[Galatians328]

Still doesn't explain why the rest of the 90% that don't work in retail drink..

[Jonty30]

I’ve learned how to the customer off without them being aware. I don’t need to drink.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

More fake science.

[The Pack Knight]

In the words of Drew Carey: “Hate your job? There’s a support group for that. It’s called ‘everyone.’ We meet at the bar.”

[max americana]

May be. In my industry, I have to ‘act’ as if I like being at the studio meeting when I hate the fags around me. But not enough for me to head to the nearest bar or chug down a bottle of Jagermeister afterwards..

[Innovative]

See also:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3741821/posts

[Innovative]

Stupid so-called study.

There is no real correlation, they just made it up.

[TigersEye]

Maybe heavy drinkers are more likely to fake and/or suppress their emotions than other people.

Or maybe there is no link at all.

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

Studies show that people will believe most any bs as long as you put “studies show” at the beginning of the sentence.

[BradyLS]

“We all sell, baby...” ;-) :-D

Just kidding! :-)

[dp0622]

Like me!!! :)

[Vendome]

Dumb premise...

[Redcitizen]

I used to be a people person but people ruined it for me.

[catnipman]

“Forcing a smile at work linked to heavy drinking”

and it’s a vicious spiral too, because being hung over after that heavy drinking makes it even harder to fake all of those smiles, which in turn causes even heavier drinking, which ...

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

True dat:

[atc23]

Still doesn't explain why the rest of the 90% that don't work in retail drink..

Mostly because people are stupid

[lightman]

When all the work day long the bosses tell you to “suck it up”, come quittin’ time that’s what you do.

[nuconvert]

“Employees who work in the public eye who force themselves to smile for customers or hide feelings of annoyance may be susceptible to heavy drinking …”

… or not

[Vermont Lt]

I worked in Service delivery for nearly 40 years.

I stopped drinking years ago. Delivering good service has so little to do with smiling that you don’t have to fake it.

Do it right. On time. For the promised price.

If you do that, your customers will barely care that they had to talk to you. Which is good because after 40 years I can barely stand to be around customers.

[melsec]

Maybe people who drink too much are the ones who have to force a smile.

[robel]

The research was conducted in several bars in the area.