Anonymous
Post 07/29/2025 22:05     Subject: Coworker drinking at lunch
Report it.
Anonymous
Post 07/29/2025 21:43     Subject: Coworker drinking at lunch
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Is this a desk job or something like bus driver or firefighter. Assuming it’s not a safety issue I would let it go this time but keep an eye on them going forward.


You cool with Kevin trading your 401k after 2 drinks?


If it’s the Kevin I’m thinking of then yes. If it’s a different Kevin then I’ll need to know more.


Kevin is inspired after the third martini. We want Kevin to trade going into the close. Maybe a little bump too.

Anonymous
Post 07/29/2025 21:37     Subject: Coworker drinking at lunch
Maybe Kevin has a crappy job and sitting alone at a bar enjoying a drink at lunch brings him a little bit of joy and happiness.
Anonymous
Post 07/29/2025 21:32     Subject: Coworker drinking at lunch
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Is this a desk job or something like bus driver or firefighter. Assuming it’s not a safety issue I would let it go this time but keep an eye on them going forward.


You cool with Kevin trading your 401k after 2 drinks?


If it’s the Kevin I’m thinking of then yes. If it’s a different Kevin then I’ll need to know more.
Anonymous
Post 07/29/2025 19:35     Subject: Coworker drinking at lunch
How about having sex during lunch breaks (outside work place)? Is it not allowed?
Anonymous
Post 07/29/2025 19:15     Subject: Coworker drinking at lunch
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Isn’t this a norm in Europe to have a glass or two of wine at lunch? International organizations like WB or IMF used to have wine and beer for sale in their lunch cafeteria


Less and less. I have worked at both the IMF and WB and have never seen anyone drink at lunch, though there was wine to buy. I have also worked a lot in the UK, and while lunchtime drinking was definitely a thing in the 90s (especially on a Friday) it is pretty rare nowadays.


In London?


DP. London is full of degenerates. It's probably the last hard drinking city in the world. But generally, WB, IMF, and IFC staffers are not drinking at noon. Even at the DC "happy hour" events, the high flyers are very sober. It's usually administrative staff making the most of it. On mission, wine with dinner if necessary. But it is not a hard drinking world these days at the multilaterals.
Anonymous
Post 07/29/2025 18:59     Subject: Coworker drinking at lunch
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Isn’t this a norm in Europe to have a glass or two of wine at lunch? International organizations like WB or IMF used to have wine and beer for sale in their lunch cafeteria


Less and less. I have worked at both the IMF and WB and have never seen anyone drink at lunch, though there was wine to buy. I have also worked a lot in the UK, and while lunchtime drinking was definitely a thing in the 90s (especially on a Friday) it is pretty rare nowadays.


In London?
Anonymous
Post 07/29/2025 18:58     Subject: Coworker drinking at lunch
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I saw a coworker in a bar yesterday at lunch having two glasses of wine and then came back to work.


Was common for over a century for office workers to drink a liquid lunch, then have more cocktails after work with coworkers.

Been common for hundreds of years to drink beer with lunch. Average European lunch was beer or wine and sandwhich with some cheese for working stiffs.

The whole no-alcohol thing is a very recent thing due to a certain group of people who are abolitionists and want to ban everything.


So was smoking in the office.


Yep. Of course smoking affects others around them. If it's a closed office room that's private, then it's still generally common.
Anonymous
Post 07/29/2025 17:11     Subject: Coworker drinking at lunch
Anonymous wrote:Isn’t this a norm in Europe to have a glass or two of wine at lunch? International organizations like WB or IMF used to have wine and beer for sale in their lunch cafeteria


Less and less. I have worked at both the IMF and WB and have never seen anyone drink at lunch, though there was wine to buy. I have also worked a lot in the UK, and while lunchtime drinking was definitely a thing in the 90s (especially on a Friday) it is pretty rare nowadays.
Anonymous
Post 07/29/2025 17:10     Subject: Coworker drinking at lunch
I’m showing my age here but when I was working in NYC in the 90s we regularly went out for a boozy lunch and then back to the office to work on our spreadsheets for the afternoon. Everyone did this, when someone didn’t drink we assumed they were pregnant. I hope the young people out there are having as much fun as we did.
Anonymous
Post 07/29/2025 17:02     Subject: Coworker drinking at lunch
Anonymous wrote:Lawyer here. I can’t count the number of times I’ve had a drink at lunch with colleagues. It’d be more notable if I turned it down.


This. My biglaw firm has a weekly happy hour in the office (not on Fridays) after which some people go back to work.
Anonymous
Post 07/29/2025 17:00     Subject: Coworker drinking at lunch
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I saw a coworker in a bar yesterday at lunch having two glasses of wine and then came back to work.


Was common for over a century for office workers to drink a liquid lunch, then have more cocktails after work with coworkers.

Been common for hundreds of years to drink beer with lunch. Average European lunch was beer or wine and sandwhich with some cheese for working stiffs.

The whole no-alcohol thing is a very recent thing due to a certain group of people who are abolitionists and want to ban everything.


So was smoking in the office.
Anonymous
Post 07/29/2025 16:55     Subject: Coworker drinking at lunch
Anonymous wrote:Two glasses of wine has way less alcohol than 2 martinis.

Unless you are all doctors or airline pilots or perform other critical life-and-death jobs…what’s your complaint exactly?


Learn more.
Anonymous
Post 07/29/2025 16:55     Subject: Coworker drinking at lunch
Anonymous wrote:I saw a coworker in a bar yesterday at lunch having two glasses of wine and then came back to work.


Was common for over a century for office workers to drink a liquid lunch, then have more cocktails after work with coworkers.

Been common for hundreds of years to drink beer with lunch. Average European lunch was beer or wine and sandwhich with some cheese for working stiffs.

The whole no-alcohol thing is a very recent thing due to a certain group of people who are abolitionists and want to ban everything.
Anonymous
Post 07/29/2025 15:25     Subject: Coworker drinking at lunch
I only have a drink if it is the boss who gets the tab, and only as an obligation to not appear as if I am a non-drinker and I think my boss is an oaf.

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