Drinking with Co-workers

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confettiflyer said:
Man you sound like a good time.

I drink with coresidents and other residents from nearby all the time...hell it wouldn't be residency if there weren't alcohol after hours. Plus our local orgs keep having events at bars. Met several potential employers that day.

Rule of thumb: drink, but don't be more faded than someone that might hire you. Done.
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No I'm just smarter, older and wiser and can still have a good time.
 
I think the idea that any situation or occasion NEEDS alcohol is laughable. That said, drinking in moderation is fine. But it's never required or necessary. Good for me since I have been pregnant for most of the last two years and can't partake!
 
I would keep my personal life outside work. Alcohol tends to make you say/do things you dont intend around your co-workers and you only need 1 of those to get screwed. Go in, do you job, get out, then you can get wasted with friend you love and trust 🙂
 
How could anyone dare make a friend at work? You do not have to try to be BFF with all of your coworkers. Of course getting in good with people of importance will get you better schedules, better pay, and more slack. Just because you are good at your job does not mean crap if people do not like you because you barely socialize. Most would rather have someone around that makes the work day a bit more fun, even if it means doing slightly more work.
 
Unchained said:
No I'm just smarter, older and wiser and can still have a good time.
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This guy is awfully good at throwing insults around the internet while hiding behind his anonymity. I don't know smercer, and neither does he yet he claims to be smarter. Why don't you either add to the discussion or leave it be, your comments are absurd. Chances are if you were smarter and wiser, you would have much better things to do than derail threads and talk about how smart you are.

It screams anti-social and lonely.😴
 
bw6 said:
This guy is awfully good at throwing insults around the internet while hiding behind his anonymity. I don't know smercer, and neither does he yet he claims to be smarter. Why don't you either add to the discussion or leave it be, your comments are absurd. Chances are if you were smarter and wiser, you would have much better things to do than derail threads and talk about how smart you are.

It screams anti-social and lonely.😴
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You just hurled a lot of insults yourself.
 
I think the whole making friends at work also depends on the age, experience, and maybe even gender of the workers. I'm much more likely to make friends with the 3 other guys/girls who are new grad pharmacists as opposed to a lady who has been there 25 years.
 
Either you do or you dont, youre both right. You live by what makes you feel justified.

I dont go out of my way to befriend coworkers. But i wont turn down an opportunity to go have a drink or 2 after work with coworkers or staff. I also know i will never get hammered and behave inappropriately. I only do that with hot residents.:meanie:
 
Its Z said:
I also know i will never get hammered and behave inappropriately. I only do that with hot residents.:meanie:
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I thought you were supposed to get them hammered and behave inappropriately.
 
smercer said:
I thought you were supposed to get them hammered and behave inappropriately.
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I cant contribute to the delinquency of barely legals. That would be improper.
 
FelixRx said:
I would keep my personal life outside work. Alcohol tends to make you say/do things you dont intend around your co-workers and you only need 1 of those to get screwed. Go in, do you job, get out, then you can get wasted with friend you love and trust 🙂
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Word
 
There are a few coworkers that I hang out with outside of work (like 2 or 3) and many more I would never even think about hanging out with.

Our work tries to set up "happy hours" and then are always "unhappy to mildy depressing hours." I've stopped going....
 
KARM12 said:
There are a few coworkers that I hang out with outside of work (like 2 or 3) and many more I would never even think about hanging out with.

Our work tries to set up "happy hours" and then are always "unhappy to mildy depressing hours." I've stopped going....
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Why so depressing?
 
It's all about the money man. It's unfortunate that people are so weak and lack confidence in their abilities that they need to add the after office drink to their resume to advance or keep their job. The tortoise not the hare usually wins the race.
 
Unchained said:
If it were possible to drink responsibly it certainly wouldn't be in ads for alcohol. It's like saying play with your loaded gun responsibly or smoke your heroin responsibly.

Unchained said:
Alcohol in any amount impairs your judgement.
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That is quite ridiculous. If I accidently swallow some of my alcohol-containing mouthwash while gargling before work, I am still going to work and my judgement will not be at all impaired. There is obviously a certain amount (that will vary from individual to individual) that must be injested before judgement impairment occurs.

Unchained said:
Whydo you feel a need to drink?
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Just because people enjoy drinking, does mean they "need" to drink. There are many things in life I enjoy, besides drinking....chocolate, walking in the woods, WII games, etc. I don't "need" any of those things, but I enjoy those things, so there is no reason I shouldn't indulge in them, in reasonable amounts & under reasonable circumstances. Different people enjoy different things, if you don't enjoy drinking (or can't enjoy it because you drink to excess, have health problems, etc.) then of course, you shouldn't drink. But just because you don't/can't enjoy drinking, doesn't mean that nobody should. We are all individuals and have our individual enjoyments in life, and that is the way it should be.
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Unchained said:
It's all about the money man. It's unfortunate that people are so weak and lack confidence in their abilities that they need to add the after office drink to their resume to advance or keep their job. The tortoise not the hare usually wins the race.
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It's not about weakness and lack of confidence IMO, it's about the social atmosphere drinking creates and the "social capital" that is built upon it. Confident people who feel no need to add an after-work drink are still left behind.

I think you might have missed the point of the article entirely.
 
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