Reply to: Is 4 1/2 pints too much for a leaving lunchtime drink?

[NotAllThere]

That's 4.5 pints in one hour - pretty good going. I may have gone back into the office, probably wouldn't have charged for the afternoon - depends on the pm. Generally though, if I have a leaving do at lunchtime, I don't go back.

As a permie I got very pissed a few times at work. But the working culture was different back then. And we didn't have moaning minnies bleating on about H&S.

[realityhack]

I hope some of you are having a laugh... and not being serious.

4.5 pints? I recently decked about 7 or 8 large glasses of Claret (each) one v long lunchtime with a PM, and there have been maaaany occasions when the whole team has gone out and returned after a 4 hour lunch-hour, blatted.

Senior management know when someone has a 'problem', and when the staff, permies or contractors, are just letting off a bit of steam. The head of the team practically encourages it as good team-building, ice-breaking and all that. The head of the division is a nutter - went out for a beer once, he pitched up, and sank a pint in seconds - then offered to buy another round. I've seen some of these guys chuck so much back but (oddly) remain apparently ok.

4.5 pints on a leaving do?????? I'd have been gone (timesheet signed & faxed, equipment handed in) by 12 and taken quite a few with me, then blazed all the way into the early hours, possibly by way of a karaoke bar or club, and ended up getting a cab home.

Health and safety my arse.

[suityou01]

Nothing wrong with going out on the lash after you finish, as a free man. Going back to ClientCo simply to sign out afterwards is a bit unprofessional but borderline, if the timesheet signer came out with you then probably OK (just). But really, setting foot on-site when pissed while still on their dime is dumb. Ethics aside, it only takes one awkward so & so to screw you over... a permie grumbling to a contractor-unfriendly manager who complains to the agency about your behaviour, or simply gets your signing manager in trouble for bringing you on board.

To be fair, if this happened I would set MF on them.

MF, SIT! Good dog.

HTH

[d000hg]

It's the law to get pissed on your last day. I'm sure you put in plenty of overtime. These ****** that pass comment are obviously knobs. Rise above it and keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep invoicing (as DP said once)

Nothing wrong with going out on the lash after you finish, as a free man. Going back to ClientCo simply to sign out afterwards is a bit unprofessional but borderline, if the timesheet signer came out with you then probably OK (just). But really, setting foot on-site when pissed while still on their dime is dumb. Ethics aside, it only takes one awkward so & so to screw you over... a permie grumbling to a contractor-unfriendly manager who complains to the agency about your behaviour, or simply gets your signing manager in trouble for bringing you on board.

[suityou01]

so the swear filter only partially works on words like ***** then

[suityou01]

swear filter working now?

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[suityou01]

It's the law to get pissed on your last day. I'm sure you put in plenty of overtime. These ****** that pass comment are obviously knobs. Rise above it and keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep invoicing (as DP said once)

Good luck with the gig hunting.

And relax. Have a beer

[d000hg]

I wanna know why the OP poufster went for a half at least once, should have gone nap....

I think he had to be escorted back without finishing the last pint. Or he threw it over his boss while trying to hum him and explain how much he loved him and he was the best boss ever.

[d000hg]

I posted the thread because whilst all my colleagues thought 4.5 pints was entirely acceptable, some others didn't. I wanted to gauge your opinions, not get lectured by some half wit with a HSE manual.

That IS his opinion, you tard.

Rule #1: don't be the one who drinks the most. Ideally, drink less than whoever is the 'boss'
Rule #2: only you know the lay of the land where you work. But, breathing beer fumes when you bump into your "boss'" boss is impolite

[SofaKingdom]

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all my colleagues thought 4.5 pints was entirely acceptable, some others didn't.

FFS. Go and have a lie down. Or get so pissed you can't login and post this nonsensical drivel.

[adamv6]

OK, I feel I need to clarify the situation.

a) It was actually 1hr 17mins I am reliable informed.
b) It was Deuchars IPA I was drinking
c) The people in the office who noticed the quantity I had quiffed, were the ones buying me the last pint. Ironically, one of them is the HR co-ordinator for the datacentre.
d) I returned to the office
e) I didn't work in the slightest (is undocking my laptop and handing it in counted as work?)

I posted the thread because whilst all my colleagues thought 4.5 pints was entirely acceptable, some others didn't. I wanted to gauge your opinions, not get lectured by some half wit with a HSE manual.

[suityou01]

and here endeth lesson 1 of 'Trolling for Beginners'

poacher turned gamekeeper MF?

[downsouth]

Correction, should read i've had 4.5 pints now who is buying the next

FFS its ur leaving do, suprised u even made it to lunchtime, do as most do (well certainly me) get timesheet signed and head off with close working consultants and have one bang on 11am and consume like its going out of fashion, (ie drink til the permies go back and leave the contractors to drink the company profits)

[Jeebo72]

Been really careful trying to not burn any bridges on my last day, but everybody wanted to buy me a pint (Deuchars IPA...hmm) at the pub.

It has been noted by a few unpleasant individuals in the premises that I quiffed a substantial amount of ale at lunch, but in you humbles opinions, it 4 1/2 pints too much for 1hr at the pub as a 'goodbye' from fellow contractor colleagues?

Had 4 at lunch, then 1 top up at 3oclock, and I've just signed a new 6 month contract. It's your last day, who gives a f....

[Tingles]

NorthernLad,
I am assuming that Adam didn't go back and do any work, because rule 10 (approx) of contracting is:

DON'T DO ANY WORK ON YOUR LAST DAY

This is not laziness, it's because you know you're going to get loads of interruptions - mainly people taking the last opportunity to ask you stuff - so whatever you start wouldn't get finished and you'd be leaving a load of loose ends. Usually the only way to achieve this is to plan not to do any work in your last whole week, so that by mid-morning Friday you've genuinely cleared all your tasks and can devote those last hours to getting your timesheet signed, stealing stationery and clearing your personal filespace of absolutely everything that could make you look like a twerp.

Or better still - nick it the week before!