Have you ever ordered a beer with lunch?

[SaDiZTiKStyLeZ]

Next time I go out for drinks with my coworker, she is getting her drink spiked with roofies, then fucked in the ass in the handicap stall while receiving a swirly.

 

[TallBill]

Aren't you the dude that sleeps on the shitter? You work in a bar? Do you sleep in those nasty bar bathrooms?

I worked in an office for a year before the Army and a year after. Fucking hated it, now I work at a bar and there is no need for toilet naps because work is fun.

 

[TallBill]

Only if my boss orders one first.

I worked at a "large internet retailer" for a few years and some of the VPs bought a keg and would do weekly 4pm hangouts, so it was hardly a draconion working environment, but being out at lunch on my own or with peers and being spotted with a drink would have fed the office gossip machine and simply wasn't worth the hassle.

You don't seem like the type that would give a shit about office gossip. Shit, talk about me all you want, I'm having a beer.

 

[AreaCode707]

You don't seem like the type that would give a shit about office gossip. Shit, talk about me all you want, I'm having a beer.

When I'm at work I'm all business. Even one hallway meeting where my boss stops me to ask, "so and so saw you out with a beer and got the wrong impression, keep an eye on that," is too much bother and irritation to deal with.

 

[D1gger]

When I worked for IBM Canada, it was common for us to go out to the peeler bar once a week and have a burger and pint or two. When on training classes in the US it was weird how many strange looks I got from the IBM US people if I ordered a beer at lunch. They simply didn't drink at lunch, unless a customer was there, and the customer ordered first (then they would get shitfaced )

Now, I tend not to drink at lunch, simply because I then fall asleep at my desk and get nothing done.

 

[Oyeve]

Chuck Yeager?

ahahaha! damn autocorrect tablet! I meant jagermeister.

 

[ElFenix]

makes me sleepy.

 

[poopaskoopa]

Probably less than 5 times in my career, and all of them were in some kind of boss-orders-first type of situation. I'm kinda cheap about lunch and like someone said earlier, the whole risk vs reward thing stops me from drinking on my own dime during lunch.

 

[Fayd]

ahahaha! damn autocorrect tablet! I meant jagermeister.

oh sure blame it on the autocorrect.

 

[soulcougher73]

Yes

 

[gorcorps]

Nope. Safety is #1 as it is in all industrial environments. You would get ass reamed having alcohol in your system here.

 

[Saint Nick]

*pshaw* just means beer stays cold longer.

:thumbsup: Good point. Oh and it will warm me up, after consuming enough... :whiste:

 

[Deathhorse]

when i worked in construction everyone drank on lunch and after work. Sad isnt it now i dont go near booze. But i work mainly in an office

 

[BurnItDwn]

Where I work I couldn't find any policy about having 1 drink at lunch, obviously you are not supposed to be impaired, but I think it's "ok" to have 1. That said, I don't drink during my lunch at work and haven't done so other than maybe once or twice.

 

[Spikesoldier]

yes, a beer. i limit to myself to only one when on the clock or expected to be back to work the same day.

 

[InflatableBuddha]

Nope. Safety is #1 as it is in all industrial environments. You would get ass reamed having alcohol in your system here.

Industrial environments, hell no - safety is paramount. Agreed.

My office here in Aus - you're a social pariah if you don't have one or two (or more) at 4 on Friday afternoon.

 

[alkemyst]

I have worked in a couple of large corporate office-type settings, and everyone seems to think alcohol consumption is still illegal. We once went out to a Tex-Mex joint once and I wanted to order a dollar Corona. The guys I were with freaked out and said "You shouldn't drink on the job!"

What is the big deal? It isn't like I am getting shitfaced and going back to work. I ordered it anyway and felt no repercussions. Pretty sure my boss knew, thanks to them telling him.

Does anyone ever drink with their lunch? Sort of nice to have a cold beer on a hot summer afternoon Too bad it's 9F here today.

Well, first it depends on your employment contract.

I have ordered beer many times with lunch...when I was in banking in the 90's it was still pretty common practice to see many having the 1-2 Martini lunches.

 

[eldorado99]

Risk vs. Reward. It's just not worth it. People can be so petty all it takes is the wrong manager or administrative person to walk into the restaurant/pub you are at and see you drinking and they now associate you with that.

I can wait till I get home.

This. That said I make an exception at Christmas time. If an office goes for a "Christmas Lunch" then I will usually order a pint.

 

[jlee]

Not at work. Then again I don't have an office job so I'd likely get fired.

 

[Jadow]

yes, we occasionally have lunch meetings at a place near the office and usually get a pitcher of miller light.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Nope. Incidentally I went to Chipotle for the first time a couple weeks ago and was shocked as I was under the assumption that an expensive alcohol permit was the reason why fast food places never sell it. Of course, it was only light beer, but still...

 

[KeithTalent]

At fiscal year-end the firm orders pizza and beers for everyone in the office, so we eat and drink most of that day. Pretty sweet and sets us up well for the hellish audit to follow. D:

KT

 

[JSt0rm]

I knew a guy in marketing and on occasion he would bring a bunch of good beers into the office and everyone would sit around in the conference room and get shit faced. They would come up with some good marketing ideas too.

 

[HeXen]

highly frowned up where i work. Of course we use heavy equipement..etc, so even if i so much as stubbed my toe after i left lunch, its piss test time and any excuse for the insurance to not pay they will use.
legal limit or not, in some circumstances, its just not good practice...especially if your a school bus driver like the lady who got busted drinking before taking kids to school in the news yeseterday

 

[Wonderful Pork]

If I have to go back to work and work I don't have a drink, but if its a Friday and I just need to go back and finish up some clerical stuff I'll have one.

Occasionally, my boss would invite us to "5 hour lunches" which basically meant we'd just go out to lunch and stay to drink for the afternoon (or whenever we had to leave, some people would stay at the restaurant/bar through dinner). It was considered personal time and we had to pay the tab but it was totally worth it.

EDIT: Around the holidays when the fiscal year is winding down and peers/coworkers go out more often its more prevalent. Once a group of guys split a 128 oz drink tower. That was fun, but it was the day before Christmas holiday started.