On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:02:47 -0500, Boater wrote:

Eisboch wrote:
I am sitting here watching CNN and they are doing a piece on jobs.

They just showed a bar located next to a GM assembly plant.
It was lunch time and the place was deserted.

The owner told the reporter that before the problem and job cuts at GM, the
bar would be packed at lunch time and she would have one full time bartender
plus 3 backups to handle the crowd.

Hmmmm.

Kinda glad I didn't buy a GM car assembled in the afternoon, back when
business was good.

Eisboch




When I was a cub reporter at the KC Star, there were two restaurants in
the immediate area one could get to and eat in the time allocated for
dinner. One was an Italian bar and restaurant and the other was a plain
old bar and restaurant. At mealtime the places were full of editorial
workers and pressmen. The only people drinking booze were the hard-core
alcoholics, a very small percentage of the workforce.

The Italian place was LaBruzzo's, on Grand Avenue. The other place was
called Speed's Bar, named after its owner. Speed's had the best homemade
style burgers, fries, and soups in town.

After work, it was a different story. Speed's filled up with drinkers.

The point is this: the fact that a bar near an assembly plant was
crowded at lunchtime does not mean the guys in there were drinking.

In fact, I'd bet the factory workers drank a lot less during their
shifts than, say, military personnel.

That's something I've never seen, military personnel drinking while on
duty. We would often go to the club for lunch, but I've never seen anyone
order a beer or anything harder if they were going back to work.

Not to say it doesn't happen. But, in my experience it's pretty rare.
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