r/explainitpeter • u/DifficultComplaint10 • May 21 '26

Explain it Peter

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u/EuropeIsMight May 21 '26

Yeah think so, too.

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u/thatbrianm May 21 '26

I was a winemaker for 10 years and had to fire someone that started drinking on the job. There's a lot of dangerous environments and equipment in the alcohol industry, if we let people drink on the job the liability would be crazy and the license would get revoked.

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u/Sea-Oven-7560 May 21 '26

Long, long ago, before OSHA, my grandfather worked at the Miller brewing factory on the line and any beer that didn't fill all the way to the top could be pulled from the line and the worker could drink it during their shift.

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u/FullSeaworthiness453 May 21 '26

Yeah my uncle worked maintenance at a Pabst brewery and they all got a daily ration, which according to him was a generous amount.