{"id":1924,"date":"2008-02-27T21:54:48","date_gmt":"2008-02-28T02:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/office-rule\/"},"modified":"2008-02-29T11:23:14","modified_gmt":"2008-02-29T16:23:14","slug":"office-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/office-rule","title":{"rendered":"Office Rule"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let’s say you’re in sales<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Let’s say you and a coworker take out a client for lunch.<\/p>\n

Let’s say you start drinking.<\/p>\n

Let’s say you keep drinking.<\/p>\n

A lot.<\/p>\n

Let’s say that you and your coworker realize that it’s 4:30.<\/p>\n

Do you:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. immediately enter a treatment program, as you’ve become the butt of a million drunk-jokes<\/a> in an office renowned for its drinkers,<\/li>\n
  2. have another beer and wait till 5:15 or 5:30 before slinking back to the office to get your things, so you can just start tomorrow fresh, or<\/li>\n
  3. race to the office so as to get back before 5, drunkenly stumble down the hall to your desk, giggling with your coworker and stinking of booze?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I’m pleased to report that fat, drunk and stupid is too<\/em> a way to go through life, Dean Wormer<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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    (2\/29 Update! It gets better! It turns out there was no client involved! Just a couple of salespeople out at an 18-martini lunch!)\u00c2\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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    Let’s say you’re in sales. Let’s say you and a coworker take out a client for lunch. Let’s say you start drinking. Let’s say you keep drinking. A lot. Let’s say that you and your coworker realize that it’s 4:30. Do you: immediately enter a treatment program, as you’ve become the butt of a million … <\/p>\n

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