The Drunk and/or Drinking at Work Thread

[tisbor]

ahaha fuck you !
but also cheers !

[Shmoo]

That may be so, but try to pull it off in an office job. Your current environment makes it a cake walk. I tried and apparently failed miserably, but my boss was a good sport about it.

[Cowboy Joe]

I'm jealous. Sadly, I work in a occupation where boozing is completely out of the question....luckily, I work with sensible folks and after-work boozing is damn near mandatory.

[captain gonzo]

I'm not supposed to drink at work

however the level of cheeriness we are supposed to have makes us seem drunk anyway so as long as I'm careful its all good.

[willerror]

There's a difference between "drunk at work" and "good buzz on at work so I can deal with insane people." I've done both honestly. Never been busted, fortunately. Years ago I got wasted at a restaurant job after I'd been there a few weeks, and one of the senior kitchen staff said, "He won't last," and then I worked there for five years and ended up managing the joint. I don't know whether that's good or bad, but I proved him wrong at least.

[captain gonzo]

There's a difference between "drunk at work" and "good buzz on at work so I can deal with insane people." I've done both honestly. Never been busted, fortunately. Years ago I got wasted at a restaurant job after I'd been there a few weeks, and one of the senior kitchen staff said, "He won't last," and then I worked there for five years and ended up managing the joint. I don't know whether that's good or bad, but I proved him wrong at least.

Proving people wrong is ALWAYS good.

[Surreal]

Sitting at desk.

Drinking bourbon.

Accidently tore door off ice maker at the coffe station at 5:00pm

I'm at work, but not working. I don't think this counts.

-s

[Wingman]

So I'm at work, which is sales, and i'm walking around my town, and spot a new wine-tasting room that just opened. we have several products that do well in wine-tasting rooms, so this is a doubly good thing for me. so i go in, introduce myself, etc., and the owner and i are talking about one of our products, a chocolate cookie, that would go well with a red, and he says, "you probably can't sample now, can you?"

at first i didn't understand what he meant. i started to say, "no, i don't have any chocolate cookies with me, but i can bring you some." then i realized he thought because i was at work, i couldn't have a TASTE of wine.

this guy makes and sells wine for a living! when did this happen? is this normal? i mean, it was in the course of my duties to determine if the wine and cookie would go well together! (had to have 2 tastes, though, just to make sure.) what's wrong with people?



thanks for listening.

[Mr.]

I'm sorry, I just read cookie and wine and my brain crashed.

[Frankennietzsche]

I'm by no means a "chocoholic", in fact, I've never tried chocohol, but chocolate and bourbon go swell together.

[Wingman]

fudge brownies and pinot noir go well together, too, it turns out. i often crave dark chocolate about an hour after i stop drinking. turns out there are flavanoids in it, which are good for the liver.

[5-Star]

I'd be lying if I said I'd never drank hot chocolate and (100 proof) peppermint schnapps.

Sometimes I like to warm up after shoveling in the morning.

[massivedrunk]

I drink on the job... moving on.

[Savage]

I always drink on the job. Otherwise, work has no meaning. Or life. Or both.

[willerror]

A couple months ago I had a real meatgrinder of a morning, shit was coming at me from all sides, but I was able to sneak out for lunch. I live nearby my office, so at home after lunch I made myself a nice strong martini, sat down calmly for about 10 minutes, and drank it. I went back to work on top of the world. I couldn't believe how much it helped. I haven't done it since because I can see how it *could* become a bad habit, but every once in awhile, I say we all need to let our our inner MAD MEN and drink during work hours.