Should I drink in front of my boss?

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  • new job

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 10/18/2014 11:47am EDT

    I've been working at my job for about 3 months now. Yesterday afternoon, my boss called a lunch meeting to be held at a restaurant down the street. At lunch, everyone including the boss ordered a beer. I ordered a water and my boss made a crack about me being soft. The thing is, I want to prove that I'm a hard worker at my job and responsible. One beer gets me a little buzzed as it is and I don't want to come across buzzed while I need to go back to work. But also, I don't want the boss to think I'm "soft" for not drinking a beer. Would you just drink the beer?

  • KCbbqisbest

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 10/18/2014 11:51am EDT
    re: new job

    Yes, unless I didn't drink at all. If the boss didn't get a drink, then don't get one. Fit in with the herd.

  • Josh Hamilton's Addiction

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 10/18/2014 12:10pm EDT
    re: new job

    Tough question. When promotion time comes, is the boss gonna want to promote the hard worker or the person he sees as "one of the guys"? I think you need to prove that you are both a hard worker and very in touch with the office culture, which probably means drinking a beer. Just don't drink more than everyone else and you should be fine.

  • Confident Leadership

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 10/18/2014 1:26pm EDT
    re: new job

    Drink a damn beer, Sally.

  • musings of an idiot

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 10/18/2014 1:32pm EDT
    re: KCbbqisbest

    KCbbqisbest wrote:

    Fit in with the herd.

    Weakest advice ever.

    Never strive to fit in with the herd. If you want a beer, order one. If you don't, abstain. But, above all, stop with your insecure, tedious prattle.

  • Surely Phelps

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 10/18/2014 1:39pm EDT
    re: new job

    Do you go to HR and cry about it, sissy pansy?

  • The Program

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 10/18/2014 1:43pm EDT
    re: new job

    If the boss wants to smoke crack you smoke crack! What part don't you understand?

  • Surely Phelps

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 10/18/2014 1:46pm EDT
    re: The Program

    If the boss wants you to smoke his crack you smoke his crack! What part don't you understand?

  • registered

    wineturtle

    Member since 08/12/2009.

    3,522 posts. Last post 4 years ago.
    9 years ago 10/18/2014 2:18pm EDT
    re: new job

    Don't want a drink? Don't order one.

    The expression 'made a crack' covers a broad range but usually shading negative. Visual and vocal clues gave you a better feel for the weight of the remarks than the printed word can. If after three months in the workplace you think this interaction could impact your career path take a good look at why you work there.

  • The Boss.

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 10/18/2014 2:27pm EDT
    re: new job

    Tell your boss that you only drink whiskey. Straight up. After work. And then follow up on it.

  • Not a puking frat boy

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 10/18/2014 5:49pm EDT
    re: The Boss.

    The Boss. wrote:

    Tell your boss that you only drink whiskey. Straight up. After work. And then follow up on it.

    Order like an adult. Ask for a single malt scotch. And ask for it "neat".

  • PTD

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 10/18/2014 6:55pm EDT
    re: Not a puking frat boy

    Pull the Mormon card on him and say you have to keep it up for four wives.

  • KMN

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 10/18/2014 9:54pm EDT
    re: PTD

    What is your job...construction?

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    Ted Underhill

    Member since 02/25/2011.

    813 posts. Last post 5 years ago.
    9 years ago 10/19/2014 6:49am EDT
    re: new job

    Tell him the world marathon record was recently lowered, bringing your goal into focus, and this was no time to give in to the temptations of the bottle (or the flesh, but that is most likely self-resolving).

  • Yuovfdsk

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 10/19/2014 7:42am EDT
    re: Ted Underhill

    Yes

  • GoatZenHeimer

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 10/19/2014 12:23pm EDT
    re: new job

    So by being independent and not going along with he herd, you're soft? You boss pressures you to drink?

  • Your Boss is a Jerk

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 10/19/2014 12:27pm EDT
    re: new job

    Tell your boss his wife didn't think you were soft last night then point and laugh in front of everyone.

  • NJ Possible

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 10/19/2014 3:02pm EDT
    re: new job

    Yes, you should drink the kind of drink he's drinking (though not the exact brand). Nobody likes a downer. If you can't hold your liquor, suckle half over the course of the meal and you'll be fine.

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