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Oh No! The younger generation is killing…needing to drink alcohol directly after work to make it to the next day. Killing the feeling of being forced into social interactions with co-workers you may not actually like. Killing the age old habit of staying away from your loving family as long as humanly possible.
onlyforn00ds
Bosses aren't your friend, and your coworkers should remain that: coworkers.
Randomgamerdude
I already sit next to these people for 9 hours a day, alcohol doesn't magically make the racism more palatable.
MWFX
I was born 20 years too early, I never liked going out with my co-workers
jamadrien
Maybe if they weren't $12...
ChromaticAberrations
But it’s happy hour! They’re only $10!
spacecasethebassface
and theyre buy one get one free but theyre half the size of a regular one.
warcat91
Welcome to the club gen z! You guys are ruining industries now too!
evilgriff
“You actually want to get home to your pets, SO, and stuff?!? What even is that?” - something a 60 yr old coworker said to me.
Baughr
They got to get to their 2nd job to afford their fucking rent!
Lifesforliving
Agree with the other comments, isn't it also about the cost? Cheaper to drink at home.
dunkum09
also, if you have to drive an hour hoome in traffic, better to be sober
menotu799
I'd love to get some drinks with friends after work. Wait... I'd love to be able to afford getting drinks with friends a few times a week.
Sasurau
I only have one thing in common with 99% of the people I work with. I want a paycheck. Otherwise, I have little to nothing in common with
Sasurau
a single person, besides our place of employment. Last thing I want to do is hang out outside of work, especially when work is enough to hit
Sasurau
my "I need downtime to recharge from dealing with too many chucklefucks" limit.
TheMayorOfTittyCity
Are millennials off the hook now?
TheSpleen
Isn't the NY Post basically just a shitty tabloid?
StartMeUP7645
Just another Gen Z hitpiece. They probably ran the same article on millennials in 2010
WaveMotionGum
Yes. It's akin to the Daily Mail.
AbdulMasaiev
I mean, this is a "[generation] is killing [industry]"? Still, I'm proud of the zoomzooms, going through this rite of passage to adulthood.
AnonKneeMoose
It’s a ragsheet designed to make Fox look credible
Lew4731
Yes.
Awmph
no. it just IS a shitty a tabloid.
Clockworkdancerobot
Again Millenials and Gen Z... Darn them not having any money and ruining another industry!
Spudworth
Not going has always been an option.
astronomypictures
no shhh, you are somehow forced into it.
boobafette
we spend more time with people we cant usually stand, then we do our families,its disgusting.i dont want to hang out with people i dont like
houpbajoup
Was this article written by the Onion's Kelly? Fuck!
VikingsAreNinjaPirates
We. Don't. Like. Work. Why is this so hard to understand?
fractalsphere
People at work are colleagues, maybe work-friends. But with rare exceptions, they're NOT close personal friends. Screw forced socialization.
acetothermus
This is the most boomer article that ever boomered about boomers. Sheesh!
DarthFutuza
Don't you mean, "Boom!" ?
jonalexassblast
I'm a millennial and I absolutely never did the after work drink shit. I don't associate with coworkers outside of work.
DrPepper523
Also...saving money, got booze at home?
aubricus2
Ah always dependable [Current Generation] is ruining [A Thing] articles. /s
MinxyJinx
I can just imagine the despair of the writer of the article who probably is an aspiring journalist but is stuck at the New York Post
aubricus2
Tragic, ha ha. It’s the new listicle for sure.
cottontailvestments
So I’m clear, minimum wage is still at an all time low, company’s have price gauged enough to trigger record inflation and people are angey/
cottontailvestments
That Gen Z and “young millennials” aren’t wasting the little money they have on over priced drinks and spending time with coworkers?
sambaah05
Minimum wage jobs tend to not do happy hours or networking events... that's also weird if your work doesn't pay for drinks at happy hour.
Cargobiker530
You forgot they're also ruining the drunk driving industry.
aubricus2
I like hanging out with my coworkers. Some people don’t and that’s fine. We’re adults not high schoolers.
SilverSpoonz
Millennial introvert here, as someone who has started fresh in new cities by myself several times, I often quite enjoy this as well. 1/2
SilverSpoonz
It's hard to make friends in 30s as it is. Even harder if you are starting fresh. Colleagues there is common ground at least so less anxiety
PoliticalWanderer
Congrats, Gen Z. All the "Younger generation is killing X" articles are now passing from Millennials to you. Welcome to the party!
scrapz
As an Elder Millennial, now I can finally rest.
soabtanmnl
Feel that, but they'll still blame us for being a spoiled generation that never grows up. gen Z is just the new hotness for now.
