so i'm laying in bed trying to fall asleep and i'm like "man, sure would be nice to drink a few beers at work"...but obviously this is very uncouth in the workplace...couldnt just put them in the fridge...anyone do this and have some tips?

8/4/2008 12:08:05 AM

yeah
but it's A&W root-style

8/4/2008 12:08:43 AM

drinking is a generally accepted practice at my job. maybe not on the job but they definitely pay for it

8/4/2008 12:08:45 AM

get a flask

8/4/2008 12:08:51 AM

no. my boss purchases beer for us to drink at work (occasionally) but we have to go in the back and chug. no beers in front of the customers we always say

8/4/2008 12:09:01 AM

We have wine in our break room fridge at work (and a nice HD flat screen)...

I've found that it's generally more accepted to get a drink or two at lunch meetings out in restaurants here in CA... I never even heard of that in NC, though I'm sure it happens..

8/4/2008 12:10:48 AM

i wish i could find a place to hide them in the fridge or put them in the freezer for just my lunch break but i think someone would see...i would want no more than 3 while at work and no less than 2....thought about maybe buying a 40 on my lunch breaks but i'd rather just buy a case and bring 3 at a time

8/4/2008 12:14:18 AM

When I'm out at a lunch meeting I'll order a beer or two. Last time I was out with co-workers on the dime of another company I sure did. But all my co-workers were too pussy to, for some reason they thought they'd get in trouble? ghey

8/4/2008 12:15:15 AM

if you open a few beers and pour it into a nonclear water jug, and put the cap on tight, will it go flat if you keep it cool in the fridge? thats the best idea i have right now

8/4/2008 12:18:25 AM

the only time i've had a beer at lunch was when i was out with some clients in mexico city and it's somewhat standard down there

when i still worked in an office for the same company i'm with now - every once in a while we'd have gatherings onsite that had free beer but i think most people still only had a beer or two - mainly because most of them had to drive home - back a few years ago it was more often - nowadays it's all but gone

Quote :

"When I'm out at a lunch meeting I'll order a beer or two. Last time I was out with co-workers on the dime of another company I sure did. But all my co-workers were too pussy to, for some reason they thought they'd get in trouble? ghey"

didn't you recently get let go? or did all of the pussy coworkers get let go as well?

8/4/2008 12:19:14 AM

Haha, yes I did. But it had nothing to do with that. And if somehow in some way it did then I still don't care b/c I hated working for that company.

8/4/2008 12:20:41 AM

btw this isnt just lunch exclusive...personally i'd like to drink a beer from like 10:30-11, 12:30-1, and like 3:30-4

8/4/2008 12:21:55 AM

drinking at work is a terrible idea in general - even if it seems everybody else is

8/4/2008 12:23:26 AM

hmmm...what about a 40oz into a 2 liter bottle(not clear bottle)...would that go bad by the end of the day or would it stay ok for a 5-6 hour period?

8/4/2008 12:25:18 AM

we drink at work sometimes. something about being in that environment while drinking makes me feel drunk after only a few for some reason

was pretty drunk for the Arcade Fire midnight release.. too bad like 5 people showed up

8/4/2008 12:26:15 AM

dnl you're fucking retarded

you're going to screw up a job you dont even get paid for by drinking in the office?

lolz

be sure to make a thread when you get caught

8/4/2008 12:26:32 AM

No one w/ a brain is seriously going to drink beers casually in the office... he's obviously just saying this for a reaction...

But at lunch meetings and the such in my company, we do... it's not like we get sloppy or even buzzed. Just have a beer or glass of wine and take care of business.

I wouldn't do it unless it was OK'd...

[Edited on August 4, 2008 at 12:27 AM. Reason : talking about corporate or career jobs]

8/4/2008 12:26:45 AM

laff^^

8/4/2008 12:27:14 AM

yea i wouldn't do it in an office environment. but this summer i'm working retail and when my store owner buys and drinks and tells me to go grab a beer, i do what i'm told.

8/4/2008 12:27:41 AM

so far the only idea i'm going with is buying a 40oz on my lunch breaks

8/4/2008 12:29:00 AM

despite spending the entire day hungover, this thread's making me want to drink. and there isn't a drop of alcohol in this apt

8/4/2008 12:40:39 AM

If the work I did would allow it, I would drink at work MADMEN style.

[Edited on August 4, 2008 at 12:41 AM. Reason : I suck]

8/4/2008 12:40:41 AM

we crack open beers on a friday, or at the end of a project



or on lunches where it's someone's last day


or on team lunches


the owner of the company always offers me a beer or wine whenever I swing by his place to help him do computer stuff


he's got this baller-ass all glass liquor cabinet in his office at work stocked with baller-ass alcohol


so you know, it's whatevs

[Edited on August 4, 2008 at 1:49 AM. Reason : also, generally open bar at any company event]

8/4/2008 1:48:37 AM

what about doing 8 minute abs at work? i think it would help wake me up and be more productive

8/5/2008 9:54:15 AM

uh

i'm in sales

of course we drink for work..

Quote :

"also, generally open bar at any company event"

lol we had one of those last year for the company christmas party and the bar ran out of patron and grey goose...i was sick for two days

[Edited on August 5, 2008 at 9:56 AM. Reason : asdf]

8/5/2008 9:55:35 AM

drinking on the lunch break is necessary from time to time, but I keep it to one or two beers. If I cross that threshold, I'll just wanna keep boozin'

Plus more than a couple and and I feel tired / groggy after about an hour.

If I could drink beers at my desk from like 4:30 on, they might be able to squeeze an extra hour of work out me though.

8/5/2008 10:00:16 AM

at my previous job my boss would send me to the store at around 3:30 on friday's to get beer.

8/5/2008 10:01:48 AM

When I used to work at a football/cricket/pub, we would gamble to see who had to go pour beers for the others at 4ish.

8/5/2008 10:03:19 AM

our fridge always has beer in it.

i'm not ballsy enough to drink one, but the two bosses will have a beer most days around 5:30.

8/5/2008 10:07:06 AM

a lot of the lawyers around here have beer at lunch or in there office fridge, i at times would love you drink one at lunch, cause i take a late lunch like 1 or 1:30pm but im too afraid to

8/5/2008 10:09:17 AM

"i learned it from watching you"

8/5/2008 10:10:20 AM