Re:Drinking at work: the boredom of boozeless business
by corin_ on Friday August 10, 2012 @06:04AM
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"Limiting the rights/freedoms" makes it sound far bigger than it is. You could say the same for jobs that require you to start work at a certain time, or to work from an office, or to wear a tie, or not to get your penis out in meetings, or...
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Re:Drinking at work: the boredom of boozeless business
by _delirium on Friday August 10, 2012 @09:27AM
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I think I draw the line at the company trying to control what you do when you aren't on the clock. Unless you're in some kind of job where PR is one of the main aspects (like a political spokesperson), I'm not sure it should be their business what you do on Saturday.
Re:Drinking at work: the boredom of boozeless business
by Swizec on Friday August 10, 2012 @06:31AM
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Well I think it's also much bigger to be told I can't fall in love and/or find someone attractive just because I work with them. And we can probably agree that office crushes are just as bad if not worse than office romances.
Re:Drinking at work: the boredom of boozeless business
by corin_ on Friday August 10, 2012 @06:37AM
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I don't really know, I've never had a thing for any colleague (one exception, really long story, but short version is I found out he's straight before he was ever a colleague, so irrelevant), and I've also never had a job where it wouldn't be allowed. All I was saying is that plenty of "freedoms" are restricted all the time, we just don't word it like that and they don't feel like a big thing.