Company Happy Hour, Intern Etiquette

We're having a happy hour at a winery this week to celebrate us winning a big client. My whole team and all of the big PMs and analysts will be there. Not to sound too autistic, but what are some to dos / not to dos for an intern?

 

I recall doing that 3 weeks into my internship, while all other interns went home after work. Got put in a cab at around 2 am, while seniors stayed. The next day, I was still well in time at the office, while seniors arrived between 10 and 11. 

One sent me an email to check how I was doing, I replied I was alright despite the usual hangover symptoms. The response was: we work hard, party hard. Got an offer after. Still in touch even after leaving. 

Would I recommend it? Depends on who your superior is. 

Never discuss with idiots, first they drag you at their level, then they beat you with experience.
 
Skinnayyy:

If you don't enjoy drinking wine, learn how to.

I enjoy drinking 2 bottles of Yellow Tail by myself while watching movies.
heister: Look at all these wannabe richies hating on an expensive salad. https://arthuxtable.com/
 
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CaR:
GoldenCinderblock:
Skinnayyy:

If you don't enjoy drinking wine, learn how to.

I enjoy drinking 2 bottles of Yellow Tail by myself while watching movies.

This response was fucking hilarious

Agreed. I swear to Christ that monkey shit gets thrown at some of the greatest comments on this site. Sense of humor is low around some of these parts.

 
CaR:
GoldenCinderblock:
Skinnayyy:

If you don't enjoy drinking wine, learn how to.

I enjoy drinking 2 bottles of Yellow Tail by myself while watching movies.

This response was fucking hilarious

Agreed. Monkeys had a better sense of humor in '08.
 
Going Concern:

Make sure to order a water and tell folks it's a vodka tonic. Spike people's Bud Lights with sodium thiopental and let the fun questions begin.

I really hope I don't see any Bud Lights that night.
heister: Look at all these wannabe richies hating on an expensive salad. https://arthuxtable.com/
 

This. If you are an intern you may not even be 21 yet, so do not drink underage no matter the outing.

Regardless, get to know people outside your normal work circle to get your name in front of people. If it's red wine don't swish the damn wine or you are going to have purple teeth.

Frank Sinatra - "Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy."
 

+1 Don't drink if you aren't 21. And of course don't be the first topic of conversation the next morning when people arrive at the office.

"Everybody needs money. That's why they call it money." - Mickey Bergman - Heist (2001)
 

Fuck is dealing with compliance a hassle..

Edit: Posted in the wrong thread, but the comment is even better in this context.

heister: Look at all these wannabe richies hating on an expensive salad. https://arthuxtable.com/
 

So happy sour was cool. Met a lot of cool people from the company and drank a bottle of wine the size of my body out of fancy glass shit. Signed the bottle despite having had nothing to do with the deal. Went to another wine bar in the Loop after by myself where I met two dudes who turned out to own a few bars and restaurants in the Loop.

Went to another bar with them where I had the best fucking food and the best fucking cocktail I've had in my life. Organ meat, son. Ended up at another bar doing nose candy in the basement. I did silly amounts of shots and didn't even feel myself getting drunk on account of that there white girl. Never seen so many finance motherfuckers in one spot. I usually go out in University Village.

Stayed out 'til 2, ate a philly chease steak and one of those gay little square pizzas at Subway and passed out after drinking a Corona. I haven't had a hangover in like 3 years, but I feel like the devil's asshole right now. Gonna drink stupid amounts of V8 and fuck around on here until I feel like a human again. Fun night, but I need to stop doing this shit to myself.

heister: Look at all these wannabe richies hating on an expensive salad. https://arthuxtable.com/
 
brooj14:

Well Done! Gatorade work better than V8 though.

We have every fucking drink under the sun besides Gatorade. I think it's to discourage coming to work hungover. I think I'm still a little buzzed. I'm sweating liquor. This is fucking terrible. Fuck these spreadsheets. I wanna go take a bath. And possibly slit my wrists in it.
heister: Look at all these wannabe richies hating on an expensive salad. https://arthuxtable.com/
 

giant wine bottles are the absolute shit. i'm totally gonna blow my entire first yr analyst salary on a gigantic bottle of ace of spades. hopefully it'll compensate for the yellow tail/barefoot bubbly I currently have to make do with.

 
MissMoneyPenny:

giant wine bottles are the absolute shit. i'm totally gonna blow my entire first yr analyst salary on a gigantic bottle of ace of spades. hopefully it'll compensate for the yellow tail/barefoot bubbly I currently have to make do with.

You can fill it up with pennies or keep an umbrella in it or something too. Like yeah, I just use expensive ass giant bottles of wine for shit like this.

heister: Look at all these wannabe richies hating on an expensive salad. https://arthuxtable.com/
 

My hangover just went away an hour ago and I'm already tempted to hit the bars after work. What the fuck is wrong with me. Well, maybe just a few good beers. Yeah, okay bud. Like you're gonna drink only a few beers.

heister: Look at all these wannabe richies hating on an expensive salad. https://arthuxtable.com/
 
TonyPerkis:

question. can you go to an opium den before the happy hour?

I mean, theoretically. When I was younger, I dreamed of a day when I'd be rich enough to kick it with my Chinamen in an opium tent and sip warm sake.

heister: Look at all these wannabe richies hating on an expensive salad. https://arthuxtable.com/
 

Intern Happy Hour:

-Don't drink if you're not 21 -Don't get more drunk than the seniors -Don't try to talk excessively, but do be social -Don't sit in the corner

Rule that trumps all: -If your boss tells you to do it, you do it.

Takeaway here is go with the flow and don't be an obnoxious asshole. It's not that hard. There isn't really a one size fits all rule here. If it's a crazy event, and the seniors are pouring shots, by all means take a shot. If it's relatively tame, be mindful of that too.

 

Do not get drunk. Getting a little bit tipsy is ok if you know you won't make an ass of yourself. When I was an intern I had fellow interns who:

-got drunk at a farewell dinner with his team, dominated the conversation, told everyone about his life story, how much he loved his girlfriend and how he was going to marry her -at a farewell drinks with interns and human resources an intern got drunk and complained about the HR team to the VP of HR and gave specific examples (things he talked about weren't even important). He also complained that the HR team would favour ivy league interns

 

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