I agree with you. But I do think casual drinking affects socializing a lot more than people think. I think most people here now just want to head home at 5 on a

I agree with you. But I do think casual drinking affects socializing a lot more than people think. I think most people here now just want to head home at 5 on a Friday. I wonder what would happen if we did something at 2 or 3 instead of end of normal business hours, though. The younger people had more spare time to hang out later, so that probably affects things, too. Edit: the concept of cross-departmental conversations that someone mentions later in this thread is completely gone now, too.