After-work drinks in decline outside London, peers told
After-work drinks in decline outside London, peers told
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After-work drinks in decline outside London, peers told
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With the latest ethanol trade deal with the US, I can only imagine there is going to be another big push to eliminate WFH/hybrid working in a lot of businesses.
That's right, us peasants shouldn't be at home with our families and loved ones, we should be working long hours, sitting in traffic or stood waiting for another late train, and then spending what we've earned on drowning our frustrations of the hamster wheel we're on at the end of the day.
I'm really hoping this whole push to get everyone back in to the office is a generational thing from the boomers, and once they're finally retired we can see a new shift in the workplace. But then that is probably being too optimistic.
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With the latest ethanol trade deal with the US, I can only imagine there is going to be another big push to eliminate WFH/hybrid working in a lot of businesses.
why?
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Just one possible example would be that Ethanol is used in making beer, wines, and spirits. If pre-pandemic it was found people were socialising after work more than they are now, the consumption of those things would have been greater compared to now. I imagine they will want people socialising more after work to buy more booze to make the most of the imported Ethanol.
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I'm a bit surprised this is news - our work dos were always on Thursday. Better to be hung over on company time.
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I can't believe the Brits are becoming halal.
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That's how a revolution starts
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Thursday is bigger in Edinburgh too. Friday is a ghost town in many an office
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Eugh, fucking Thursday "mandatory fun time". All I can think about is that I still have to work tomorrow.
It's alright for the C levels and managers who don't really do anything anyway.
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I'm not surprised. All my costs are going up and I have to make cutbacks. When a single pint is £5-6.50, that's something I can't justify.
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Wetherspoons in my area does £2/pint ales
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That's true. And I'm not usually a massive fan of Doombar but it was £1.49 in a spoons (relatively) near me recently, so I couldn't say no.
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Wait, what's this? Drinking after work with your colleagues is a regular weekly thing in Britain?
Why would you do that?
I don't even spend time with my best friend every week.-
It depends a great deal on where you work, but it's definitely not unknown. It's not normally an all-evening heavy-going night though, much as Britain loves a binge drink that's usually saved for the weekends
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It used to be more common. Back in the 90s when I was working in an office we'd often head to the pub for Friday lunchtime and roll in later in the afternoon. Going along for a free lunch and a few beers with visiting sales reps was also pretty common.
I couldn't do it now - the thought of nursing a proto hangover before I've even got home seems insane in retrospect. God knows how much productivity used to be wasted due to work time tipples.
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It used to be a major thing, even pub lunches during your shift, go out for a pint and some food at lunch and then go back to work afterwards
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I had a job as a usian at a high street UK retail company that expanded into the US in the 10s. When the UK managers were going over the handbook before opening the store they told us we had an hour unpayed lunch, which blew our American minds. At least in retail you usually get only 30 unpayed minutes for a shift over 6 hours.
Then they apologetically said we could only have two alcoholic drinks on our lunch and management was so confused when we all gasped and cheered.
Many low level retail/office jobs would get you canned for clocking back in from lunch smelling like booze.
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