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
I'm rooting them on because all the shit they're "killing" is toxic-ass workplace bullshit.
bobgunrunnersmith
Power drinking to mask the despair of a terrible job is an American tradition!
CatrionaShadowleaf
Don't be silly, it works for Japan too!
bobgunrunnersmith
Much older tradition.
CoffinFullOfPudding
[The United Kingdom has entered the chat]
bobgunrunnersmith
Again a really old tradition.
mirrorz
"They ...want distinct boundaries between their work and social lives." That was always said about Gen X too. Happy hour is a boomer thing.
FrolickingFrolicking
It’s super big among generations after boomers, but, everyone into after-work drinks with co-workers is a loser who needs a life
Omnimorph2112
Haha, anything to keep me from going home to the wife, AMIRITE? /boomer humour!
eatlightningcrapthunder
Take my wife….please! Sheesh ?
SirWadeWilson
I like happy hour but i do it with my other friends who work downtown not my co-workers.
Frenchgeek
My happy hour(s) is me, alone in front of my computer. With a warm cup of (good) coffee.
kwyjiboner
It's big with millennials too
INeverWaitForIt
"I hate going home to my large home that's tripled in value, my nagging wife whose potential I stiffled so she could stay at home and
INeverWaitForIt
service my every need, my two brats who are still in school and keep complaining about how expensive everything is, when I could be out with
INeverWaitForIt
the boys, drinking beer and talking about what fine piece of waitress tail we're going to 'offer a ride' to tonight!" -boomers
PballQhead
Happy hour is great, what's the issue with cheap drinks? Meeting up with friends after work can be a great way to decompress.
modus0
Friends, fine. Coworkers, not so much.
PballQhead
Right. Everyone leaves (different) work and meets for the afternoon drink specials. Don't hate the happy hour, hate the people who misuse it
soabtanmnl
I'm friends outside of work with two coworkers. Tbf they work in diff departments and we don't talk about work when we hang out together.
soabtanmnl
But as a "mandatory fun" activity for work? No thanks. I like the people I work with, but when I clock out, I'm done with work and work talk
bladderinfection
The last place fired me. My actual supervisor complaint was: “You show up, do your work, and then you go home.”
Slidth
Laid off or fired?
InfocalypseRising
How dare you.
BurlRavenscroft
Me and two others got review feedback that we "don't make friends" or "participate in social events" until the quiet polite christian gal...
BurlRavenscroft
... scolded them for actually reviewing us about how we spent our private time or chose to talk to about bullshit
thedarkcanuck
AS PER MY FUCKING CONTRACT, GEOFF!
EatsBees
my boss called me in tears bc the head of HR (who is now gone) told her that her team (which was just me) couldn't qualify for a 3 or higher
EatsBees
bc 3 or higher meant the employee didn't need supervision and as i had a supervisor, i had to be rated under a 3
EatsBees
i have heard her rip into our clients (very professionally) for daring to presume her team displays anything other than the highest standard
EatsBees
of professionalism. i love her so much
BigDaddysMeatWagon
You pay me. I keep showing up. That's the arrangement isn't it? Get fucked bad supervisor.
espi0920
Yeah, that's...the job.
KillerTofu69
I'd put that on my resume
DeWillpower
i didn't get fired for it, but someone told me the same exact thing lol
StevenFarmer
"You seem like you just want to go home." "mf do you think I'd be here if you weren't paying me?"
SirWadeWilson
Fucking weird complaint
windtunnelscienceguy
ya that sounds like a compliment to me!
bladderinfection
The workplace was a “family”. The first employee I met was dating the boss’s daughter. 2nd guy I met was dating her friend. Weirdos.
ElasticFireCracker
I have worked for several small family owned businesses over the years. It's a form of control and pressure to not leave.
bladderinfection
Yeah, they were making crap wages, and the raise I was promised never came. Shock!
Problemwoodchuck
My old boss would bitch about people "just being in it for the money" constantly as if there were people dying to work in casual restaurants
SIGMA920
It's almost like they're doing that so they don't have to pay a competitive wage.
Hashbrown123
Did you have your required amount of "flair"?
