Office happy hours

[docellis]

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[TimeForGuinness]

Drinking at work with close proximity to corporate email is not a good thing

[docellis]

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[TimeForGuinness]

No, it isn't. I spelled something with a "?" in the middle of a word ...in an e-mail to my boss.

Like this:

I think we should ta?olk about that issue further.

hopefully your boss realized the small mistake and wasn't interpreting your email as an invite to discuss t & a...

[docellis]

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[cardsfansince82]

Wine tasting not wine chugging.

[docellis]

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[sighyoung]

You're complaining that someone is buying you booze?

Rant rejected.

Yeah, but who wants to drink in the office?

From what I understand, this is what English professors used to do.

[sighyoung]

I accidentally got a bit intoxicated on the clock the other day. A wine tasting, then another tasting - then back to work. Except I couldn't spell.

I teach "Bartleby the Scrivener" all the time, but my students never understand that the law clerks are getting drunk during lunch.

[G. Keenan]

You're complaining that someone is buying you booze?

Rant rejected.

Yeah, but who wants to drink in the office?

From what I understand, this is what English professors used to do.

I've heard a story or two about the bygone era of English professors offering their students a brandy or scotch during office hours. I imagine these offices to be mahogany paneled and full of leatherbound volumes.

You should revive that tradition Sigh.