Drinking at Work

Fremen · 16-08-2011 08:01PM

flutterflye wrote: »

I'm hardly saying he's the root of all evil!
Just that it reflects our ridiculous relationship with alcohol, that people can't get through their working week without going in for a few pints during lunch time.

It's just this one guy we're talking about. When did it become "people"?

flutterflye · 16-08-2011 08:01PM

alcomoholic wrote: »

would you cop on to yourself.
get down off your high pedestal, honestly pioneers like you make me sick.
sure what harm does a few drops of sauce do to a man ?

you need to go down to the pub, get a few pints in you and get a big bloke to take you home and ride the f*ck out of you, it might make a change from you having a stick constantly jammed up your ar*e.

Eh.. I drink!

Ah-Watch · 16-08-2011 08:03PM

Im partial to a one or two shnakey pints on lunch every now and then but not too often, doesnt feel right going back into work reeking of drink

arybvtcw0eolkf · 16-08-2011 08:04PM

rorymcgrory wrote: »

Does anyone else have a few sneakys at lunchtime?

rorymcgrory wrote: »

I'm an Engineer. Desk job. I'm not a cop or lorry driver!

No, I handle weapons - I'm a soldier.

Neither I suspect do nurse's, doctor's, firemen etc etc.

If you can't handle work the next day don't drink, its not rocket science.

jaffacakesyum · 16-08-2011 08:07PM

Now to be fair lads, despite Ireland's relationship with alcohol, in my experience most people don't 'have a sneaky few' at lunch time. So if a couple of yis do every now and again then it's not that big a deal. :rolleyes:

Try working in England. I know people who work there who always go for a 'liquid lunch'. It's not seen as out of the ordinary there

Open to correction though...maybe it's just been my experience?

I've never done it cos I walk to work and amn't that near to a pub to go to

rorymcgrory · 16-08-2011 08:09PM

Well I'm home now. What a day. Jeez...

few cans? · 16-08-2011 08:11PM

i got a job drawing silage a couple of years ago and we were all drinking cans of cider on the job.. some craic! then at the end of the day we all sat out on the silage pit with a few cans and smokes.. just cant beat the few cans

El Weirdo · 16-08-2011 08:12PM

jaffacakesyum wrote: »

Now to be fair lads, despite Ireland's relationship with alcohol, in my experience most people don't 'have a sneaky few' at lunch time. So if a couple of yis do every now and again then it's not that big a deal. :rolleyes:

Try working in England. I know people who work there who always go for a 'liquid lunch'. It's not seen as out of the ordinary there Open to correction though...maybe it's just been my experience?

I've never done it cos I walk to work and amn't that near to a pub to go to

Yep. Very common in England.

Sooopie · 16-08-2011 08:13PM

alcomoholic wrote: »

would you cop on to yourself.
get down off your high pedestal, honestly pioneers like you make me sick.
sure what harm does a few drops of sauce do to a man ?

you need to go down to the pub, get a few pints in you and get a big bloke to take you home and ride the f*ck out of you, it might make a change from you having a stick constantly jammed up your ar*e.

:eek:

rorymcgrory · 16-08-2011 08:13PM

No cans for me dude. Get the kids into bed and catch the second half of this Arsenal game.

Sooopie · 16-08-2011 08:14PM

rorymcgrory wrote: »

Well I'm home now. What a day. Jeez...

to drink 4 pints in a hour is savage supping & stout?

jaysus!

Mr. Presentable · 16-08-2011 08:19PM

Pussies. I used to be a chef in Germany, would drink from start of shift until end. Never lost a decimal point. Hic.

Rawhead · 16-08-2011 08:23PM

You have to remember who your target audience is here,
1. 90% nerds. They are the ones who nurse a bottle of Miller all night then talk about the "crazy night" they had all the next day.
2. Assholes. That should be self explanatory.
3. The self righteous. These are the real ones to watch. I saw some fool here mention that he handles weapons in the army so he gives you a lecture. I'd wager a nice amount that he interferes with small animals.

So in ending I would say as long as you keep it to 3 days or less and don't beat the wife or childer's when you get home then your sound. I also hope your one of the lesser important engineers, not structural or aeronautical.

brembo26 · 16-08-2011 08:32PM

i do occasionally have a few drinks in the "office".

few cans? · 16-08-2011 08:33PM

theres many reasons to drink at work

rorymcgrory · 16-08-2011 08:42PM

Rawhead wrote: »

You have to remember who your target audience is here,
1. 90% nerds. They are the ones who nurse a bottle of Miller all night then talk about the "crazy night" they had all the next day.
2. Assholes. That should be self explanatory.
3. The self righteous. These are the real ones to watch. I saw some fool here mention that he handles weapons in the army so he gives you a lecture. I'd wager a nice amount that he interferes with small animals.

So in ending I would say as long as you keep it to 3 days or less and don't beat the wife or childer's when you get home then your sound. I also hope your one of the lesser important engineers, not structural or aeronautical.

Well said Raw.

Like I mentioned a couple of days a month. Hardly an alcoholic but you know how pathetic some people here can be.

I'm an Electronics engineer, design control systems for Pharma industry. Dont deal with space ships or roads

Buceph · 16-08-2011 08:42PM

Surely being able to have a few scoops during your lunch break, then getting back to the grindstone is a sign of a mature relationship with alcohol? You're not letting it control you. You're hardly on the piss if you're heading back to work. Chances are you'll at the least be having a sandwich with them. And like people said, it's done the world over. Loads of English do it, and I've seen it in France and Spain. I've even seen Germans have a beer before they start their day (although in fairness that was their holidays.)

