An Investor Wanted to Give Me $50,000. Here’s Why I Said No

Re:An Investor Wanted to Give Me $50,000. Here’s Why I Said No by belorn on Monday February 16, 2015 @12:22PM (#9057930)

There will always be people who commit crimes. However, people under the influence tend to do act slightly less professional than others, and as such, professional work place tend to have a ban against it. Drinking on the job is the firing offense in most place, and for a good reason.

A few conferences ago, I walk passed a drunk woman who turned around and hit me out of the blue. I could attribute that to conference culture, or I could attribute this to a woman who was so drunk she could barely stand and was talking to herself. If this had been at the work place, I would react very different, as in this case I just continued walking.

Bars and free alcohol is not something I associate with a place of professionalism. I am not sure why so many people try to combine the two, which is why I ask.

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Re:An Investor Wanted to Give Me $50,000. Here’s Why I Said No by maemilius on Monday February 16, 2015 @12:53PM (#9058118)

There's a marked difference between "drinking" and "being drunk". It's perfectly acceptable where I work to "have a beer", but I would fully expect to be, at least, reprimanded for anything more than that.

EDIT: It's a context thing. If I was in the middle of a difficult problem and wanted a little "mental lubricant", I don't think anyone would question it. Drinking for no reason, or when being even slightly tipsy could affect performance, makes for perfect grounds for punishment.

I understand the professionalism argument, but we're all adults here. If having a drink completely obliterates your sensitivities, you didn't have very many in the first place.

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