Fall of daytime drinking

laissez-faire · 23 Jan 2009 at 18:32

It seems to me that alcohol is becoming something that people drink much less in the day and much more at night now. I'm not talking about getting utterly lashed, but merely having one drink just to enjoy the taste rarely seems to happen now.

For example - in very few jobs do people have lunchtime pints any more. It's hardly as if one pint of bitter or lager is going to have much influence on productivity. Visitors to property no longer seem to enjoy drinks as a token of hospitality.

I specifically remember when about 15 years ago the police came round to talk to my father about something and he sat there with the officer enjoying a whisky whilst he explained the problem.

We just had a plumber over here and I offered him a beer (it's about 1830, figure it must be his last call) and he looked at me as if I were utterly insane.

Yet people think nothing of drinking 32 units in an evening and going into work still utterly lashed in the morning.....

EDIT> i'm a cretin. move to GD please.

Mr-White · 23 Jan 2009 at 18:35

maybe people just seperate work and pleasure more these days

MW

Cr0fty · 23 Jan 2009 at 18:50

I was about to say, this is rather misplaced

paradigm · 23 Jan 2009 at 19:01

I still go for a lunchtime pint once or twice a week. It's commonplace at our office

Muffin` · 23 Jan 2009 at 19:04

A beer to a plumber, he thought you were hitting on him :confused:

Dup · 23 Jan 2009 at 19:14

We used to nip to the pub every Friday for food, drinks and to randomly find ourselves adding an extra hour to our allotted time. That said, they clamped down on us doing that seeing as we were the core of the company leaving 1 or two in the office and business has grown since.

mrthingyx · 23 Jan 2009 at 19:25

Used to do this a bit in my former workplace (current office doesn't have much of a team ethic, so...) but people never really drank because they just felt knackered afterwards...

And beer mings, anyway.

paradigm · 23 Jan 2009 at 19:30

mrthingyx said:
And beer mings, anyway.

If you are a wooly woofter yes.

MikeHunt79 · 23 Jan 2009 at 19:30

I find I often work better after 1 pint... I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not!

Jez · 23 Jan 2009 at 20:09

paradigm said:
I still go for a lunchtime pint once or twice a week. It's commonplace at our office

Everywhere i have worked (and that is a lot of places, being a contractor) it has been normal to go out for a lunchtime pint too

semi-pro waster · 23 Jan 2009 at 20:10

laissez-faire said:
We just had a plumber over here and I offered him a beer (it's about 1830, figure it must be his last call) and he looked at me as if I were utterly insane.

Did the plumber drive to your place? If so then no matter how well intentioned you were in offering him a beer I can completely understand why he'd refuse.

I don't often have a beer at lunchtime and go back to work but on special occasions it is alright, the problem is that after a beer I seldom feel much like doing work, I'll usually be thinking about what I'm doing when I finish work so I tend to save it for just before holidays.

Solari · 23 Jan 2009 at 20:11

Doesn't seem that quiet in the pubs near where I work at lunchtimes?

V4NT0M · 23 Jan 2009 at 20:13

I think it's a matter of intelligence... Why bother?

Solari · 23 Jan 2009 at 20:15

Skyfall said:
I think it's a matter of intelligence... Why bother?

I concur, what sort of knob would turn down free beer?

Wiggins · 23 Jan 2009 at 20:23

If I can get my clients to drive to the village I live, I sometimes have a few beers with lunch.

Just a shame I cannot get the client mullered. Would make me more money.

paradigm · 23 Jan 2009 at 20:24

Skyfall said:
I think it's a matter of intelligence... Why bother?

To unwind, to relax, to socialise, to enjoy the taste, to go with a meal, to not be a dull moron?

Rroff · 23 Jan 2009 at 20:30

When I was on work experience popping out to the pub and having a beer with lunch was the norm - pretty much everywhere I've worked since its a big no-no.

V4NT0M · 23 Jan 2009 at 20:31

paradigm said:
to not be a dull moron?

Surely that's the other way round, the people drinking are the morons due to the alcohol inhibiting their brain functions? And the dull people are the ones that need alcohol to have a good time or make a good impression?

Makes sense to me.

zootfloot · 23 Jan 2009 at 20:34

Skyfall said:
I think it's a matter of intelligence... Why bother?

Not everyone is from our area though Skyfall, if they were then i feel that they would understand your comment more :-)

steinooo · 23 Jan 2009 at 20:35

Skyfall said:
Surely that's the other way round, the people drinking are the morons due to the alcohol inhibiting their brain functions? And the dull people are the ones that need alcohol to have a good time or make a good impression?

Makes sense to me.

LOL one thinks we need to lighten up!