student by day, bartender by night. the rants and raves of your bearer of beer.
Drinking on the Job
Recently, a few of my co-workers got in some trouble when they were caught making (alcoholic) drinks for one of the waitresses. While I don’t condone the behavior (and I’m pretty pissed that I’m now dealing with the consequences of their poor decisions), a part of me wants to post this on “the board” and see how the Man Who Thinks He’s God likes it.
Reasons to Allow Drinking at Work:
- It’s an incentive to show up.
- It reduces stress.
- It leads to more honest communications.
- It reduces complaints about low pay.
- It cuts down on time off because you can work with a hangover.
- Employees tell management what they think, not what management wants to hear.
- It helps save on heating costs in the winter.
- It encourages carpooling.
- Increases job satisfaction because if you have a bad job you don’t care.
- It eliminates vacations because people would rather come to work.
- It makes fellow employees look better.
- It makes the cafeteria food taste better.
- Bosses are more likely to hand out raises when they are wasted.
- Salary negotiations are a lot more profitable.
- If somebody does something stupid on the job, it will be quickly forgotten.