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I was just talking about drinking on the job with a friend that owns a mini-mart that sells liquor. They told me that they sell more vodka between 10 AM and 2 PM, Monday through Friday than any other time of the week. Told me almost every person they sell to either is wearing a uniform or wearing a work ID when they purchase the vodka.
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Harrier used to hide his work ID when he would do this.
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Did you stash it away with your unused first-person pronouns?
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That about made me spit tea all over my monitor.
Drover's post caused me to laugh so fast and so loud that I did spit juice on my keyboard (luckily I have one of those thin keyboard "condoms" that protects it when I read hilarious C-D posts).
Interesting point there. If it is a company lot (private) and not the public road could he be sited??
That depends on the relationship between the property owner and the police/sheriff department.
Some property owners ask the cops to patrol their property.
If a cop is on a public road but can see someone violating an open container law on a private lot, then they could lawfully enter the property to execute a detainment and issue a citation.
A private parking lot is considered "in public" for the purposes of most open container laws.
The question is, why doesn't he just drink at his desk? Because the employer would frown on an employee drinking at work, going out to the car is basically the same thing.
It is interesting how things have changed, 30 years ago, a group of teachers could go out to lunch on a teacher work day, and have a glass of wine with lunch. Not any more.
Alcohol consumption was more accepted, than it is now, at causal work lunches, and working dinners. Now, anyone with a work expense account knows better than to put a bar tab on a work credit card, unless he/she is the boss.
The question is, why doesn't he just drink at his desk? Because the employer would frown on an employee drinking at work, going out to the car is basically the same thing.
It is interesting how things have changed, 30 years ago, a group of teachers could go out to lunch on a teacher work day, and have a glass of wine with lunch. Not any more.
Alcohol consumption was more accepted, than it is now, at causal work lunches, and working dinners. Now, anyone with a work expense account knows better than to put a bar tab on a work credit card, unless he/she is the boss.
I may be wrong but suspect back then, very few people took advantage of that. Meaning they had common sense to know one drink was
pretty much the max because they had to go back to work.
Salesmen/women may get away with more if they are making the company alot of money.
I worked at a Fortune 500 within the past year where many employees ordered a beer or two at lunch. This was in a relatively high drinking area and where drinking is part of regular life. It never impacted anyone I knew negatively.
When I started work in the 80s, the 3 martini lunch was still in play...but fading. Now its rare to even order a beer at lunch and only if the client does. I rarely have more than 2 drinks at a dinner.
Back to my earlier post...surprised the thread has gone this long. Everclear and parking lot are definite alcoholic signs.
It is interesting how things have changed, 30 years ago, a group of teachers could go out to lunch on a teacher work day, and have a glass of wine with lunch. Not any more.
Hah...what teachers even HAVE time to go out to lunch, let alone a leisurely lunch with a drink? Twenty minutes of quickly inhaling easily portable food while on my feet supervising the lunchroom has been my most frequent experience.
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