.5 hours per week is more than enough tim to spend with most of the shower I work with in Ireland.

Do people really hate the people they work with this much. I get on pretty well with most people I've worked with over the years. I'd happily go for a few pints with them.

pickarooney

No, it's unheard of around these parts.

brianregan09

Nah there's enough drama when I'm working with them

donkeykong5

Can't beat drinks after work every Friday. Great way to wind down.

Shenshen

Not very often - we went once or twice last summer when it was nice and sunny. There's a nice place with a big beer garden, good beers and decent pizza we went to usually.
But it wouldn't be a regular thing.

theteal

There's quite often a few shnaeky ones at around 2-3 on a Friday tbh. The pub is part of the building so it'd be rude not to.

Icemancometh

I used to years ago, but the closest I've worked in the last few years is 30km, so the drive home would be a bit dicey.

Yeah would go for drinks straight from work most weeks, either Friday or a week day night. Usually out till closing too especially on Fridays. Looking forward to going out for pints on a Friday is the type of thing that gets me through the week so I couldn't be more opposite of the op, much prefer it to going home.

zl1whqvjs75cdy

Nah, work on an industrial estate am hour out from Dublin. Most people commute from even further so it's rare enough. I have a couple of decent friends in other departments and we meet up for a proper night out every couple of weeks.

Erik Shin

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

Get with the times, beers with lunch is where it's at

That's a very old tradition, commonplace in England for you to have a beer or 2 at lunch even back in the 60's

Ulysses Gaze

Usually I need a few drinks before I get to work to make it through the day.

Wanderer2010

God no! There must be a lot of lucky people who get on in the workplace in Dublin. I see enough of my workmates Monday to Friday I certainly don't want to be mixing with them out of hours.

Neames

I used to years ago...

Older now, so straight home generally, kids come first and everyone I work with seem to have small kids.

Good excuse if you don't want to go to the going away party for Jimmy, Johnny, Brendan, Brenda....

dotsman

Friday drinks with colleagues is essential. Not every week, but at least once a month.

If you can't drink with your workmates, you shouldn't be working with them.

Ciaran_B

If my work crush is going out, then yes. Otherwise, no.

Wanderer2010

dotsman wrote: »

Friday drinks with colleagues is essential. Not every week, but at least once a month.

If you can't drink with your workmates, you shouldn't be working with them.

You are exactly the kind of workmate I would avoid. The thought of spending time in a pub listening to someone like you would do my head in! I'm not trying to be mean but seriously, to say something like if you cant drink with workmates you shouldn't be working with them is either ignorance or naivety. You must be working with carbon copies of yourself or are lucky enough to gel with everyone around you.
In the real world, you have to work with people who you have absolutely nothing in common with, some whom you downright despise and others who have odd and weird methods of interacting with others or poor hygiene etc but for the sake of peace you have to get on with it. Finding one, maybe two people who you like is a pleasant surprise. Then you have people who don't drink, others who are religious, more still who are alcoholics.

dotsman

dotsman wrote: »

Friday drinks with colleagues is essential. Not every week, but at least once a month.

If you can't drink with your workmates, you shouldn't be working with them.

Well said, in fact I'd find it strange working in a place and not making friends with at least a few people. Where I work now the people I work with have turned into a group of friends who I go out with regularly, meet up outside work even go away for weekends with. Previous places I worked have been similar. So much easier to work with people you have the craic with and are friends with so I would always try to make friends in a new work place.

More often than not the conversations had down the pub after a few pints are the ones that help your career move forward also as you get to talk to more senior people etc that you might not normally and then you end up talking to them at work too etc and opportunities can arise.

dotsman

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

You are exactly the kind of workmate I would avoid. The thought of spending time in a pub listening to someone like you would do my head in! I'm not trying to be mean but seriously, to say something like if you cant drink with workmates you shouldn't be working with them is either ignorance or naivety. You must be working with carbon copies of yourself or are lucky enough to gel with everyone around you.
In the real world, you have to work with people who you have absolutely nothing in common with, some whom you downright despise and others who have odd and weird methods of interacting with others or poor hygiene etc but for the sake of peace you have to get on with it. Finding one, maybe two people who you like is a pleasant surprise. Then you have people who don't drink, others who are religious, more still who are alcoholics.

Fine, you don't have to come to the pub with us! But you'll end up just hating your job and your life even more.

