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Getting drunk at a work event

May 16, 2008 on 11:01 am | In etiquette/habits, workplace issues | No Comments

Drinking on your employer’s dime is usually a good time, but 3 in 10 workers recently admitted they have become drunk at a work-sponsored event. The data is from the latest weekly poll on Yahoo! HotJobs.

That’s some risky drinking. Alcohol can be a sneaky truth serum; before you know it you’re saying (or slurring) what you really think of your coworkers’ habits or your boss’ new hairstyle. And what follows can be way more uncomfortable than the morning-after hangover.

With office picnics and summer parties around the corner, brush up on these etiquette tips that can help you have a good time and enhance your good standing at work. Unless, of course, you want your event to resemble an episode from “The Office”!