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Originally Posted by ferrets_bueller
Dealing with opposing litigation counsel is surely is one of the least enjoyable things about being a lawyer. But some lawyerly wag once said that lawyers are the only people worth having a drink with. I agree. I'd rather drink with lawyers than any other gaggle of professionals. There are obvious exceptions, of course, but in general the rule holds.
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This is absolutely false. There are exceptions, but drinking with lawyers is fucking miserable. They
cannot and
will not talk about anything other than work--whether they're complaining about it or are desperate to discuss something they think is interesting that is surely not.
Brokers are the worst fucking people in the world. And I will leave a bar at which they congregate in numbers superior to 2. They are dumb as rocks, think they run shit, order to impress instead of to enjoy, talk at the top of their lungs, and are almost always douchey white dudes with slicked back hair. The worst.
Tech people don't bother me as they are very easily tuned out.
Blue collars are okay until the subject turns to politics at which point I almost always need to beat a quick exit.
Bar industry and service workers are the second best group to drink with--they know what they want and can hold their liquor unless they have decided it's going to be a blackout night and even then they're pretty fun.
But the number one group of workers to drink with, by far, is teachers. Those motherfuckers let
loose. They are funny, uninhibited, and (often) smart.
TM