In my "real world", I have never despised anyone I've worked with. Even those who I'm having difficulty with in the office, I have enjoyed drinking with (and often finding out how to overcome our difficulties). Throughout my career, working with different teams, I have worked with people of all ages, from all types of backgrounds, at least a dozen countries, several religions and it has never stopped me interacting with them as a friend. We would often be joined by "non-drinking" (for religious reasons) team-mates who would still have a laugh and unwind for a few hours.

Ultimately, I spend more time with my colleagues than I do my own family and friends. I would find it absolutely miserable to have to spend so much of my life in the company of people and not enjoy said company for a few hours on a Friday evening away from the pressure of the office.

From a work environment, I feel it is also essential. Working in a high pressure environment, where you are so dependent on others, you simply can't get the job done (well) if you're not on friendly terms with everyone.

Wanderer2010

dotsman wrote: »

Fine, you don't have to come to the pub with us! But you'll end up just hating your job and your life even more.

In my "real world", I have never despised anyone I've worked with. Even those who I'm having difficulty with in the office, I have enjoyed drinking with (and often finding out how to overcome our difficulties). Throughout my career, working with different teams, I have worked with people of all ages, from all types of backgrounds, at least a dozen countries, several religions and it has never stopped me interacting with them as a friend. We would often be joined by "non-drinking" (for religious reasons) team-mates who would still have a laugh and unwind for a few hours.

Ultimately, I spend more time with my colleagues than I do my own family and friends. I would find it absolutely miserable to have to spend so much of my life in the company of people and not enjoy said company for a few hours on a Friday evening away from the pressure of the office.

From a work environment, I feel it is also essential. Working in a high pressure environment, where you are so dependent on others, you simply can't get the job done (well) if you're not on friendly terms with everyone.

Its great that you have worked with diverse people etc but it wouldn't be the experience of a lot of people to get on with and drink with many of their workmates and that wouldn't necessarily make them miserable just because of that. I also work in a somewhat pressured environment where I must work as a team and talk to all types of people. That's work, you bite your tongue sometimes but get on with it and be professional.

But when its over I get on with my life, enjoy my hobbies and spending time with family and friends. There are a few people I like chatting to in work but they also have their lives out of work so I don't meet with them out of work. Id be careful to insinuate that people (even non-drinking people) who don't choose to spend even more time with workmates are somehow miserable and I certainly don't hate my life even more, where are you coming from with that?! Ive been to a few of these events early in my career and they tend to be dominated by people who like the sound of their own voice whilst loudly exclaiming to others how much of a legend they are.

Sometimes but it's usually a quiet pint by myself. In another life I worked in a place that would organise regular nights out. I think I went to two in all my years there. It's not my thing at all at all.

dotsman

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

Its great that you have worked with diverse people etc but it wouldn't be the experience of a lot of people to get on with and drink with many of their workmates and that wouldn't necessarily make them miserable just because of that. I also work in a somewhat pressured environment where I must work as a team and talk to all types of people. That's work, you bite your tongue sometimes but get on with it and be professional.

But when its over I get on with my life, enjoy my hobbies and spending time with family and friends. There are a few people I like chatting to in work but they also have their lives out of work so I don't meet with them out of work. Id be careful to insinuate that people (even non-drinking people) who don't choose to spend even more time with workmates are somehow miserable and I certainly don't hate my life even more, where are you coming from with that?! Ive been to a few of these events early in my career and they tend to be dominated by people who like the sound of their own voice whilst loudly exclaiming to others how much of a legend they are.

Well, clearly you lead a very different life (and work environment) to me. Why do I think you are miserable in your job? Because the work life you describe sounds very miserable to me, and the language you use to describe it certainly implies that you find it miserable as well

• "to work with people who you have absolutely nothing in common with, some whom you downright despise and others who have odd and weird methods of interacting with others or poor hygiene etc but for the sake of peace you have to get on with it"
• "Finding one, maybe two people who you like is a pleasant surprise"
• "I must work as a team"
• "you bite your tongue"
• etc

For me, my work is one of my hobbies. It is something I enjoy (and if/when I don't, it's time to move on). I'm not going to waste a huge part of my life doing something I don't enjoy with people I don't enjoy spending time with. As an example, I left a job over a year ago now and still regularly meet up with my ex colleagues for nights out (maybe about once every 2 months), and hopefully will for years to come.

