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| What's the best way to drink at work? | What's the best way to drink at work? |
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| It was all fun and games until someone had to quit cold turkey. | It was all fun and games until someone had to quit cold turkey. |
| Mad Men fans in the US will welcome the show's final-season premiere this Sunday, and antihero Don Draper's struggle with out-of-control drinking habits is likely to be a central plot line. Though not without drama, the show's early seasonsfocused on harmless galavanting; oysters, scotch and six-martini lunches (usually followed by extramarital sex) were enjoyed by the show's male characters. | |
| Viewers loved it, and jokingly wished for the days when men were men, women were secretaries and offices had a stocked wet bar. Or at least the bar part. | Viewers loved it, and jokingly wished for the days when men were men, women were secretaries and offices had a stocked wet bar. Or at least the bar part. |
| Times have changed. It would be bad form – if not outright against company policy – if an executive showed up to a meeting todaywith a bottle of whisky in hand and a lit cigarette dangling from his or her mouth. One might even think this person was in need of an intervention, kind of like what happened to Draper at the end of season six. | |
| But Americans are nothing if not enterprising, and anti-drinking policies have, of course, given rise to a number of how-to guides for the discrete work drinker. Other literature suggests drinking might actually help with problem solving. And then there are the offices that break out the booze for celebrations and the occasional endless meeting. | But Americans are nothing if not enterprising, and anti-drinking policies have, of course, given rise to a number of how-to guides for the discrete work drinker. Other literature suggests drinking might actually help with problem solving. And then there are the offices that break out the booze for celebrations and the occasional endless meeting. |
| Since Mad Men is set to premiere next Wednesday in the UK, this open thread is for readers on both sides of the Atlantic. What do you think about drinking at work? Do Americans overstate the potential problems and drawbacks? Or is there nothing wrong with an in-office cocktail or two? Share your thoughts – and your stories – below, and we'll feature the best responses on English to English, our US-UK themed Tumblr.... | Since Mad Men is set to premiere next Wednesday in the UK, this open thread is for readers on both sides of the Atlantic. What do you think about drinking at work? Do Americans overstate the potential problems and drawbacks? Or is there nothing wrong with an in-office cocktail or two? Share your thoughts – and your stories – below, and we'll feature the best responses on English to English, our US-UK themed Tumblr.... |