Keg at work

I work at a university and I walk in from lunch today. The alumni people downstairs say, "Hey wait, we need your help." So I stop, find out they want me to bring a keg into the house in which we work.
They're having a going away party for an employee this afternoon. On company time (between 3-5 p.m. CDT for those interested), a keg will be tapped for all to enjoy the crisp, refreshing goodness inside.

I've been in the working world for a decade or so. I've never seen this or heard of it. I don't expect kegs every six months (I've been on the job about six months), but have you ever had an open keg on company time?

Side note: This is a very encouraging sign to support my decision to leave TV/Web and, ultimately, media in general.

 

Not an open keg ... but we just got back from a liquid lunch.

 

Drunk Flash on a Friday!! Whoo hoo! Where's Rodney Carrington!

Seriously, first paper I ever worked for had a tap in the basement lunchroom. Never saw it in use, but the fact that it was there told me it wasn't a virgin...

 

you never worked at a web company in the nineties, did you?

 

No.

 

Every Friday. Marketing is way more fun than journalism.

 

We always toyed around with the idea of bringing a keg or a few cases to work at my old joint. There's an old conference room that no one really uses, and it's virtually dead there after 5 p.m. and completely empty on the weekends.

Sadly, we never did it.

 

Once, I worked at an "alternative" newspaper that was very often edited in the bar across the street.

 

That's what I'm thinking today about PR-magazine.

 

We never did a keg, but we have bought cases of beer for enjoyment during the working hour. Those were the days that I hoped to not receive any real work. The results could have been disasterous.

 

Fridges stocked with 50 cent frozen burritos and cold beer. Ahh yes, I remember it well...

 

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A few jobs ago worked at a publishing company where all marketing meetings were scheduled for 3:30 Friday afternoon at Scotland Yard, a pub in our building.

Came up with some great campaigns by about 6:00