Victory to the brave Carlsberg Workers, we all feel your pain
So the Carlsberg workers strike, eh. How freaking aces is that?
From
Lunch-only beer policy prompts Carlsberg strike
Scores of Carlsberg workers walked off the job on Thursday after the Danish brewer tightened rules on workplace drinking, a company spokesperson said.
The company's new rules restrict drinking beer to lunch hours in the canteen.
Previously, warehouse and production workers could help themselves to beer throughout the day, from coolers which have now been removed.
Around 800 workers went on strike on Wednesday and around 250 walked off the job on Thursday, resulting in interruptions to beer transports in and around Copenhagen, the spokesperson said.
Ha, that's just superb. They have been restricted to 3 pints at lunchtime. My god when will the jack boot of tyranny be removed from the throats, the presumably dry throats, of the workers? WHEN? Surely it's every comrades right to get bladdered whilst working?
But how does one show solidarity with these downtrodden workers, these hungry masses? I mean I have never crossed a picket line in my puff but I'm not sure if I am meant to drink more Carlsberg or boycott it all together. These are mean times and I want to stand shoulder to shoulder with my comrades manning the picket lines. I say shoulder to shoulder but they're probably as pished as lords.
Heh...
Ben Franklin has a good story about drinking in the workplace in his autobiography. He was working in a print shop in London. All the workers gave him a hard time about chipping in his share for the beer they drank during working hours. If I remember correctly, it was six pints they each had over the course of the shift. Ben refused and was hassled, they fucked up his print trays, etc. Their rationale held that they needed the beer to be strong, that it aided their ability to lug all the heavy shit around. Ben stuck to water, demonstrated how fit and such he was at the end of the day and won them over.
He was a pretty cool guy all around.
I hope they drink the lot of it. Carlsberg smells even worse than it tastes. Might even be improved by the addition of fish sauce.
Stupidest workers in the world, probably.
It sounds to me that working for Carlsberg probably was the best job in the world. (I’ll get me coat).
friggin’ brilliant that! best job in the world Carlsberg eh leave it to management to ruin it.
I heard the drivers walked out in sympathy too. While delivering beer the drivers can have up to 3 beers on hand to sip while doing their deliveries. Pretty liberal over there.
Get pished at work? Shign me up! Although I wonder what the Alkie to non alkie ratio in their workforce is.
Why can’t they do it like us waiters and just sneak it when no one is looking? It’s worked for me for years….