Less booze at work. Not PC enough?
On 4/14/2021 2:07 PM, Dr. Bruce wrote:
> Bryan Simmons wrote:
>
>> On Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 3:37:44 PM UTC-5, Dr. Bruce wrote:
>>> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 4/14/2021 3:55 PM, GM wrote:
>>>>> On Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 2:37:41 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> On 4/14/2021 3:26 PM, bruce bowser wrote:
>>>>>>> I've noticed that fewer bosses smoke in the building and
>>>>>>> stash liquor in the bottom desk drawer. I guess its because
>>>>>>> its not politically correct. Its still a shame.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Many places would fire you for any alcohol. I always had wine
>>>>>> in the fridge at work. Nothing fancy, just a box of red and
>>>>>> one of white.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Work culture - white collar at least - has really changed. I
>>>>> watch a lot of older movies, office/work drinking was often
>>>>> featured, as a butt of comedy, e.g. Pillow Talk, Will Success
>>>>> Spoil Rock Hunter? ...or as tragedy, e.g. The Days of Wine and
>>>>> Roses, The Apartment...
>>>>>
>>>>> Lotsa ads in old issues of The New Yorker and the NY Times for
>>>>> those "portable" bars that executives apparently touted around
>>>>> on their travels, places like Hammacher Schlemer, Abercrombie &
>>>>> Fitch had some very snazzy offerings...
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Where my father worked in the late 1950s the two owners had
>>>> offices side by side, but another room in between. It had a well
>>>> stocked wet bar for when they had visitors.
>>> Is a wet bar with alcohol and a dry bar with coca cola and orange
>>> juice?
>>>
>> That is correct.
>
> Thanks.
>
Of course that is not correct. A wet bar has running water. DUH.
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