Drinking

Ever since I work in advertising, older colleagues have always assured me that “I’ve missed the good days”. Meaning: the anything-goes, 4-hour lunches with loads of bottles, followed by a brief drinking pause before going to some ad parties. While I’ve have actually experienced this, at a certain time and at a certain agency that will go unnamed, it is true that we have become much more sober in recent years. It’s one of the striking details of “Mad Men”, the way they drink continually and no office is complete without a set of good bottles.

Now, it seems like there’s an agency out there that wants to reinstall the “drinking with clients”-routine. I’m not against it …