#12

it certainly does

#13

Maybe I really get on with my old work mates were going on a holiday together so if it was convenient

#14

this a free bar situation or what’s going on

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#15

I’m going to buck the trend here and say absolutely no fucking way you must be fucking joking.

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#16

free bar!

#17

It’s DiS. We’re all uptight and/or anxious and pretend we hate everyone.

Staff night out? Hell yeah. Oi oi :beers::beers::beers:

Drinks AFTER a day at work with the same people? Nah mate, need to escape.

#18

Love drinks with anyone. With mates. with work mates. With no mates.

Haven’t ever gone for works drinks whilst on holiday, but once did the half hour journey home to collect my kid from nursery, wait for Mum to get home, then half hour journey back into town for drinks. That was a one off though and haven’t done it before/since.

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#19

There’s a culture of no works drinks here, partly because it’s a campus site so most people drive. Most of my colleagues are really dull anyway. When I worked and lived near Croydon (and when I was younger and my liver could handle it) I used to get drunk regularly with my colleagues though.

But to answer the original question, these days I wouldn’t even go to work drinks when I’m in work, let alone travel forty miles out of my way for them.

#20

If it’s a leaving do for someone I’ve known a long time and like then yes.

Otherwise no.

#21

Where I work now? No
Where I worked before? No
Where I worked before that? Probably
Where I worked before that? Outside chance

Should add these facts on my CV

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#22

Your attention to detail has showed a lot of people up in this thread.

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#23

What I haven’t mentioned is also getting older and family situation, transport links etc which all factor in.

I’m sorry about that.

#24

Based on these facts…prolly 50/50 I would at least drop by depending on what else I had on :+1:

#26

First job as graduate trainee? All the time. My social circle outside of work was colleagues. We were all the same age. That helped.

Second job onwards. No way. Got a life outside of work.

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#27

yes and I reckon half the people here saying no also would

#29

It really doesn’t count as work drinks when we do it now.

#30

tell you what, i had a day off work day afgter my birthday and went into meet people after they finished work to go for drinks

#31

I would like to say yes but the answer is almost certainly no, because I’m a miser.

Source: when this happened last year and the drinks were ~10 minutes from my home

#32

Went to a Saturday night Christmas do once

#33

The older i get the more i realise that it’s genuinely never a good idea to socialise with colleagues.

Let the boring bastards go out and talk shop, go out with your proper mates.

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