People are so uptight these days. Anal to the point of being rectal. I know I would be more productive (and my co-workers would annoy me less).
2006-11-01 04:54:50 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
I don't know about the martini lunch but I know if we had tea or even siesta's mid-afternoon I would be more productive.
2006-11-01 05:07:33 · answer #1 · answered by porkchop 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The brain is a muscle, like an engine. It doesn't run on alcohol. Only the most explosive (an to some microbes poisonous) gas in the universe. Oxygen. Only an idiot would put diesel in a petrol car (done it) or, use leaded petrol when unleaded is required. The engine won't work. Allowing "martini lunches" will make you so uptight that your head will think it is parked where the monkeys shove there nuts (ref: your ? second sentence). Productivity is dependent on brain power. Give it more oxygen. Better to tell a good joke that will expand their lungs with laughter. Your co-workers will love it, and you and, be more productive. Cheap at the price.
2006-11-01 15:07:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. You would be encouraging sloppy behavior. There are always the few that ruin it for everyone, but how those few ruin it are what concerns me. Not everyone can stop at just one. If two are allowed, then why not three or more?
Safe to assume you must travel to have lunch somewhere other than the employee cafetera. Now you are encouraging employees to drink and drive. Real bad policy!
What about the employee who is short on sleep - then has 2 martinis with a light salad for lunch - then falls asleep during a presentation with VIP clients? Bad show!
Encouraging others to have a martini at a group lunch? What about a recovering alcholic in your midst? All it takes is one drink to undo all the rehabilitation acheived to that point.
Do you aim to make every lunch break a happy hour? If so, then do it on weekends at a picnic and have designated drivers sipping on lemonade.
2006-11-01 14:05:51 · answer #3 · answered by north79004487 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know what would really make the American worker more productive?
4 day work weeks (10 hour days), and a month of vaction...mandatory for all employees, better wages for those in lower pay scales, and less pay raises for upper management.
Let people live their lives and spend quality time with their families instead of working them to death.
2006-11-01 14:21:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Production and morale may increase but quality could decline, and that is bad for us consumers
2006-11-01 15:12:34 · answer #5 · answered by Jim G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, sorry, that would bring all work to a screeching halt!
2006-11-01 14:00:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