to think drinkers are discriminated against compared to smokers

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I asked my boss yesterday if I could nip down to the carpark to have a quick glass of wine. He said no

The other morning I was hosting a sewing circle in my own house. I casually waved a bottle of bacardi in the air and asked "does anyone mind if I drink"? Well, the looks...... So I had to go out into the garden and drink it behind a bush.

Last week someone gave out to me for standing at the bus stop, minding my own business and drinking a bottle of chardonnay while I waited for the bus to arrive.

These are just a few examples of the total discrimination I come across every week against people who just want to be able to have a drink without sanctimonious people making them feel bad.

AIBU to think this is wrong and unfair?

Lol!
YABU - drinking in the middle of a working day smacks of alcoholism.

Terrible.
I mean if you are a smoker you get to nip outside for a break at work; but people don't like it if you go out at the same time & down a can of Special Brew.
Just can't think why that is a problem?

Best stick to the & avoid both smoking & alcohol.
I'm sure that drinkers don't face discrimination in quite that way luckily.

What a very odd thread.

Hmm have you attempted trying to justify your drinking with the classic lines,

"But I'm a considerate drinker! I'd never drink all over people and I go in the garden to do it when the DCs are asleep!"

Lol, made me chuckle this morning, thanks OP

I have regular wine breaks and no one bats an eye lid if I have a few shots of tequila at the bus stop. But if I light up a cig everyone kicks off. It's a smokerist world so YABVVVVU

Oh also try ...

"I pay my taxes it's my right to drink if I want, I enjoy drinking! I'm an adult!" If all else fails do the .. "Fuck you all, I don't give a shit what you think."

..and don't even mention doing it in the car.

I put the window down so the fumes go out - but still not good enough for some people.

Lucky you InSP

One of the mums at school invited a few of us back for coffee and cake the other morning. After about an hour I took a can of budweiser out of my bag and said 'I'm just popping out to the garden for a drink".

They looked horrified. Sanctimonious cows.

oh it's a joke

YANBU. At my workplace, smokers could nip out for a fag, but there was a clause in the contract that I couldn't be over the limit.

Smokers, however, could smoke as much as they wanted.

Drink fascists, that's what they are!

I was assisting in surgery the other day when I stepped out of theatre for a slippery nipple and as I had ten minutes left of my break I quickly downed a pint of stout too. Imagine my surprise when I was asked to leave and escorted out by security whilst all the smokers puffed away without reprimand!

Did you.not offer them one? I'd be pretty unhappy if you didn't offer me and just left the social group to drink! If I go for a drink I always see if anyone else wants to join me.

Some people drink Budweiser some drink Carling. Drinkers are fussy, smokers aren't

I've recently cut down to ten a day, pretty proud of myself.

Gerald did you drink in the drinking zone though? There are signs every where

That's perhaps where I went wrong. Tbh when I threw the empty glasses in the pavement and then ground them with my foot it really hurt so maybe this a sign I should cut down.

I think you do need to cut down. Maybe next time don't have the stout

There was a fire drill in work last week. A few of us took advantage of it to nip down the lane and swig a couple of crafty cans. Guess what? We all received a verbal warning . Nobody said a word to the smokers who had nipped down the other end of the lane for a ciggie.