The Slosh Pit

摘要

For better or worse, the Mad Men era is long gone. On-the-job cocktails and the office hijinks that often accompany them are verboten in these litigious, politically correct times. Yet one thing hasn't changed since Don Draper's more-or-less-consequence-free saucing: "People need to blow off steam after work," says actor George Wendt, best known for playing the curmudgeonly and everpresent barfly Norm on Cheers. These days, the only appropriate window for liquor-fueled co-worker co-mingling is the margarita-and-nacho-heavy ritual we call happy hour.