The cost of drinking in pubs

[jamamafegan]

Indeed.  People drinking when they have work the next day is a concept that I've never been able to fathom.  Why make yourself rough when you're their to do a job?  Bizarre.

Depends on the situation IMO. This time last year I was in Newcastle for the weekend. On the Sunday we went to the boozer and it just descended into chaos. I knew fine well that I had work the next day but I thought at the time I’d be fine, I’ve worked on a hangover before so I’ll be able to do it again. What I hadn’t considered was that the last time I worked a hangover was over two years ago - and those extra years made the difference.

We were in the Strawberry Inn I believe it is called, the which sits in the shadow of St James Park. What was meant to be a couple of drinks became a full blown Sunday sesh, lager was flowing and the jaegar bombs were flying about. I fell down the stairs of the pub and got escorted out. I’m pretty sure we were drinking a bottle of wine on the drive home (passengers only obvs). As we drove through Edinburgh I pretty much had my head out the window the whole time, barking like a dog at innocent tourists and members of the public. It was hilarious at the time but pretty cretinous behaviour. I was fucking wrecked.

The next day I got to work and I was still steaming. I thought “this will be fine, I feel alright” but by lunchtime I was hunched over my desk and could barely move. My boss came over and suggested I maybe needed to go home and at that moment I threw in the towel and went back to bed. Since that day I’ve decided that I’ll never get pished on a worknight again and if it’s going to be a Sunday sesh the Monday will be taken off work.

[throbber]

Anybody that goes out drinking more than a couple when they know they have to drive or work the following day are clowns who should be sacked with immediate effect. I dont give a f**k about them but I do care about the other people around them who could be injured by their actions.

Are you suggesting you never showed up for work rough after you drank 24 cans of cooking lager yourself per night back in the day?

[invergowrie arab]

5 minutes ago, jamamafegan said:

 

Depends on the situation IMO. This time last year I was in Newcastle for the weekend. On the Sunday we went to the boozer and it just descended into chaos. I knew fine well that I had work the next day but I thought at the time I’d be fine, I’ve worked on a hangover before so I’ll be able to do it again. What I hadn’t considered was that the last time I worked a hangover was over two years ago - and those extra years made the difference.

We were in the Strawberry Inn I believe it is called, the which sits in the shadow of St James Park. What was meant to be a couple of drinks became a full blown Sunday sesh, lager was flowing and the jaegar bombs were flying about. I fell down the stairs of the pub and got escorted out. I’m pretty sure we were drinking a bottle of wine on the drive home (passengers only obvs). As we drove through Edinburgh I pretty much had my head out the window the whole time, barking like a dog at innocent tourists and members of the public. It was hilarious at the time but pretty cretinous behaviour. I was fucking wrecked.

The next day I got to work and I was still steaming. I thought “this will be fine, I feel alright” but by lunchtime I was hunched over my desk and could barely move. My boss came over and suggested I maybe needed to go home and at that moment I threw in the towel and went back to bed. Since that day I’ve decided that I’ll never get pished on a worknight again and if it’s going to be a Sunday sesh the Monday will be taken off work.

 

We have all down this but what I don't get is folk coming into work and telling the whole office how rough they are rather than try and hide it.

Lassie at ours got a final written warning for it before Christmas after lying with her head on her desk telling everyone what she had been up to the night before. Call in sick FFS.

[supermik]

10 minutes ago, throbber said:

 

Are you suggesting you never showed up for work rough after you drank 24 cans of cooking lager yourself per night back in the day?

 

Not suggesting that at all. I done it a few times but then I realised that I was just stealing a wage from my workplace and leaving others to do all my work for me.(now I only steal the odd bit cheese) I wised up years ago and never touch a drink now when I know that I have things to do the next day. I also never drink in airports or on the plane to make sure that everything is fine and in control when we arrive.

[DigOutYourSoul]

You get steaming the night before work, deal with the hangover and get on with it. 

Anyone who claims never to have had a proper day/night on the drink when having work the next day is lying. We've all done it. 

I now try and take the day off if I know I'm going to be out on the Sunday as I just can't deal with trying to do serious work with a hangover. Bit different to days working in bars when it didn't matter a jot. 

[BallochSonsFan]

Cost is only a small factor in people's drinking habits. If you drink to get drunk then cost isnt really a consideration - you'll just buy any nasty booze that does the job. If you're in a decent bar and wanting a decent craft beer/spirit then you'll probably pay the going rate.

Some bars do charge over the odds. Tend to find that places charging strong money for generic swill won't stay open long. If they do then it's usually because they've converted space for events and therefore have a captive market one a person is in at an event.

If a pub is well run, has decent staff, is clean and comfortable and stocks decent booze then I'd be happy to pay an appropriate price for whats on offer.

Unfortunately our culture surrounding alcohol and drinking is really unhealthy. Too many people neck as much as possible in as short a period as possible and suffer the consequences. Or those around them suffer.