[TR] Overspray

[Philip Ethier]

On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey at cs.com> wrote:

> Here in St. Louis is (or was) the headquarters of Anheuser Busch and back
> in the day they had a policy where on could drink on the job.  Not a
> problem as they usually had a million or so gallons of beer on hand at all
> times.  A friend, Tom, took a job as an accountant.  His job was the annual
> Income tax return.  At any rate, when he first got on he went into a
> meeting with his boss at 8:00 AM.  His boss asked him if he wanted a beer.
> Somewhat aghast, Tom said something in the lines of "not this early in the
> day."  At this point his boss went to the refrigerator in his office and
> got out two bottles of beer.  Tom said "I said I didn't want one" at which
> point his boss said "No, these are for me."
>
> As we home brewers like to say, you can't say you've been drinking all day
> if you don't start in the morning.
>
> Dave
>

A former brother-in-law worked as an architect in Minneapolis. The rule was
that one was not allowed to drink beer in the office until after noon.


-- 
Phil Ethier, West Side, Saint Paul Minnesota, USA
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