On 2/28/2013 10:31 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 28/02/2013 10:04 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> Coors expanded to this side of the river in the 1980's. They tested the
>> quality of the Memphis water. They bought an old brewery (it was
>> Schlitz at one time, later Stroh's) and cranked up the bottling line. I
>> knew a number of people who worked there. The employees all got a free
>> case of beer every week. (Used to be they could drink it at work,
>> during breaks. Company lawyers soon put a stop to that.)
>>
>
>
> There is a reason for the free product. It discourages employees from
> spitting and ****ing into the vats. Drinking on the job used to be quite
> acceptable in a lot of places, though drunkeness was frowned upon. I
> used to work for our highways department and when we were on the road we
> stopped for liquid lunches. Some of our maintenance yards were notorious
> for their Friday afternoon card games and beer.
>
>
> Drinking on the the job Friday afternoon drinks started to becomean
> liability issue years ago.
(snip)

Yes, that's why I said the lawyers put a stop to it. On the job
injuries, liability and disability claims. They were working with some
pretty heavy duty equipment. I'm sure some of those guys (and probably
some of the gals) could easily knock back a six-pack on at lunch. Not a
good idea, liability wise.

I have no problem with them giving employees a free case of beer as a
perk. It's just not a good business idea to let them drink on the job
or even on company property.

The people I knew who worked there just took it home and it stacked up
until they had a party. Or until they started giving cases away. I'm
afraid I had to turn down a case of Zima. OMG, that stuff is nasty!

Jill