On Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 7:17:03 PM UTC-5, Taxed and Spent wrote:
> 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.
>
A stupid question deserved a stupid answer.

--Bryan