Do you ever drink BEFORE work?

Discussion in 'Beer Talk' started by SerialTicker, Dec 13, 2015.

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Do you drink before work?

  1. Often.

    18 vote(s)
    2.4%

  2. Sometimes.

    41 vote(s)
    5.4%

  3. Rarely.

    78 vote(s)
    10.3%

  4. Never.

    618 vote(s)
    81.9%
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  1. SerialTicker

    SerialTicker Pooh-Bah (2,851) Jun 18, 2012 Missouri
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    Whether you work in the morning, afternoon, or night and you drink a little while before or a long time before starting. Do you?
     
    #1 SerialTicker, Dec 13, 2015
  2. Pisthetaerus

    Pisthetaerus Initiate (0) Dec 3, 2014 Connecticut

    Only if it's a very long time before I work. My schedule is all over the place so I don't always have time for a beer after work. Most of the time that's not an issue so it's pretty rare that I do drink before work.
     
    #2 Pisthetaerus, Dec 13, 2015
  3. thorkelson

    thorkelson Initiate (0) Oct 10, 2014 Minnesota

    At one of my jobs where I don't have to be super on, I might have a beer beforehand. Especially if I'm working Saturday night.
     
    #3 thorkelson, Dec 13, 2015
  4. SpaceEurope

    SpaceEurope Initiate (0) Dec 26, 2012 New Jersey

    I never start a beer less than 12 hours before I go to work.
     
    #4 SpaceEurope, Dec 13, 2015
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  5. Mehinaman

    Mehinaman Initiate (0) May 16, 2015 Washington
    Trader

    No way. Alcohol makes me tired so I would never survive the morning commute! And honestly I am not a morning drinker anyway. The earliest I crack open a beer is after lunch. To each their own though. I'm sure we would all enjoy work a little more if we were slightly buzzed. :grinning:
     
    #5 Mehinaman, Dec 13, 2015
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  6. SerialTicker

    SerialTicker Pooh-Bah (2,851) Jun 18, 2012 Missouri
    Pooh-Bah

    For some reason it sometimes makes me instantly want to take a nap and other times it makes me feel more alert, even if I drink the same amount. I'm the same way with caffeine, even.
     
    #6 SerialTicker, Dec 13, 2015
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  7. Scott17Taylor

    Scott17Taylor Initiate (0) Oct 28, 2013 Iowa
    Trader

    Never, it's not professional. I never even have more than two the night before I have to work, it's just not a good idea.
     
    #7 Scott17Taylor, Dec 13, 2015
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  8. JuicesFlowing

    JuicesFlowing Initiate (0) Jul 5, 2009 Kansas

    Never. I try to shut it off as soon as possible on Sunday in fact, that's why I'm always really early on NBS and such.
     
    #8 JuicesFlowing, Dec 13, 2015
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  9. Pisthetaerus

    Pisthetaerus Initiate (0) Dec 3, 2014 Connecticut

    Imo this attitude is silly. As long as you have time to get absolutely sober and keep it reasonable (ie don't drink enough to get a hang over) there's no logical reason to call it unprofessional. I'd call this all or nothing attitude puritanical, but even the puritans were more reasonable on the issue.
     
    #9 Pisthetaerus, Dec 13, 2015
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  10. jesskidden

    jesskidden Grand Pooh-Bah (3,145) Aug 10, 2005 New Jersey
    Society Pooh-Bah Trader

    No...I only drink after work. Sometimes it's 16 hours or so after work, right before the next day's shift is about to begin.
     
    #10 jesskidden, Dec 13, 2015
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  11. Scott17Taylor

    Scott17Taylor Initiate (0) Oct 28, 2013 Iowa
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    It's unprofessional to drink that morning, I personally just don't drink any more than a few if I have to work in the morning.
     
    #11 Scott17Taylor, Dec 13, 2015
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  12. PatrickCT

    PatrickCT Grand Pooh-Bah (3,776) Feb 18, 2015 Connecticut

    Of course I drink before work. I am a surgeon. How can I operate on someone with my hands shaking?
     
    #12 PatrickCT, Dec 13, 2015
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  13. Vason

    Vason Initiate (0) Feb 19, 2008 Ohio

    Never directly before, but if I have a shift that starts in the late afternoon I might have one with lunch.
     
    #13 Vason, Dec 13, 2015
  14. Dragginballs76

    Dragginballs76 Initiate (0) Nov 13, 2015 South Carolina
    Trader

    Never I go into work at 6am
     
    #14 Dragginballs76, Dec 13, 2015
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  15. Invinciblejets

    Invinciblejets Pooh-Bah (1,710) Sep 29, 2014 South Carolina
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    It's MUCH better after work..
     
    #15 Invinciblejets, Dec 13, 2015
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  16. BrewsingBuffalo

    BrewsingBuffalo Initiate (0) Jul 6, 2015 New York

    Technically, no matter what time you drink after work, you are in some way drinking before work the next day.
     
    #16 BrewsingBuffalo, Dec 13, 2015
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  17. Vonerichs

    Vonerichs Pooh-Bah (1,685) Sep 1, 2008 Colorado
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    Mind blown.
     
    #17 Vonerichs, Dec 13, 2015
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  18. laketang

    laketang Grand Pooh-Bah (3,017) Mar 22, 2015 Arizona
    Pooh-Bah

    yeah i'm a machinist and also subject to blood tests if an injury occurs, so no way
     
    #18 laketang, Dec 13, 2015
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  19. SILVER

    SILVER Zealot (668) Jan 3, 2007 Florida

    I don't even drink before or during yard work. I get lazy!
    Just electrolyte while I'm out in the yard pushing the mower and climbing ladders to trim the tress.
    Beer afterwards while I admire my good job.
     
    #19 SILVER, Dec 13, 2015
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  20. frozyn

    frozyn Maven (1,435) May 16, 2015 New York
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    I've had drinks at work lunches and on a couple occasions had beer on the weekend before a work "emergency" (I'm not a doctor/policeman/firefighter/someone who deals with actual emergencies, hence the quotes), so the honest answer is rarely. I never intentionally drink beer in the morning before heading into work, regardless of how many times I've stared at the FBS in my fridge and thought "it has coffee, it has breakfast in the name...."
     
    #20 frozyn, Dec 13, 2015
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