A beer at lunch....acceptable?

[Thorrez]

This came up frequently when I worked for Ericsson and were at compability testing events (with engineers from the top 10-20 companies in the business gathered together). 

We (Swedes), the Finns, the Japanese and Koreans were in the "how can they serve beer at lunch, do they want us drunk" corner (east Asians because they get drunk on one beer, Scandinavians because the concept of just one beer was alien to us). And the French and Italian firmly in the "it is not lunch without wine" corner.

So all you need to do is to invent a Frensh  great great grandfather and you're safe. 

[KintnerBoy]

Only if followed with shots otherwise you're both just lightweight drinkers and should be ashamed.

[KittyLover]

Has anyone else ever had a shitty day, gone to lunch just staring at the beers on tap all through a meal and then just said ?($!& it!  Sat at the bar and proceeded to call in sick the rest of the day?   

Was as that wrong?  Should I have not done that?  I'm going to have to plead ignorance on this one...

[bigjohn]

I'm in favor of it. Does the fact that I'm a high school teacher make a difference?

[magnus]

a beer is fine.  Make it count, don't get piss water, get something real.   

Since we're on the topic: 

 

http://www.puckermob.com/lifestyle/10-reasons-you-should-try-having-a-shower-beer-today

[sharkkiller]

I used to go to lunch with the HR manager where I worked about once a week. She would stop by my office and say, "It is thirsty Thursday." We would proceed to go to lunch wherever they were having drink specials. The only time we about got caught was when I had to do a suprise training to the entire management staff after a particularly good lunch. It went better than you would expect. Everyone said it was the most entertaining training they had ever been a part of.

 

I figured it was ok since I was there with the HR Manager.

[JPPT1974]

Would not know as someone who does not drink smoke or do drugs.

[PandaPancake]

You sum bitch. Sittin on your acreage all holier-than-thou. You pipe down and let us have our non-Panther related good times. You hear me you dadgum Coors Light drinking hippie? We are riding a gravy train with biscuit wheels up in this thread and can't no one derail our good times.

Actually if you're a registered member in Colorado you get access to the cannabis forum. It's like AP only with a lot more giggling

[Lumps]

I work it a pretty uptight professional work place; young professionals. If I came back from lunch smelling like a beer I'd be fired on the spot.

[MountainHeel66]

required at Igo Studio

now the half naked women make sense. 

 

 

I feel like there is a Cosby joke in there somewhere..

[RockyTopVol]

Funny timing of this thread bc I just heard that my mother-in-law is "worried" bc I had a beer with lunch everyday last week...while we were all together on vacation. Vacation! My cool story (bro) is that I saw Jason Witten. He was staying a couple houses down from us.

[Mvp2014]

I keep it under 2 drinks unless we are at a strip club

[juliosantos]

As a former waiter in nyc , you can only imagine what those wall street people did during their lunch break .

[R0CKnR0LLA]

One beer is nothing, no big deal

Two beers, yeah, pretty much the same as one

Three beers? Sure, it's not like I'm gonna get drunk off just three

Well it's been about an hour now, you metabolize one drink an hour so I'll go ahead and have a 4th

These beers are pretty weak so having 5 is basically the same as 4 normal drinks

The waitress brought me this 6th one without me even asking, I'm not gonna be rude and not drink it

I think it's been almost 2 hours now, that means I metabolized another beer and can order one more

Well, I'm already kinda buzzed, one or two more won't make a difference

....aaaannnnddd now I've had 13 beers, gonna take the rest of the day off and take a nap