My point is that it's "normal" to have a drink or two at a business meeting. So it is completely acceptable to drink at work, you just have to have the right job I guess.
but it also kind of depends on where you work. I've known plenty of "functioning" alcoholics that aren't reprimanded until it becomes a problem.
societal acceptance of booze is mostly because it's been around for about as long as we have- its production certainly goes into the neolithic period; coupled with the belief that it's effects only last through being hung over.
Its also been proven that people who've had alcohol, just the proper one or two glasses, form better and longer-lasting bonds and are less inhibited, reducing social anxiety. In the context of a business dinner, that IS a productivity boost. Even if no one loses themselves completely, that sales client or coworker thinks better of you and knows you better, because of that.
Booze has been key in human social interactions since the beginning. Shame its literally poison.
lol you really putting CBD and Tylenol on the DRUG list? Tylenol?? Are all pharmaceuticals drugs to you? When I take my prescription digestive enzymes am I doing drugs?
19 Comments
radiouser@crazypeople.online · 59 pts · 117d
The real crime is cannabis prohibition being alive and well. The world needs to get over it.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 117d
or at least, get high.
Hegar@fedia.io · 39 pts · 117d
Not drugs, just weed.
LodeMike@lemmy.today · 23 pts · 117d
THC is a drug. Like caffeine, alcohol, CBD, Tylenol, Nicotine, etc.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 117d
unlike caffeine or Tylenol, nicotine, etc, it doesn't boost productivity, so the oligarchs don't want you on it at work.
Humanius@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 117d
Alcohol is legal, and it is not acceptable to be drunk at work.
Weed being legal similarly doesn't mean it has to be acceptable to be high at work.
kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 117d
I've been to many dinner business meetings with plenty of drinking. To the point that rides are needed to get people home.
village604@adultswim.fan · 5 pts · 117d
And I've smoked weed with a CEO. The fact that outliers exist doesn't change anything.
kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 116d
My point is that it's "normal" to have a drink or two at a business meeting. So it is completely acceptable to drink at work, you just have to have the right job I guess.
village604@adultswim.fan · 3 pts · 116d
That's an outlier. For the vast majority of jobs, drinking during a meeting will get you disciplinary action.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 117d
there's a reason I left it off.
but it also kind of depends on where you work. I've known plenty of "functioning" alcoholics that aren't reprimanded until it becomes a problem.
societal acceptance of booze is mostly because it's been around for about as long as we have- its production certainly goes into the neolithic period; coupled with the belief that it's effects only last through being hung over.
Khanzarate@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 117d
Its also been proven that people who've had alcohol, just the proper one or two glasses, form better and longer-lasting bonds and are less inhibited, reducing social anxiety. In the context of a business dinner, that IS a productivity boost. Even if no one loses themselves completely, that sales client or coworker thinks better of you and knows you better, because of that.
Booze has been key in human social interactions since the beginning. Shame its literally poison.
dickalan@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 116d
I believe it absolutely boosts the productivity of Mexicans working in the sun, why else would they make it illegalš¤£š¤£š¤£
CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world · -5 pts · 116d
lol you really putting CBD and Tylenol on the DRUG list? Tylenol?? Are all pharmaceuticals drugs to you? When I take my prescription digestive enzymes am I doing drugs?
dropcase@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 116d
Yes, yes, and yes
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drug
rounding_error@lemmy.today · 22 pts · 117d
Fuck narcs
Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz · 17 pts · 117d
Alternative to CBS.
oh_@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 117d
CBS article very reefer madness-ey. Poor monks arrested for some weed.
Stampy@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 117d
Saw another post about monks playing video gamesā¦. Didnāt know they were so cool ;)