Zeddicuszull
I was told by management that I wasn't smiling even though I work in a DOT as a civil engineer and not once interact with the public.
Burke616
"Where is the smiling clause in my employment contract, sir?"
TK421isAFK
"Well, bitch, maybe that's why they call this place 'work' and not 'happy place', did you ever think of that?" -said in Katt Williams voice.
Syrpynt
As a mechanical engineer, now working in customer service (long story), fuck that noise. Nepotism and "fake smiling" is expected bc that's
Syrpynt
what the psychopath management does, and expects others to do so.
Zeddicuszull
In addition this office does work parties and work games like family feud. Hard pass and also vomit.
Copperbrat
We're a family here.
tsuelue
phantomeye
On my first performance assessment, I got a 4 (1-5) because my boss said I don't hang out with older coworkers. We have nothing in common.
SirSmurfalot
How would you know if you have nothing in common if you never hang out with them?
BlueDsc
I imagine they talked to each other at work about non work topics.
phantomeye
I talk to, work with, and help them, but when it's coffee time, I'll rather spend that time with people my age that has similar interests.
SirSmurfalot
Now you know what they expect for the 5th star on the eval, up to you if you want to do it, right?
phantomeye
It turned out the boss didn't like me, so she had to find a reason to decrease my eval. When I changed the department I got promoted FAST.
phantomeye
We collaborated well, they were satisfied with my work.
Arcygenical
I like when restaurant jobs include "a free drink after every shift!" as a perk like it's a fucking dental plan or something, lol.
thesmelge
If a job listing has the legally required minimum holiday allowance listed a a perk, they can fuck off.
blockminster
I'd rather have a dental plan
GemsAreOutrageousTrulyTrulyTrulyOutrageous
Luxury bones.
SithElephant
A sugary drink after your shift is technically a dental plan.
Frederf
In the way the Bay of Pigs invasion was a battle plan
rangerdood
LISA NEEDS BRACES
Sparrowcide
But you know what Lisa *can* get?? A MARGARITA! Let that sweet alcohol numb the excruciating jaw and tooth pain
JobbieFace
Dental Plan
MagmaCarta
So I have to spend 8-10 hours with people I don't like, and then it's my fault that I don't wanna socialize with them? Fuck off.
astronomypictures
who are you arguing with?
BendOverAndIllShowYa
You gotta find a better work environment if you don’t like your co-workers.
MagmaCarta
Working on it. Resume active on indeed
BendOverAndIllShowYa
It’s tough. I get it. I’ve only had one really great work environment. The rest were ok. Never had an awful miserable one though.
CarpetheCarp
Honestly. I love leaving work at work!
Aldri2
And then promotion time comes and they go with the person that's a "team player". Fuck that too.
Chakra5
No you don't. This post is just a troll to TRY to take the shine off the fact that you all balled out at the polls! They want y'all down 1/2
Chakra5
I mean, the Post ffs 2/2
inb4thewar
But....but we're like a FAMILY?????
METROlD
At every job Ive worked Ive managed to make a few friends. Not FRIEND friends. But people I trusted. And we sometimes drank after work.
cavymeister
I've got friends from work, where I'll talk to them, at work, and don't talk about work.
kojenk
with commute ontop of work, I have like 4 hours of free time. I am not spending more than half of that talking about work with these people
MagmaCarta
Same thing when I got an invite to the company Christmas party. I hit "decline" so fast. Two drink tickets and a free meal ain't worth it.
butthurtnevergetsbetter
Two drinks is not enough. You need more to get through that.
madjo
My company has an open bar policy, which isn't all that great either... Plastered colleagues are even less fun
kuriosly
And having your colleges/bosses not like you generally puts you on the short list ot be laid off.
sambaah05
It really sucks you don't like your coworkers that much? We don't talk work, and just have fun. Life is too short to not like the people you
DemSumBigAssRidges
I have found that, at work, people talk about other shit. Not at work, people talk about work.
sambaah05
Work with. Spend wayyyyy to much time with them, to at least not be able to tolerate socializing with them.
BendOverAndIllShowYa
Well said.
SouperScott
No it's not, he's deciding for everyone how they live their lives. We decide for ourselves what life is to short for.
gravyandfries
Don’t dislike any coworkers. Still don’t wanna socialize with them. I’d rather hang with my partner and pets in my free time.
MagmaCarta
Which is part of the reason I'm actively attempting to leave.
sambaah05
Good for you. And good luck.