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I read #2 about kids and beer bonding and it really irks the heck out of me. This is our industry? A bunch of selfish immatures? Nice.
by JustSomeNobody 10y ago
I read #2 about kids and beer bonding and it really irks the heck out of me. This is our industry? A bunch of selfish immatures? Nice.
- ijustdontgetit 10y agoYeah it irks me when people with kids think they are better than people who don't too. ;)
- cesarbs 10y agoAppropriate username? They never said they thought they were better.
- GrinningFool 10y agoThey didn't, though it's certainly possible to read that into their words.
- JustSomeNobody 10y agoSo, by saying the behavior irks me I am saying they think they're better than me? That doesn't make a lot of sense. They could be completely indifferent.
- Chris2048 10y agoUnless you think drinking beer is selfish, then it would be assumed that not having kids is selfish.
- cesarbs 10y agoYeah, fuck that bullshit. Irked the heck out of me too. I hope it's not too common.
- flurdy 10y agoTrue, but I never undervalue the conversations that happen in the pub after work. (NDAs after all don't apply if people hold a pint or so it seems.) There just is no need to hang around for long nor do it every night. But it is beneficial to show your face occasionally. I got 2 small kids that I try to get home to at a decent hour most of the week, but I also try to go for a quick pint with my team once or twice a week (depends on the team..) I got it down to a fine art of fitting in just one maybe two pints then run to catch my train so that I am only home 30m-1hr later than normal. Also being in London with several pubs across the road and a train station 10 minutes walk away helps. The other bit about unwilling to do 60 hour gauntlet now as a 40 year old compared to me at 25 is bollox though. I didn't do it then and I don't do it now.
- tomcam 10y agoAsk women engineers if they disagree with this assessment
- Chris2048 10y agoselfish? It's our god-given duty to procreate now?