A Brew at Lunch...? Sure! why the heck not?

[PsychoBaller]

So I'm about 5-10minutes away from work, it's real simple to get there, local traffic n such. Office Job, Big Complex Building... typical 9am-5:30/6pm I get to take 45min to an hour up to lunch, my choosing. So basically, I get stuff at a local deli or Pizza/Trattoria, and bring the sucker home to relax and enjoy... huge acre+ of land for a backyard, all fenced in and spayed, landscape architec. whatever... peaceful place.

Now, on one individual afternoon I came home and didn't have a single beverage of sorts other than water. Naturally, i went to the basement to the "Battle Fridge" and got myself a nice cold bottle o Yuengling. It's an old fridge my father has always had and filled with Wine and Beer of randimo and stocked assorment. Growing up it was under lock and key, but nowadays (i'm 22 ) it's always been open since I came of age.

That night my mother happens to notice the bottle in the recycling... she flips out... "thats a RED FLAG... ur an Alky" yada yada.

I'm 22, rapidly approaching 23... can't I have a brew (or a duo) with a meal when I feel like it? Lunch should be no diff, etiquette my arse.


-da "was just thirsty anyways.. freakin water with a stromboli? hah!" baller

[kosmo]

Not a single problem with it in my mind. I regularly drink two to six beers during a lunch break. Ironically, generally the shorter the lunch break the more beer I drink. Sigh... I hate my job.

[Target Practice]

Jonneh or MarkM can correct me if I'm wrong, but if I remember correctly, one of the staples of the working man's workday is the "ploughman's lunch". It consists of a big-assed sandwhich (on...rye?) and a pint.

[rkjunior303]

Jonneh or MarkM can correct me if I'm wrong, but if I remember correctly, one of the staples of the working man's workday is the "ploughman's lunch". It consists of a big-assed sandwhich (on...rye?) and a pint.

granted... getting sauced at work in the UK is a bit more acceptable than getting sauced at lunch here in the states -- some employers tend to frown on that, even if it's a beer.

BUT,

as a drunk (alcoholics say they have a problem) myself, I don't see anything wrong with that

[Thordic]

I thought a ploughmans lunch traditionally included hard cider, not beer, but I could be mistaken.

[LudavicoSoldier]

I used to regularly drink a beer with lunch when I worked for a local pharm company. Of course they encouraged people to get drunk while at work, so it wasnt a problem. Such a fun job...pretty much the stereotype of .Com excess.

[punkncat]

Most everywhere I have ever worked definately frowned on the "drink at lunch". As far as I know it would be a firing offence. The only places that have allowed drinking on the job (framing or other construction services) ended up being places I didn't work long. There is nothing worse that a bunch of construction workers drunk in the sun.....

Personally I think it would be a serious sign of unprofessionalism to go into a retail/services establishment and smell alcohol on the employee. I would seek the assistance of another if not go to a different place entirely.

I have no problem with drinking, and enjoy my right to regularly. But that is an activity (in my mind) that should be reserved for leisure time.

[Muzikman]

A beer a day does not make you a drunk. Although, make sure you know your company policy about drinking. Some places do not care, others state that you can not have an alcoholic beverage x hours before work, etc. It would suck to lose a job because you had a brew at lunch

[Big'n slo]

There's a 30pack in the office fridge as I type.
And my keg tap is sitting on the secretaries desk...

[Hexis]

I miss my .com fun palce (in it's prime, it was crap later). Beer on fridays, beer at lunch was aok. I never saw anyone abuse it. It was very nice to walk around the office troubleshooting machines with a bottle in you hands on friday afternoons.

[SCpoloRicker]

Not a single problem with it in my mind. I regularly drink two to six beers during a lunch break. Ironically, generally the shorter the lunch break the more beer I drink. Sigh... I hate my job.

Holy raise, Batman!

[slateman]

Eh, what are you gonna do? Its your mom. Every good mom is worried that her boy is gonna be an alcholic. Everytime I have a beer in front of family, she just looks at me with that condecending look.

Oh and Yuengling is good

[PsychoBaller]

What's most surprising is the fact I'm actually drinking Yuengling again... considering the "AO MEGAMEET INCIDENT", that many seem to recal... heh.........

[pito189]

I'm 22, rapidly approaching 23. I've lived in a Frat house for the majority of College which is now about done.

I'm 22, and live in the fraternity house too. It seems there is always a reason to drink. It's amazing how not dry our campus is, considering it is a dry campus.

[Will Wood]

Man everyone talks about how good Yuengling is.. but you can't get it up here...

Who wants to ship some up to Maine?

Yea, my parents accept the fact I drirnk, it's ok with them.
However when they find a couple bottles in the recycling they are like "ahh you drink too much"
Yea, sure that's alot of cans. And I havn't recycled in over a month.