Hello Pln, Jason, Renzo, Jun, Eckman, Hani and all I still doubt whether drinking alcohol in workplace is good or not. Maybe drinking within a limit may be good but I believe it's quite hard to impose a limit. I agree with you that drinking in special events, happy hours or something related to that is benefic because employees can have fun with each other and warm their relationships in daily basis. It boost their motivation.
When it comes to allowing another drugs or smoking, I don't think that giving permission to drink can lead to permit employees to do drugs or smoke. Recently it has been approved a state law that prohibits people from smoking in closed places such as bars, malls, stores and so forth. Many opinion polls say even smokers approved that law, knowing that the smoke can cause some damage to non-smokers. If I had a company I wouldn't let my employees to drink while working unless I knew they know how much they are allowed to. All in all, it's impossible to deal with people we don't know deeply. Have a nice weekend Pln and everybody! Oshiro On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 5:58 PM, pln471 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Oshiro Vera Jun Jason Eckman Charles and all the quiet mice,;) > > Vera,I understand perfectly your situation. > It's hard to stay away from those kind of people as there are plenty > of them. > I myself had to put on a mask and squeeze a smile or two,too when I > used to work for or with other women back home in Taipei. > > Yeah,we had better look at the bright side of life telling ourselves > people like those train us to be more patient and more tolerant!LOL > > Oshiro,I have never heard or known of such a company policy. > I used to work for a branch of a well-known Japanese language > academy,but they didn't have such a policy. > Canadian colleagues of mine who worked in the headquarter in Tokyo > never mentioned it,either. > > If such policy can increase employees' creativity or productivity,the > consumption of alcohol must be stated within a limit. > If it's on special occasions like employee's > birthday,promotion,retirement,closures of some big business > deals,etc.,why not?;) > > If they allow employees to drink beer,shouldn't they allow them to > take drugs or smoke,too? > Others may claim they help boost their creativity and productivity as > well,may they not?LOL > > Here in Poland,I see people drink beer in the early morning,even in > windy freezing winter!:( > On the weekend,in the early afternoon,I can already see drunkards > walking wabbly on the street... > However,it isn't very often.Most of them are either homeless or middle- > aged unemployed men. > > Great weekend to you,Oshiro and Jun! > And Happy Moon Festival to all Chinese and Taiwanese members!(Jun,are > you from China,too?:)) > May you reunite with all your loved ones from far away and enjoy your > precious night together watching the full moon. > > Pln(who just reunited with an old friend...exactly 20 years after we > last met on Moon Festival's Eve!;)) > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ESL Podcast". To post to this group, send email to: [email protected] or just reply this message For invite your friends, visit: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/members_invite Know how help us, visit this FAQ at: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/web/frequently-asked-questions -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
