A beer at lunch....acceptable?

[Devil Doc]

I don't know if me drinking a beer at lunch is a good thing...

I take a lot of different "Medications" that do not mix well with ETOH.

Also, I work for the Government... don't know if they like that too much..

[Moorgan]

Slippery slope...soon you'll have a needle in your arm to make the sale.

Adam Ant?

What do you do?

[Lumps]

sounds like a terrible place to work tbh

lol what did you do

Meh, it's actually a great place to work. Just because I can't drink on the job doesn't mean it's a terrible place to work. I get to do a ton of things other jobs would never allow. I agree with the firing for alcohol on the job. It's not about what affects you and what doesn't. No corporation should have to contemplate that or figure it out. It's about not having to know the employees well enough to find out if they have a drinking problem, or possibly having come across wrong to an important person or customer who doesn't need to be told 'you smell beer but don't worry, it was just one beer', or like someone mentioned mixing it with prescriptions....so on and so forth. It's all about perception, and I agree with it.

[Adb6368]

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Jase is spot on. Some companies I know even supply beer, especially on Fridays. If I'm a pilot, surgeon, etc.....pretty sure it is frowned upon and hopefully against company policy. Sales, some guy/gal in an office environment....I don't think most places have an issue with a beer at lunch. 

Pretty sure it is more than frowned upon for those jobs (think about driving a car... you can still get a dui even if you are under the limit if the officer determines you are visibly impaired). However, whomever mentioned as long as it is OK with the boss is the only right answer here. No idea what to do? Just follow your boss's lead. If there is no clear superior with you, make your decision based on what the boss would think if he was there. Or if all else fails have a beer and if anyone questions you just say studies have proven that one beer increases focus. How could it go wrong?