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Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall
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
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I think his point was having a drink with opposing counsel makes them behave better. I disagree. The worst ones seem to be looking to get some concession, thinking I'm compromised. The ones who can be herded into behaving, can be herded by talking and by example of me behaving.
The worst group I've ever been around is:
While in DC, we had a friend, whose sister worked in the CIA. The wife and I got invited to a CIA party. We knew nobody, but were always up to meet new people (back then).
Work parties seemed to follow a pattern. Early on people try to be fresh and talk about movies or music or whatever. Then, a few drinks in, talk to turns to their current file, or asshole boss. But the CIA peeps? They cannot talk about work; especially around us.
They put on a movie.
