Speaking as local TB drunk, we don't care. More alcohol for us!
Pretty much this. Sorry, but I just can't relate.
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Office Drinking
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Pretty much this. Sorry, but I just can't relate.
Eh, make a "highlights reel", then blackmail them. Time to branch out!
Now this may be a fairly profitable venture. I'm sure a few of their wives or significant others would love to see how hard they've been working. Shouldn't be too hard for a media engineer to work that one out.
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Eh, make a "highlights reel", then blackmail them. Time to branch out!
Always a good policy. One of my co-workers just got called to HR because she was supposedly 'mean' and making a hostile work environment for her idiot office mate. Who had been hitting on her and others in the office for the past 6 months. Who also had a habit of falling asleep at his desk.
So, she got called to this meeting to discuss, explained that of course she' hostile, he makes her (and others )completely uncomfortable and doesn't do his work. Then she showed HR some of the pictures she had snapped of him sleeping, head down on his desk.
No follow up.
I never drink at work. At social gatherings, sometimes I drink, sometimes I don't. When I don't, I normally never have to explain but, if someone questions, I just give a, "No, thanks, I'm good, man" while smiling and move on.
Always a good policy. One of my co-workers just got called to HR because she was supposedly 'mean' and making a hostile work environment for her idiot office mate. Who had been hitting on her and others in the office for the past 6 months. Who also had a habit of falling asleep at his desk.
So, she got called to this meeting to discuss, explained that of course she' hostile, he makes her (and others )completely uncomfortable and doesn't do his work. Then she showed HR some of the pictures she had snapped of him sleeping, head down on his desk.
No follow up.
Brilliant.
Why no follow up? Who in HR has a thing for that guy? Or is he in an "inner clique"?
We have a couple of Russian guys (been in the US for only a few years) that work on weekend shift at the shop. On that shift, they have a rotation of who buys lunch for everyone on the shift. First time that one of the Russian dudes got to buy, they brought in a bottle of really nice Vodka and a bunch of lamb stew. The boss man put a stop to that days lunch quickly haha.
There's no drinking allowed at the shop (expensive machinery), but the company has Friday afternoon parties often and supply lots of beer. I'm under 21 and my dad works at the same shop, so I don't dare take any
There's no drinking allowed at the shop (expensive machinery), but the company has Friday afternoon parties often and supply lots of beer. I'm under 21 and my dad works at the same shop, so I don't dare take any
We have a couple of Russian guys (been in the US for only a few years) that work on weekend shift at the shop. On that shift, they have a rotation of who buys lunch for everyone on the shift. First time that one of the Russian dudes got to buy, they brought in a bottle of really nice Vodka and a bunch of lamb stew. The boss man put a stop to that days lunch quickly haha.
There's no drinking allowed at the shop (expensive machinery), but the company has Friday afternoon parties often and supply lots of beer. I'm under 21 and my dad works at the same shop, so I don't dare take any
Wait, you have to be 21 to drink beer where you live!? That's just wrong... :scowl:
Brilliant.
Why no follow up? Who in HR has a thing for that guy? Or is he in an "inner clique"?
It's bad for morale to reward a "rat". Even if the guy is unversally hated. She may get him fired yet, but only because management will place him under a microscope now. She may not outlast him that long unless she is exceptionally productive. This is all conjecture on my part, but it seems that if he was hitting on her, she should have met him outside of work, showed him the pictures and gently suggest that leaving a job voluntarily looks better on one's resume than being fired. Maybe enlist other women he's hit on, give him a good scare. Unfortunately, she may have branded herself a "troublemaker". Depends on how "corporate" Mr. Skies' workplace is, I guess.
Workplace drama like that is one reason I haven't worked in a corporate office environment in years and hopefully won't have to again. To me, it's just a bunch of under-developed adults piled in a confined space acting like teenagers, complete with the prom queens and kings, the "in" crowd, castouts and cool people and all the things you'd find in a bunch of 30/40 somethings arrested development adults acting as if it's still the popularity contest it was when they were 16, which, to me, mentally, they still are.
I have suffered some financial setbacks because of that view but to me the peace of mind has been worth it. I also understand I may be seen as some sort of folk that doesn't blend well with others and that's ok too. I don't really like what those others are into.
And now that I'm done talking about myself, I shall strive to empathize with others........please, stand by...
When I attend social functions and alcohol is served, I just get a Sprite or Coke in a glass over ice and walk around holding it. Nobody's ever given me the Spanish Inquisition for not drinking.
I don't make a big deal out of refusing alcohol, when asked what I want I just say "how about a Sprite" and almost always nobody even seems to notice. Only once or twice have I felt like I've had to give a reason. "Thanks, but I'm fine, I've got to drive a long ways home"--and just leaving it at that-- works pretty good without making a big deal out of it.
If you stay sober, you may even have people tell you the next day "you were really smashed weren't you" !!! (Of course they were the ones trashed)
I don't make a big deal out of refusing alcohol, when asked what I want I just say "how about a Sprite" and almost always nobody even seems to notice. Only once or twice have I felt like I've had to give a reason. "Thanks, but I'm fine, I've got to drive a long ways home"--and just leaving it at that-- works pretty good without making a big deal out of it.
If you stay sober, you may even have people tell you the next day "you were really smashed weren't you" !!! (Of course they were the ones trashed)
does your user name offer us any clues?
J/K don't worry about not partaking, plenty of good times to be had sober
You wear a pocket protector and make a nice living don't you?
Kidding man......anybody who's a responsible drinker doesn't have any problem at all with those who'd rather not...they don't have to hide water in a beer can.....a clear glass is just fine.
Basically, I just can't buy it or get caught driving with any BAC above 0%. Can drink it all I want as long as I'm not drunk in public or in a bar.
Speaking as local TB drunk, we don't care. More alcohol for us!
+1
I have friends that dont drink. Its never stopped them from hanging out with those of us that do.
Not drinking is hardly a strike against you among responsible people. But it doesn't mean you're not a scoundrel.
Sometimes I'll stop drinking altogether for a couple of months because I simply get tired of it. Different strokes...
Sometimes I'll stop drinking altogether for a couple of months because I simply get tired of it. Different strokes...
Here's me:
"I don't drink." (or smoke, or shoot, or whatever the partiers are doing)
"Why not?"
"I don't have to explain myself. I'm about fifty times cooler than you, so stop asking me questions before I kick your ass."
Try it.
"I don't drink." (or smoke, or shoot, or whatever the partiers are doing)
"Why not?"
"I don't have to explain myself. I'm about fifty times cooler than you, so stop asking me questions before I kick your ass."
Try it.
I applied for several different jobs drunk when I was at the high (low) part of my drinking career. Truck driving jobs. Got hired by a place actually, and worked there for three years without missing one day of work for anything, but I made myself quit drinking before and during work during that period.
I later asked my supervisor how they could've hired me and she replied that she couldn't tell if it was me or the company owner who wreaked during the interview.
I was a horrible person during that period of time.
During the govt shutdown, reports (tweets) came out that when congress exited their chambers, everyone stunk of booze. It's not funny. It's reprehensible. Yeah, I'm the "no fun" guy now. People that drink at work suck.
I later asked my supervisor how they could've hired me and she replied that she couldn't tell if it was me or the company owner who wreaked during the interview.
I was a horrible person during that period of time.
During the govt shutdown, reports (tweets) came out that when congress exited their chambers, everyone stunk of booze. It's not funny. It's reprehensible. Yeah, I'm the "no fun" guy now. People that drink at work suck.
