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Im an automotive mechanic by trade, so im a little surprised to hear theres any drinking at all in academics? universities and all being rather dry places. Ma
by nimbius 8y ago
Im an automotive mechanic by trade, so im a little surprised to hear theres any drinking at all in academics? universities and all being rather dry places.
Machinists, mechanics, heck any blue-collar tradesman...we invented miller time. when the last deadblow gets put away and the timecards punched for the day, its almost impossible to avoid hitting a local dive for a few brews.
And if you're in-like-sin with the bar owner its even worse. I remember fixing a few compressor motors for a brew-pub...just simple bearing replacement...and if i so much as look in the window the guy hauls me in off the street to tie one on.
- profunctor 8y agoI found there to be a lot of drinking academics. Maybe in the US its different?
- Junk_Collector 8y agoDrinking at conferences is incredibly common in the US both for industry and Academia. I've never seen anyone pressured to do so though and there is almost always at least someone who isn't drinking there. Drinking at government conferences is more rare, at least during the official parts, because they have a policy against paying for alcohol in most (but not all) situations. People often meet up for drinks afterwards in smaller groups at the hotel bar or local watering hole.
- lenticular 8y agoCome to a geology conference sometime. There's actually a big alcoholism problem in academia. There's no alcohol on campus, but grad students and professors still go drinking after work. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but it is easy to slide into heavier drinking in that kind of culture.
- irrational 8y agoIf a machinist never wanted to go out to drink, but just wanted to get home to the family, would that person get harassed?