If you are invited to happy hour that includes only high rank people (from your team) and you are just new kid on the block. What would you drink and how much?
Drink top shelf cocktails - scotch or vodka - or good beer…depends on the setting. If you’re in a group of 10 people you’ll want to be the fourth drunkest there.
why fourth?
nothing says future BSD like Apple-tinis.
I’ve always been a sheep on this one. Let a couple more senior guys order first then get the same, and go drink for drink with them (even if they don’t realize it). This only really works if you have enough tolerance that you can do that, of course…
You don’t want to be the drunkest there, but you’ll want to be seen as fun (not to mention actually having fun). You’re a woman right? You’ll want to be drunk enough to flirt and have the guys think they have a shot at you, but not drunk enough to actually go home with any of them.
I envy your power.
Unless, of course, they are all REALLY drunk. In that case, you want to be as sober as possible - or at least sober enough to take incriminating photos of them posing with various animals. Such leverage will be valuable in the future.
I’m not worried about being sober or drunk. I can handle all that.
I want to know what are the norms in the industry. I’m new and going to be with seniors. who knows if someone is watching me and reaching some conclusion.
Being women is not easy.
you dont want to be the drunkest person there or the most sober… have 2 drinks max
Be very friendly but very sober if you’re a girl. You want to be in charge socially.
Are you Chinese? You type with an “accent” and I can’t figure it out.
What do you do? These are sweeping generalizations, but sell siders are better drinkers than buy siders. Both like to party though. The norm is to drink a lot.
I’m in FP&A. I think I’ll stick to 2 drinks
I would say stick to quality bottled beer and neutral-ish cocktails.
Pints of beer almost always lead to women drinking more than they meant to, since 1 pint = 1.33 bottles. If the guys are ordering draft beers and you’re ordering bottles, this ratio is actually pretty good for matching them not-quite-round-for-round, early in the evening.
Really effeminate (appletini, cosmo) drinks take longer to make and will set you apart from any senior dudes by a lot. Really masculine (scotch, whiskey) drinks are typically stronger than you’re going to want to handle.
No one’s going to bat an eye if you order a gin and tonic, rum and coke, martini, vodka soda or vodka cranberry. All easy, all not excessively weird, but remember that these are typically much more concentrated than a beer, so don’t drink too fast. You can also go with wine, but be careful with red wine; you don’t want a mug full of stained teeth when you smile at one of senior guys.
As far as “how much”, it depends on your tolerance, but I’d say if you go more than two drinks without a water or soda, you’re not gonna help things. If you’re drinking wine or hard liquor, try and keep a water at hand at all times.
1 final thing I’d suggest - if you go the bottled beer route, don’t pick at the label of your beer. It’s incredibly meek looking. Just hold the damned thing.
How on earth would someone determine or be able to rank a grounp of people by level of intoxication? Are you still in college because this is one of the dumbest things I have read on this forum.
My answer is do whatever you want just don’t make a fool out of yourself. If you are not a drinker than have one or just have club soda with a lime.
Blake, couldn’t you write an algo to figure it out? Tool. Don’t wonder into threads about interacting with other people.
I agree with Blake. Drink what you want but make sure you don’t get sloshed and do anything you’d be embarrassed about.
Geez, I’ve agreed with both Blake and Turd today: did Mercury come out of retrograde or something?
Depends on how hot you are:
- If you’re hot, they’ll want you to get sloshed
- If you’re fugly, they’ll want you to be sober and DD
I’m going to say you’re reasonably attractive asian and under 25 because senior level guys wouldn’t invite you if you’re ugly, and the avatar screams young asian. I’ll say 2 drinks, if everyone is getting buzzed and having a blast, maybe up to 3 or 4 over several hours.
I wouldn’t drink beer, its not very fem. Order a drink that is netrual and professional- vodka with tonic, soda, or cranberry. Or wine. Don’t order any well drinks either.
Make sure to leave your cell phone on the table recording these guys while you go to the restroom, and hear what they said shortly after. They *will* talk about you, and you’ll be able to spot the pervert in the group who’s obsessed with you. There’s always a mofo pervert.
Also, don’t leave your drink unattended, and If feeling in danger, start a thread with the subject: “L3 is fascinating”. We’ll now it’s the rescue code, and bchadwick will contact the nearest AFer to rescue you from the oldies. Bring a teaser if we can’t get to you fast enough.
Damn, people actually do that. I hope I haven’t been caught.
Don’t be sour because you posted something foolish and got called out on it junior.
If people are socializing no one is going to know how much someone has had to drink. Nor should anyone care.
Moving along… We have beer gardens here on the West Coast on Fridays in the office with cheese and snacks. It’s pretty cool…