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In the UK (London at least) it's not unheard of to have a pint at lunchtime, and not just in the finance industry.

kelnos 6y ago
Sure, but I think the parent was referring to much heavier drinking than that. Most people can drink a pint of beer at lunch without much or any negative affect on their afternoon work performance. But I expect here we're talking about two (or more) cocktails, glasses of wine, or even hard liquor at lunch.
- jplr8922 6y ago
  Yup, I was talking about extended lunches with many beers. In my opinion, heavy drinking is still bad outside work hours. I've seen supervisors making financial decisions while hangover from their last night party. Was I supposed to believe that their judgment was not biased and faculties ready for any situation? Would you better have an inexperienced sober junior or an experienced senior under effect of alcohol as an employee?
  - __blockcipher__ 6y ago
    Depends on the person. Some people can do better work hungover than others can sober purely because their base level of skill/output is higher so the -20% or -40% hit (or however you wanna mathematically represent it) doesn’t outpace their increased productivity relative to the next guy
    - interactivecode 6y ago
      [Citation Needed]
      - __blockcipher__ 6y ago
        There’s no citation needed, it follows directly from the fact that output varies between individuals. Unless you want to argue that fact...
- beambot 6y ago
  Ballmer peak for finance?
- kortilla 6y ago
  1 pint of beer will have 2-3 units of alcohol. That’s equivalent of 2-3 shots of hard alcohol, which is what you would get in “two cocktails”.
  - abvthrow906 6y ago
    A single standard cocktail (gin martini, manhattan, etc.) will have around 2-2.5 oz hard liquor (40% ABV) and 0.5-1 oz fortified wine (15%-20% ABV). Most other standard cocktails will have a similar amount of alcohol. There are lighter cocktails and I’m not including the watered down cocktails you might get at a cheap resort. Unless you’re drinking a pint of a 14% Belgian tripel, they won’t be equivalent.
bayindirh 6y ago
From my experience, a pint at lunchtime is considered normal in all EU, and it's not harmful when done in moderation (read: not every day). This implies something way harder. BTW: I've always thought that Margin Call is a very very movie showing internals of the financial institutions.
- xref 6y ago
  Is that second “very” supposed to be “realistic” or “fake”? Think I’ve heard people say “realistic” before
  - bayindirh 6y ago
    It's an editing error. It should read: BTW: I've always thought that Margin Call is a very good movie showing internals of the financial institutions. It was late, I was tired, mistakes were made. :)
quantified 6y ago
UK has lots of great beers that an imperial pint of leaves you in good shape for returning to work.
sonthonax 6y ago
It's a Friday team lunch thing, quite civilised really.

Sure, but I think the parent was referring to much heavier drinking than that. Most people can drink a pint of beer at lunch without much or any negative affect on their afternoon work performance. But I expect here we're talking about two (or more) cocktails, glasses of wine, or even hard liquor at lunch.

jplr8922 6y ago
Yup, I was talking about extended lunches with many beers. In my opinion, heavy drinking is still bad outside work hours. I've seen supervisors making financial decisions while hangover from their last night party. Was I supposed to believe that their judgment was not biased and faculties ready for any situation? Would you better have an inexperienced sober junior or an experienced senior under effect of alcohol as an employee?
- __blockcipher__ 6y ago
  Depends on the person. Some people can do better work hungover than others can sober purely because their base level of skill/output is higher so the -20% or -40% hit (or however you wanna mathematically represent it) doesn’t outpace their increased productivity relative to the next guy
  - interactivecode 6y ago
    [Citation Needed]
    - __blockcipher__ 6y ago
      There’s no citation needed, it follows directly from the fact that output varies between individuals. Unless you want to argue that fact...
beambot 6y ago
Ballmer peak for finance?
kortilla 6y ago
1 pint of beer will have 2-3 units of alcohol. That’s equivalent of 2-3 shots of hard alcohol, which is what you would get in “two cocktails”.
- abvthrow906 6y ago
  A single standard cocktail (gin martini, manhattan, etc.) will have around 2-2.5 oz hard liquor (40% ABV) and 0.5-1 oz fortified wine (15%-20% ABV). Most other standard cocktails will have a similar amount of alcohol. There are lighter cocktails and I’m not including the watered down cocktails you might get at a cheap resort. Unless you’re drinking a pint of a 14% Belgian tripel, they won’t be equivalent.

bayindirh 6y ago

From my experience, a pint at lunchtime is considered normal in all EU, and it's not harmful when done in moderation (read: not every day). This implies something way harder. BTW: I've always thought that Margin Call is a very very movie showing internals of the financial institutions.

xref 6y ago
Is that second “very” supposed to be “realistic” or “fake”? Think I’ve heard people say “realistic” before
- bayindirh 6y ago
  It's an editing error. It should read: BTW: I've always thought that Margin Call is a very good movie showing internals of the financial institutions. It was late, I was tired, mistakes were made. :)

quantified 6y ago

UK has lots of great beers that an imperial pint of leaves you in good shape for returning to work.

sonthonax 6y ago

It's a Friday team lunch thing, quite civilised really.