Graham wrote:
> On 2021-04-14 2:35 p.m., 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.Â* 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.Â* It had a well stocked
> > wet bar for when they had visitors.
>
> We kept bottles of whisky locked up for visits from the chairman or
> COO of the company. They were both alcoholics and would hit the booze
> when we paused for the morning coffee break. After a managers'
> meeting in the UK head office, we all went out to dinner. The
> chairman arrived late as he had been at some government committee
> meeting in London. He apologised for being late but said that after
> the committee meeting, they had all been invited to tea with the
> Queen. It didn't happen, it was all in his befuddled, alcoholic
> imagination.
Lol, I can't imagine drinking enough to think I had tea with the Queen,
even though I have two! Maybe he was suffering from Korsakoff and
filled in gaps in his memory with random stuff.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confabulation
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