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Another friend worked in sales for IBM.=C2=A0 The rule was that if you take=
a client to lunch and he has a drink or two it is ok to have a drink or tw=
o.=C2=A0 But DO NOT come bake to the office that afternoon.
Dave=20
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On Friday, November 14, 2025 at 10:33:52 AM CST, Philip Ethier <pethier=
7@gmail.com> wrote: =20
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On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 5:46=E2=80=AFPM DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey@cs.com> w=
rote:
Here in St. Louis is (or was) the headquarters of Anheuser Busch and back i=
n the day they had a policy where on could drink on the job.=C2=A0 Not a pr=
oblem as they usually had a million or so gallons of beer on hand at all ti=
mes.=C2=A0 A friend, Tom, took a job as an accountant.=C2=A0 His job was th=
e annual Income tax return.=C2=A0 At any rate, when he first got on he went=
into a meeting with his boss at 8:00 AM.=C2=A0 His boss asked him if he wa=
nted a beer.=C2=A0 Somewhat aghast, Tom said something in the lines of "not=
this early in the day."=C2=A0 At this point his boss went to the refrigera=
tor in his office and got out two bottles of beer.=C2=A0 Tom said "I said I=
didn't want one" at which point his boss said "No, these are for me."
As we home brewers like to say, you can't say you've been drinking all day =
if you don't start in the morning.
Dave
A former brother-in-law worked as an architect=C2=A0in Minneapolis. The rul=
e was that one was not allowed to drink beer in the office until after noon=
.
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45" class=3D"ydpf7911b53yiv0980708870yqt1850475747"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=
=3D"ydpf7911b53yiv0980708870gmail_attr">On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 5:46=E2=80=
=AFPM DAVID MASSEY <<a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"mailto:dave1massey@cs.com"=
rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">dave1massey@cs.com</a>> wrote:<br cl=
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t:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;" class=3D"ydpf7911b53yiv0980=
708870gmail_quote"><div><div style=3D"font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-se=
rif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir=3D"ltr">Here in St. Louis is (or was) th=
e headquarters of Anheuser Busch and back in the day they had a policy wher=
e on could drink on the job. Not a problem as they usually had a mill=
ion or so gallons of beer on hand at all times. A friend, Tom, took a=
job as an accountant. His job was the annual Income tax return. =
; At any rate, when he first got on he went into a meeting with his boss at=
8:00 AM. His boss asked him if he wanted a beer. Somewhat agha=
st, Tom said something in the lines of "not this early in the day." A=
t this point his boss went to the refrigerator in his office and got out tw=
o bottles of beer. Tom said "I said I didn't want one" at which point=
his boss said "No, these are for me."</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br clear=3D"n=
one"></div><div dir=3D"ltr">As we home brewers like to say, you can't say y=
ou've been drinking all day if you don't start in the morning.</div><div><b=
r clear=3D"none"></div><div><div style=3D"color:black;font-style:normal;fon=
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ule was that one was not allowed to drink beer in the office until after no=
on.</div></div><div><br clear=3D"all"></div><div><br clear=3D"none"></div><=
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