How do you feel about Companies allowing Drinking on the Job?

[sware2cod]

Originally Posted by JAMS14

I waited tables during the lunch hour at a very upscale downtown Chicago restaurant back in the '80s, and some of those businessmen (they were always men) threw back three or four mixed drinks in the hour they were there. I always wondered how productive they could possibly be when they staggered back to their offices for the afternoon.

They probably had secretaries. That's how the work got done.

[Southern man]

Originally Posted by bobisinthehouse

It once happened during the 1960's and I think it would help a lot of people while on the job. Most people are so stressed out while working at their jobs.

I think a beer or a glass of wine during a shift would make them more productive.

In a winery, no problem. I did my 30 years in the power industry, nuclear and fossi fuel and in that field, it would be a stupid idea.l

[JAMS14]

Originally Posted by Reads2MUCH

I waited tables at a Ryan's Steakhouse for a while when I was a teenager. No alcohol was served on the premises, but I still did okay in tips. While doing that job I only knew one old man who liked to nip from a bottle he kept in his back pocket. However, most of the staff, myself included, would regularly step out back and smoke a little something special. Really made the work more bearable. Nothing like having a little buzz to make you super nice to the customers.

It would have made the work go faster, for sure, but I'd question my ability to remember orders after a toke or two.

[Fifty Seven]

I worked at a liquor store many years ago and it was like being at a keg party or something. Customers would come in and buy me shots, and friends would come in an hour or so before closing and drink a little with me before we'd go to the bar after we closed up. Had a little section off to the side where there'd always be people hanging out and drinking. It was a lot of fun. The owner didn't technically allow it but the drawer always came out OK so he looked the other way. We'd even go out back and smoke a little weed from time to time.

I also had a more corporate type job where people would sometimes go out for lunch and they'd have a beer or two. Even the managers. I tried it a couple of times but didn't like it. I'd feel tired at the end of the day. It wasn't like they provided another beer at 2 or 3 o'clock to keep your buzz going. Coffee is better at work than beer is.

[tripleh]

We did this at one of my old companys, I was in support. some days theyd even push a cart around offering beer to people in their cubes. Never had a beer myself and no intentions to start--but grats to the people that its their thing