Reply to: Getting hammered with ClientCo Manager's Boss....

[Zippy]

So you are getting paid while you recover from a free hangover?

I hope you'll be billing for unsocial hours?

[NotAllThere]

Ok, now practice every time he looks in your direction, smile shyly and avoid eye contact. He'll wonder what the heck he did.

[Scrag Meister]

Rule #1 of drinking with clients. Never be drunker than a) everyone else and b) the guy responsible for your next extension.

You don't want to be 'that guy'

If you don't know if you can handle your booze, then you can't. If you can't, take the car so you can't get coerced into silly games.

S'ok he was telling me he was merry after just 2 pints, so he was way ahead of me on the pi55ed stakes by the time we reached 6.

[NotAllThere]

Wise words. I never drink alcohol around clients - though I'm delighted to buy the champagne for them.

[Pondlife]

Rule #1 of drinking with clients. Never be drunker than a) everyone else and b) the guy responsible for your next extension.

You don't want to be 'that guy'

If you don't know if you can handle your booze, then you can't. If you can't, take the car so you can't get coerced into silly games.

[MyUserName]

but has he started winking at you?

I hope that first 'i' was not a typo!

[LatteLiberal]

Sure having a couple of glasses of wine with the person who signs your timesheets can improve your relationship and may help at extension time. Getting hammered, as you put it, is dangerous though and could result in some shameful grovelling the following day.

[vetran]

I'm still here.

but has he started winking at you?

[Scrag Meister]

I'm still here.

[NotAllThere]

I had one boss who would agree to anything after two pints. Annoyingly though, he wouldn't sign anything.

[captainham]

5 or 6 pints, make my excuses then head home.

One sniff of a babycham and I'm anyone's.

[MyUserName]

I never ever get drunk with work.

This^

Although I only have a few soft drinks and then go home. I am not a quiet drunk when I get going so I keep that away from work.

[northernladuk]

You might go up in his estimation slightly if you are good company but on the other hand you can get yourself walked for the messing up so really not worth it.

[minestrone]

I never ever get drunk with work.

5 or 6 pints, make my excuses then head home.

[speling bee]

It depends on what type of drunk you are.

In my case I had drinks with a director, and started expounding on capitalist theory and that the reason he is motivated to work in the finance sector was his motivation to earn money rather than his enjoyment of the job.
At the time he was defensive, insisting that his job was his passion and the money was not a factor in it.
The following morning he was after my blood...

(my immediate client manager had to tell him I was very good at my job, so he shouldn't fire me!)

Try dealing with it the morning after explaining that you espouse the violent overthrow of the capitalist and managerial classes.