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Would you have a drink at lunch and then go back to work? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 day ago by Sadbutdru@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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What would be the acceptability of this in your workplace? For context, which country and industry are you in?

I guess I'm mainly thinking about professional jobs, but interested to hear from. I think in France it would be quite common to have a glass of wine, even at a work canteen or so. But in the UK it seems like people would think that was a problem, and in a lot of cases you'd be in violation of something at work.

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[–] Berttheduck@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I work in healthcare in the UK. I don't even drink on week nights let alone over lunch. I agree over here drinking at lunch would probably be seen as a problem.

I think a big part of that is the UK binge drink culture. Most people over here drink a lot in one go to get drunk as the goal.

[–] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Off topic but your name is amazing

[–] Berttheduck@lemmy.ml 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks, I came up with it in secondary school and have been using it since.

[–] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 2 points 9 hours ago

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