Lunchtime pints while working

thefallingman · 03-06-2022 02:40PM #1

Is this a lost art, do people still partake ? I just had a couple which is a rare thing for me but the situation called for it today. Dying to get out now for a few after work(and possibly call my boss a b***h ! I'm an office worker btw, years ago when i was in Australia working in a timber yard it was common practice, as it was here in Ireland before the big C

bullpost · 03-06-2022 02:42PM

Holy hour. Lock in. Those were the days.

L1011 · 03-06-2022 02:43PM

Still seems to be very normal in London in tech, media and finance based on what my former colleague there were up to.

Really uncommon in Ireland.

EmmetSpiceland · 03-06-2022 02:53PM

Have only experienced it as normal, and acceptable, when working “off site” up north.

Frowned upon down here, unless it’s around Christmas time.

Cyrus · 03-06-2022 02:54PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058248665/lunchtime-pints-while-working

very rare and its not hard to see why, most people are pretty much useless work wise after a few drinks.

Strumms · 03-06-2022 02:55PM

never heard it as being a thing here.

in France it’s very commonplace however.

the canteen I worked in, in a job there had about 4 different wines as well as bottles of beer and a draught self serving machine. You just put your plastic glass underneath and held the button pressed…

most jobs here the contract would prohibit it… it’s commonplace to stipulate a 10 or 11 gap between last drink and commencement of work.

thefallingman · 03-06-2022 02:55PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119154003#Comment_119154003

that's my usual experience too, funny though as l1011 said it's normal in London, as it was in Australia for me. Is it because we'd take the pis* and get rubbered instead of having 2 ?

Arghus · 03-06-2022 03:30PM

It does happen, but it seems to be pretty rare these days.

Most people I know of wouldn't even think of it, I knew a few that'd do it/did it semi-regularly - more than one of those had problems with booze. Not trying to generalise that if you have a pint on your lunch that you are automatically an alco, but, in my own experience, many people who did it regularly were also problematic drinkers.

Sephiroth_dude · 03-06-2022 03:51PM

Liquid lunch? how bad sure.

retalivity · 03-06-2022 03:53PM

I think there's been an uptick in popularity since remote working has come in. I've taken the laptop for lunch on a friday, ate and had a few points, a did a few hours in the back corner before packing it up at half 4 or 5, supping a few pints through the afternoon.

Patrick2010 · 03-06-2022 03:59PM

Used to work for an English company and was surprised to see my collegues ordering pints when we'd go for lunch, naturally had to join them :)

sprucemoose · 03-06-2022 04:02PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058248665/lunchtime-pints-while-working

eh it wasnt a common thing in ireland before covid? for all the bullshit other countries talk about our drinking, we're one of those that don't have a culture of accepting people drinking alcohol at lunch during a workday

oceanman · 03-06-2022 04:09PM

myself and the two guys i work with go for a few during lunch hour, not every day but usually thursdays and fridays. gets you in the mood for the weekend.

bullpost · 03-06-2022 04:13PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119154329#Comment_119154329

Did similar during the 00s. Once a week on Friday lunchtime pint with food. We kept it to one though.

thefallingman · 03-06-2022 04:41PM

@sprucemoose a bit uptight are we ? ! It was in my circles relax it’s meant to be a lighthearted thread

EmmetSpiceland · 03-06-2022 04:46PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119154022#Comment_119154022

That’s it. If management here hear you were drinking at lunchtime it would raise questions.

I don’t know about you but if I have 4 pints at lunch and then have to go back to work I’d be falling asleep.

mrperty2011 · 03-06-2022 04:48PM

Remember part time job with supermarket in late 90s. Store lads would go for pints for lunch across the road. Then drive the forklift in afternoon. It was normal back then. They where always red at the gills!

thefallingman · 03-06-2022 04:51PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119154491#Comment_119154491

Ha ha that was me in Australia, lads standing on the forks getting lifted up and down aswell !!

BurgerFace · 03-06-2022 04:53PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058248665/lunchtime-pints-while-working

I could never return to the office after a few scoops at lunchtime. Well I could but I couldn't do sh1t. The taste of the beer in my mouth would just make me want another pint and sitting in front of a computer I'd be all drowsy and docile. As part of the IT team in an office in NYC we used to all go for lunch and pints on a friday in an Irish pub in Manhattan and then return to the office all lethargic. So we upped our game and instead of going at 12:30/13:00 we'd hold off until about 14:00 and then redirect the dept phone number to the mobile and then bring the laptop to the pub and just stay there for the rest of the day. Rarely did anything require any intervention. If someone called with a non-urgent issue we'd just make a note of it and tell them it would be sorted by Monday. Then back to the pool table.

Incidentally, I wouldn't fancy doing any kind of manual work like your timber yard gig with a few beers in me. I can hold my drink I just can't do anything that requires good eye to hand coordination (except pool or table football). I wouldn't even egt on a chair to change a lightbulb after I've had 2 beers. I'd be afraid I'd crash to the floor.

Ninthlife · 03-06-2022 04:59PM

Used to do it back in 2000/2001. Few pints with pub grub on Friday (payday). Back im the office at 2 and back out the door to the pub by 4.30.

Saying that you'd get 3 pints for a tenner back then...ahh the good ol days

mrperty2011 · 03-06-2022 05:02PM

Yeh I’d be packing shelf’s so get lift on pallet to pull out detergents . Stores tiny. No health and safety

BurgerFace · 03-06-2022 05:06PM

Also it's quite common in Bavaria (though not in other parts of Germany). I was surprised to see men in suits at the Munich main railway station at 8:00am having breakfast which consisted of sausages and a big tall glass of Weissbier. But in Dusseldorf where I work for a while there was a zero alcohol policy at the office. In Belgium most office canteens are very well appoointed and beer and wine are available.

Fr Tod Umptious · 03-06-2022 05:07PM

As others have said it's a big thing in the UK with office workers.

As I young lad working in pubs in London I always wanted to get one in The City.

Packed at lunchtime and after work up till about 8pm, closed at 9pm and all day Saturday and Sunday.

A good mass transit system helps that sort of culture, people not having to drive.

Poor Uncle Tom · 03-06-2022 05:19PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119154464#Comment_119154464

Throw in a few commas, ffs, theyre free....

BattleCorp · 03-06-2022 05:42PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119154018#Comment_119154018

Nah man, it's not common to have a clause stipulating a 10 or 11 hour gap between last drink and commencement of work in a contract here in Ireland. Maybe in a safety critical role such as a train driver or pilot but such clauses certainly aren't widespread here.

xhomelezz · 03-06-2022 05:45PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119154011#Comment_119154011

There's plenty of useless ones even without a drink at lunchtime.

enricoh · 03-06-2022 06:04PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119154550#Comment_119154550

Worked in a factory in Germany one summer n it had a beer machine. All the Germans would have 1 or 2 with their lunch. That concept was lost on the paddies!! So much so the night shift threatened to down tools as the beer machine was empty every night for them.