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The article is in Danish, but apparently until 1917 it was normal to be super drunk at work: so much so that many factory workers would drink half a bottle of b
by tomjen3 3y ago
The article is in Danish, but apparently until 1917 it was normal to be super drunk at work: so much so that many factory workers would drink half a bottle of booze before lunch and the rest after lunch + whatever beers was normally drunk.
In 1917 the taxes on booze went sky high and the drinking crashed, but it wasn't unusual to be drunk at work.
https://videnskab.dk/kultur-samfund/braendevins-historie-snapsens-storhedstid-og-pludselige-fald/ https://videnskab.dk/kultur-samfund/braendevins-historie-sna...