Obviously you can't be doing it if you're a surgeon or the like. But just the other day there was a guy on my Google+ thingy talking about how his office people rolled around a cart of bloody marys and tequila sunrises, people drank, chatted and got back to work. Obviously the guy who comes back from lunch half an hour late and soused every day is a problem. Some guy having the odd few pints isn't.

hollypink · 16-08-2011 08:50PM

Buceph wrote: »

Surely being able to have a few scoops during your lunch break, then getting back to the grindstone is a sign of a mature relationship with alcohol? You're not letting it control you. You're hardly on the piss if you're heading back to work. Chances are you'll at the least be having a sandwich with them. And like people said, it's done the world over. Loads of English do it, and I've seen it in France and Spain. I've even seen Germans have a beer before they start their day (although in fairness that was their holidays.)

Obviously you can't be doing it if you're a surgeon or the like. But just the other day there was a guy on my Google+ thingy talking about how his office people rolled around a cart of bloody marys and tequila sunrises, people drank, chatted and got back to work. Obviously the guy who comes back from lunch half an hour late and soused every day is a problem. Some guy having the odd few pints isn't.

1 pint maybe, or even two but isn't 4 pints quite a lot to drink in the space of a lunchbreak? I don't think the French and Spanish would have that much, would they? (I have a suspicion the OP isn't entirely serious but I'm still interested)

rorymcgrory · 16-08-2011 08:56PM

hollypink wrote: »

1 pint maybe, or even two but isn't 4 pints quite a lot to drink in the space of a lunchbreak? I don't think the French and Spanish would have that much, would they? (I have a suspicion the OP isn't entirely serious but I'm still interested)

I agree 4 pints in about 45 mins(have to get to and fro work also) is quite a lot. I went there for one purpose only...hangover cure. After a 12 hour bender and one hours sleep its going to take a few pints to get level again

Buceph · 16-08-2011 08:58PM

rorymcgrory wrote: »

I agree 4 pints in about 45 mins(have to get to and fro work also) is quite a lot. I went there for one purpose only...hangover cure. After a 12 hour bender and one hours sleep its going to take a few pints to get level again

See, this man wasn't simply enjoying a few pints. He was drinking them for medicinal reasons. Probably hated having to schull them back without nary a break for a dry roasted peanut.

rorymcgrory · 16-08-2011 09:04PM

Buceph wrote: »

See, this man wasn't simply enjoying a few pints. He was drinking them for medicinal reasons. Probably hated having to schull them back without nary a break for a dry roasted peanut.

Jeez lighten up dude. Its hardly a marathon session. Its done and dusted. I'm not bating a bottle of whiskey into me now.

Did you enjoy that bottle of Ritz at the xmas do this year? Bet you cant wait for another mental party this xams

Mike 1972 · 16-08-2011 09:19PM

rorymcgrory wrote: »

design control systems for Pharma industry

That sounds quite dangerous actually

rorymcgrory · 16-08-2011 09:21PM

Mike 1972 wrote: »

That sounds quite dangerous actually

Not at all. I sit at a desk all day writing software

cml387 · 16-08-2011 09:26PM

I work in the medical electronics industry as well.
If anyone in our place had four pints at lunch,their feet wouldn't hit the ground on their way out the door (minus badge and job).

I smell bs.

Buceph · 16-08-2011 09:26PM

rorymcgrory wrote: »

Jeez lighten up dude. Its hardly a marathon session. Its done and dusted. I'm not bating a bottle of whiskey into me now.

Did you enjoy that bottle of Ritz at the xmas do this year? Bet you cant wait for another mental party this xams

What the **** are you talking about. I think I'm the only person in the thread who hasn't called you an alco. Although I'm beginning to doubt that now.

Mike 1972 · 16-08-2011 09:47PM

rorymcgrory wrote: »

Not at all. I sit at a desk all day writing software

I didnt mean dangerous for you specifically

rorymcgrory wrote: »

I went there for one purpose only...hangover cure.

The problem: Excessive alcohol consumption
The solution: Consume more alcohol.

nicechick! · 16-08-2011 09:48PM

no I'd be fired!!

MetalDog · 16-08-2011 09:58PM

OP would they not smell the booze off you when you went back?

16-08-2011 10:43PM

cml387 wrote: »

I work in the medical electronics industry as well.
If anyone in our place had four pints at lunch,their feet wouldn't hit the ground on their way out the door (minus badge and job).

I smell bs.

Sure they would..., how would someone even know they had a few pints at lunch? Has no one in your office gone in half cut from the night before, if you say no its a lie.

Personally I have very rarely gone for a drink at lunch, if beer is on the agenda we might feck off at 4 o'clock and stay on it for the evening, though I reckon the op was much more productive after the cure than before it.

Next time any of ye are in central London head into a pub near where banks, accountancy firms etc are you wont get a seat at lunch time with people having a few scoops.

chakotha · 16-08-2011 10:46PM

I've worked in pubs in London and Jersey, CI and it's very common for workers to have a couple at lunchtime.

I was surprised when I came back here to find that everyone took a glass of water or tea/coffee instead.

It's MUCH more of a no-no in Ireland.

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