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Re:It's Getting Harder to Die by ido on Sunday June 30, 2024 @04:32AM (#40835875)
I’m curious - are you American? I’ve had some former coworkers (non-Americans) who used to work in San Francisco and it sounded like they encountered a culture of drinking at work that I’ve never seen in Germany or Austria. I remember one story about every Wednesday afternoon a booze cart would go through the office and people would get absolutely hammered on hard liquor (while still at work!)

I don’t know if this was specific to that (large, household name) company or if that’s emblematic but it sounded like a very bad idea (they had more stories of excessive drinking but that was the one I recall off the top of my head).

Re:It's Getting Harder to Die by mantas on Sunday June 30, 2024 @01:31PM (#40838567)
No. Lithuania. Here drinking culture reached bottom of the barrel during Soviet era. It’s getting somewhat better as the old generation heads for greener pastures. But it’s still pretty bad with full-on alcoholism being tolerated.

I envy some parts of German drinking culture. E.g. seemingly preferring light beer over heavy drinks. But having visited many music festivals in Germany… You guys got some issues too :D

Re:It's Getting Harder to Die by ido on Sunday June 30, 2024 @01:50PM (#40838688)
There's loads of alcoholism in Germany and Austria, but its generally frowned upon to get drunk at work (or at work events).