> Meanwhile, in the UK, workers drink to forget...
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> Three-quarters of Brit workers drunk after lunch
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> By Startups.co.uk (press.releases at theregister.co.uk)
> Published Friday 22nd October 2004 14:18 GMT
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> An alarming 76 per cent of employees are coming back to work drunk after
> taking a "liquid lunch", according to a new survey carried out by
> Peninsula employment law constancy. The results show that an increasing
> number of employees are consuming alcohol during their lunch break - a
> trend that could harm the reputation and productivity of a business.
I find it hard to believe these numbers are representative, even allowing for the misleading presentation. A quick trawl through the Reg's archives turns up a number of Peninsula surveys each of which seem to show how ghastly one's employees probably are, and how badly one probably needs the services of an employment law consultancy.
jk