On 2017-01-23 4:28 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 1/22/2017 11:32 PM, Bruce wrote:
>
>>>
>>> Many alcoholics drink at work. Small bottles can be hidden in a
>>> handbag or trouser pocket
>>
>> More likely, they'll be filled at home from a big bottle. You
>> underestimate a dedicated alcoholic.
>>
>
> I was introduced to gin & tonic at lunch one day. The guy rank that
> because it had no odor like other booze. We had a customer that had a
> different vendor take him to lunch a few times a week. His beverage was
> vodka and tonic. Three of them at minimum. He'd walk through the door
> at his favorite restaurant and they met him at the table with the first
> drink.

I once had a client and we would *never* call him after lunch. He'd
drink heavily then and be in that angry phase of getting drunk.