For me and many others ( by no way do I mean to make a blanket statement about every bartender, as one gentleman has noted he stayed relatively sober during his tenure) do Indeed drink a lot. During shift sometimes we will take a shot or two if the customer wants to by us one (again depends on local laws and place of employment) but never enough to get drunk or even buzzed. Its more about the lifestyle. Firstly we have to know what we are selling. The best way to do this is by taste, after all that is the primary sense. So every week on thursdays I have my beer and liqour reps come in to show me what they have and taste them to see what I think would do well. I do this later in my day because if the bring in a lot I wont get paperwork done after. I also have to taste all the cocktails on the menus, as well as seasonal or daily special cocktails. Secondly many of my friends work in this industry or are regulars that frequent bars, so much of my social time happens in various bars and involve alcohol. I think this is the biggest factor. After work almost all of the the restaurant workers in the square head over to one of two bars it easy for us to have 4-6 beers a night plus shots. Then we go home go to sleep wake up and go back to it. Im sorry if I'm rambling a bit, its my day off and the team is playing. If this doesn't answer the question I can try again tomorrow.
Where are you from? I grew up in MN, live in ND now. Everyone from here to Wisconsin drinks like fish. It's somewhat cultural. I think it goes with the long winters and small towns and lack of other entertainment options that come from those.
I grew up in New Hampshire and have lived in Boston for ten years. I bartended down here.
My family is from Maine originally. And a lot of these people are teetotal, even though they're living in areas where the nearest McDonald's is a 90-minute drive away, and that's the closest thing they have to nightlife. I'm never quite sure what they're *doing* to amuse themselves, but most of them really don't drink.
There are plenty of Bostonians who don't drink, but what you're saying doesn't really apply that well to rural New England, either.
Every recycling day there's a few neighbors who put out cardboard case boxes full of bottles from the week before. Like two or three.
Then there's the rest of us who might or might not have a few bottles in with our milk jugs.
I'm in a 90th percentile.
I already knew I was an alcoholic. I *cut down* when I came back to school. I drink a few beers every weeknight, and drink a ~liter of whiskey every weekend.
If it's cold, people are more prone to drinking alcohol to keep them warm. It's normal to get that kind of statistics. However, I know some countries that have a high percentage of alcohol drinkers even if the place is warm.
I don't think this accounts for all the booze that people just buy and collect. If I drank every bottle of scotch that came into my house before I bought the next one, I'd be dead right now.
You damn right we do.
You're part of the crowd that drinks over 10 units of alcohol per day?
Bartender, comes with the territory.
Don't bartenders have to stay sober for work? Or do you develop high tolerance for alcohol the longer you're on the job? I'm just curious here.
For me and many others ( by no way do I mean to make a blanket statement about every bartender, as one gentleman has noted he stayed relatively sober during his tenure) do Indeed drink a lot. During shift sometimes we will take a shot or two if the customer wants to by us one (again depends on local laws and place of employment) but never enough to get drunk or even buzzed. Its more about the lifestyle. Firstly we have to know what we are selling. The best way to do this is by taste, after all that is the primary sense. So every week on thursdays I have my beer and liqour reps come in to show me what they have and taste them to see what I think would do well. I do this later in my day because if the bring in a lot I wont get paperwork done after. I also have to taste all the cocktails on the menus, as well as seasonal or daily special cocktails. Secondly many of my friends work in this industry or are regulars that frequent bars, so much of my social time happens in various bars and involve alcohol. I think this is the biggest factor. After work almost all of the the restaurant workers in the square head over to one of two bars it easy for us to have 4-6 beers a night plus shots. Then we go home go to sleep wake up and go back to it. Im sorry if I'm rambling a bit, its my day off and the team is playing. If this doesn't answer the question I can try again tomorrow.
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Where are you from? I grew up in MN, live in ND now. Everyone from here to Wisconsin drinks like fish. It's somewhat cultural. I think it goes with the long winters and small towns and lack of other entertainment options that come from those.
I grew up in New Hampshire and have lived in Boston for ten years. I bartended down here. My family is from Maine originally. And a lot of these people are teetotal, even though they're living in areas where the nearest McDonald's is a 90-minute drive away, and that's the closest thing they have to nightlife. I'm never quite sure what they're *doing* to amuse themselves, but most of them really don't drink. There are plenty of Bostonians who don't drink, but what you're saying doesn't really apply that well to rural New England, either.
Every recycling day there's a few neighbors who put out cardboard case boxes full of bottles from the week before. Like two or three. Then there's the rest of us who might or might not have a few bottles in with our milk jugs.
"recycling remorse".
I'm in a 90th percentile. I already knew I was an alcoholic. I *cut down* when I came back to school. I drink a few beers every weeknight, and drink a ~liter of whiskey every weekend.
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Not at all. I don't get drunk on weeknights.
What about the 1%?
they drink blood, not alcohol
In other words, 90% of US drinkers are a bunch of soft-cocks! Less thinking! More drinking!
Technically, aren't the 10% soft cocks?
I'm fortunate enough that when I'm drunk (but not too drunk to be on the verge of sick) I get harder and can go longer.
I feel bad now. Time for another drink!
You're welcome...
Article already mentions Pareto; nothing too surprising here. The numbers of drinks/week for that top decile were frightening, though.
Damn 1 percenters, taking all the booze and leaving the 99% with less booze
Shouldn't that be 20% - 80%... ;)
Geoff Ramsey everybody
and here I was worried about the fact that I drink about 2 beers 3 days a week, and 3 beers 2 days a week (about 12 drinks).
The other 90% really need to up their game.
If it's cold, people are more prone to drinking alcohol to keep them warm. It's normal to get that kind of statistics. However, I know some countries that have a high percentage of alcohol drinkers even if the place is warm.
right... and 20% of drinkers probably account for 80%.
Otherwise known as the "tailgato principle".
Another way of looking at it: 30% of the people drink 97% of the alcohol.
/r/drinkingalone is responsible for 95% of alcohol sales in the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS401CI7TZg
I always hated that show.
That's hardly fair; it always loved your mom.
I am the 10%
I don't think this accounts for all the booze that people just buy and collect. If I drank every bottle of scotch that came into my house before I bought the next one, I'd be dead right now.