Mr Popodopolous Posted February 15, 2017 Report Share Posted February 15, 2017 Quote The days of the three-hour, five-bottle City lunch appear to be well and truly over after Lloyds of London introduced a booze ban. The insurance market has told its 800 employees that they are not permitted to consume alcohol from 09:00 to 17:00. A Lloyds spokesman said it had been considering the move for some time to bring it into line with "industry norms". But angry staff have called the new measures "heavy-handed". Workers took to Lloyds' intranet to air their grievances, with one asking: "Will we be asked to go to bed earlier soon?" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38978183 Any thoughts? I've got mixed views. In some ways, I think it's about time tbh. Though another sign of modern life- mixed views. How many are allowed to drink during the working day these days? Seems London and similar or certain sections of it anyway live in a microclimate. Read piece the other week about the August exodus from London- who is that then, I remember working through most Augusts in my working life down here Don't get me wrong, I've no issue with the idea of a drink at lunch but I suspect many never even got the opportunity during its heyday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibor Posted February 15, 2017 Report Share Posted February 15, 2017 Nothing wrong with a pint at lunch. Being drunk at work is a summary dismissal pretty much anywhere so no real need to try and impose new rules. This sort of thing is fairly typical of modern HR - using absolutes to avoid having to rely on judgement - I'd tell them to piss off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted February 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2017 Sounds about right. I would use (not that I do drink at lunch, no absolutely not) chewing gum, mints whatever something to cover it- as I'm sure anyone with an ounce of sense would. HR...that's funny, at work we have none! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted February 15, 2017 Report Share Posted February 15, 2017 4 hours ago, Mr Popodopolous said: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38978183 Any thoughts? I've got mixed views. In some ways, I think it's about time tbh. Though another sign of modern life- mixed views. How many are allowed to drink during the working day these days? Seems London and similar or certain sections of it anyway live in a microclimate. Read piece the other week about the August exodus from London- who is that then, I remember working through most Augusts in my working life down here Don't get me wrong, I've no issue with the idea of a drink at lunch but I suspect many never even got the opportunity during its heyday. Yes. What sort of an employer wants pissed up staff in the afternoon. A couple of pints at lunch and it ****s you for the whole afternoon. Probably forbids it in the contract too. No issue with beer tasters having a couple, but insurance staff?? Come on! tfj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted February 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2017 5 minutes ago, Taxi for Johnson said: Yes. What sort of an employer wants pissed up staff in the afternoon. A couple of pints at lunch and it ****s you for the whole afternoon. Probably forbids it in the contract too. No issue with beer tasters having a couple, but insurance staff?? Come on! tfj Gotta laugh at some Lloyds of London staff tbh, they are finally catching up with the real world it seems. One of the quotes in the article was quite funny: Quote According to the London Evening Standard, another asked: "Did I just wake up from my drunken induced slumber to find we are now living in Orwell's 1984?" I don't think it has such a bad effect- pint with meal, why worry. More than that and the quality of work can be compromised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegC Posted February 15, 2017 Report Share Posted February 15, 2017 Pretty much a dying trend anyway nowadays? Although back in the halcyon flexitime days of Norwich Union liquid lunches in The Rummer it was practically compulsory to drink a good 3 or 4 pints mind. Precious memories (so I've been told, hic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiale Posted February 15, 2017 Report Share Posted February 15, 2017 When I first started work all those years ago, some people would get wrecked at lunch times - not uncommon for some people to fall asleep at their desk... cannot imagine that ever happening now, let alone being common. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTFiGO!?! Posted February 15, 2017 Report Share Posted February 15, 2017 So you've got to stop at 09:00? Doesn't this just encourage binge drinking? To be serious, if not being allowed to drink at work represents a problem, this would suggest there is a problem. Cooperate hospitality etc being a rare exception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted February 15, 2017 Report Share Posted February 15, 2017 2 hours ago, WTFiGO!?! said: So you've got to stop at 09:00? Doesn't this just encourage binge drinking? To be serious, if not being allowed to drink at work represents a problem, this would suggest there is a problem. Cooperate hospitality etc being a rare exception. Exactly my view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team In Keynsham Posted February 15, 2017 Report Share Posted February 15, 2017 4 hours ago, Fiale said: When I first started work all those years ago, some people would get wrecked at lunch times - not uncommon for some people to fall asleep at their desk... cannot imagine that ever happening now, let alone being common. I worked in London in the 1990s, and 4-pint+ Friday lunches were not uncommon. Made the Friday afternoons a blur. Not great behaviour in hindsight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted February 15, 2017 Report Share Posted February 15, 2017 I remember regularly getting shitfaced at Christmas, and rolling back into the industrial laboratory that I worked in. It was the 80s though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazred Posted February 16, 2017 Report Share Posted February 16, 2017 The eateries and hostelries around the City in London are always ram packed with suits well into the afternoon anytime I've been down there. End of an era for some. No doubt the execs will still be wining and dining in the name of corporate hospitality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted February 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2017 The Bigwigs always do...London and how it lords it over the rest of us, how I dislike it...(and yet have a certain liking of it too, weirdly) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reigate Red Posted February 16, 2017 Report Share Posted February 16, 2017 If I had a drink at lunchtime I'd be fast asleep by the time I got back to work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 My employer forbids it during working hours and has for many years. Presumed it was fairly commonplace these days even if difficult to enforce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiale Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 Do people remember when you could smoke at your desk ? You would walk into a office and not be able to see across the other side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 5 hours ago, Fiale said: Do people remember when you could smoke at your desk ? You would walk into a office and not be able to see across the other side When I first started you could only smoke on overtime at the start or end of the day or on a Saturday. End result was it stank all day anyway. Remember kicking back after work one day, with a few of us getting a bottle of scotch out of the filing cabinet and having a few drinks and cigars then going out. All before pre-drinking was even "a thing". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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