Friday nights are about unwinding after the week. They are about finding out that you do, in fact, have a lot in common with your colleagues. They are about laughing at the problems you faced during the week and the problems you expect to face in the coming week. They are about talking about non-work related things. They are about meeting new people who work on other teams. They are about resolving office conflicts in a fun, friendly way. They are about catching up with people who you used to work closely with on a previous project. They are about talking to teammates about private, intimate things happening in your/their lives. They are about exploring possibilities for career advancement. They are about meeting new people. They are about forging relationships with people you may some day end up working with. They are about talking to people from other teams and discovering interesting things that they are doing. They are about hooking up with someone from the office. They are about interacting with more senior members of the organisation in a non-formal setting.

But most of all, they are simply about having fun.

I just cannot comprehend how anyone has a problem with that.

Oh, and P.S., in all my Friday nights out with work colleagues, I have never heard anybody exclaim how much of a "legend" they are (or anything to that effect)

Adyx

I work in a pub so yes, except I don't really go anywhere.

Miss Demeanour

I don't.
I find I have enough in the hip flask and filing cabinet to get me through the day.

Sunny Disposition

Used to do it years ago when I didn't have to drive home. Would still have a few drinks with colleagues a few times a year, have some good friends at work, but don't think it's a great idea to do it every week or two, because I work in an office and we already spend a load of time together. The problem is if you go out with colleagues you inevitably spend a good while chatting about work, that's good to do occasionally but only occasionally.

Mrs OBumble

mariaalice wrote: »

My husband once worked for a New Zealander who would brake out a case of beer on a Friday afternoon they would finish an hour early and drink the beer in the office.

Indeed, a very common practise in lots of offices there. One of the things I miss, I don't get to know colleagues here nearly as well.

Over here on the west coast of Ireland some people dont even go to the office on Fridays. Many others finish work and have to drive for an hour to get home, so no drinkies for them. Work drinks are a rare thing indeed.

everlast75

damo86 wrote: »

If you can't do your job pissed....you can't do your job!

I just might get that tattooed on me I love it so much

TimeToShine

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

You are exactly the kind of workmate I would avoid. The thought of spending time in a pub listening to someone like you would do my head in! I'm not trying to be mean but seriously, to say something like if you cant drink with workmates you shouldn't be working with them is either ignorance or naivety. You must be working with carbon copies of yourself or are lucky enough to gel with everyone around you.
In the real world, you have to work with people who you have absolutely nothing in common with, some whom you downright despise and others who have odd and weird methods of interacting with others or poor hygiene etc but for the sake of peace you have to get on with it. Finding one, maybe two people who you like is a pleasant surprise. Then you have people who don't drink, others who are religious, more still who are alcoholics.

I don't know what field of work you're in but generally the people you work with would have gone through the same rigmarole as you did to get to where you are and should definitely have something in common with you. You think they just lump engineers doctors and supermodels together in an office and hope for the best? People work in groups and the best teams are those who can have a bit of fun together.

tomwaterford

TimeToShine wrote: »

I don't know what field of work you're in but generally the people you work with would have gone through the same rigmarole as you did to get to where you are and should definitely have something in common with you. You think they just lump engineers doctors and supermodels together in an office and hope for the best? People work in groups and the best teams are those who can have a bit of fun together.

But why would you want to go out with people you work with though??

Unless it was a going away party/xmas or something special....


Your in work long enough.... Make time for friends and family after work

Your Face

I don't really after work but I'll head out for a night if a sound bunch are heading out.

Erik Shin

Your Face wrote: »

I don't really after work but I'll head out for a night if a sound bunch are heading out.

There was a disco in Tralee back in the 90's and their advert on 2fm was "see your face, in the place'...Just made me smile is all when i saw your username

Your Face

Erik Shin wrote: »

There was a disco in Tralee back in the 90's and their advert on 2fm was "see your face, in the place'...Just made me smile is all when i saw your username

I'm stealing that.

robbiezero

Rarely go. I work in IT and on the work nights out, I have found that most of the night is nerds talking tommy rot about nerd stuff or people talking about work, both of which bore the arse off me so I avoid like the plague.

osarusan

Occasionally, but not often. It doesn't happen often and can be a bit gossipy and cliquey anyway.