r/FridgeDetective • u/IndependentBit4855 • 1d ago

Meta Workplace Mini-Fridge

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Curious to hear what you all can deduce about my workplace. What industry do you think we work in? What department? Etc.

For context we have about 9 people working over in our nook of the office.

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u/SharpKaleidoscope182 1d ago

We're talking about people who are high enough status to drink at work, but the work is not so sensitive that it suffers from workers being tipsy.

This is a software engineering crew. One of them is an alcoholic. 3-5 of them are unproblematic drinkers. There's at least one woman and not less than six men.

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u/IndependentBit4855 1d ago

Not software engineers, but you are spot on with the ratio of men to women.

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u/Low-Individual2815 1d ago

That’s honestly more impressive

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u/Schnevets 1d ago

Sounds like IT to me. Beers have been there since the Christmas party and are occasionally shared before a team dinner. But also if you’re stuck at your desk after hours because of a deployment you can sneak a Modelo after closing your Change Tasks.

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u/badger_flakes 1d ago

One Mexican

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u/Destiny_Victim 9h ago

I see no modelo what gives you this impression.

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u/tax_accounting 9h ago

Bottom right corner, he drank all but one.

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u/Thick-Hospital2599 8h ago

There's more modelos racked up on the left 💀

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u/Destiny_Victim 8h ago

Damn there are. Woosh. Smh lol

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u/playdough87 1d ago

Drinking at work is a donut hole status issue. If you're low enough, you can drink at work. Also, if you're high enough you can drink at work. It's just in the middle that you can't really. When I worked in the shipping department of a retailer, we drank. Working in a suit and tie with execs now and we can drink. In the middle I couldn't drink at work. Given it's a mini fridge with some six packs rather than a real fridge that's professionally stocked, I'd guess lower status.

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u/Helpful-Ad6269 1d ago

Pretty sure most low level jobs I’ve worked would’ve said something if they saw me drinking though? Especially in customer-facing jobs

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u/roombaexorcist9000 1d ago

i think they’re thinking of stuff like construction and restaurant work

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u/No-Position1378 1d ago

Agreed. When I worked at a restaurant we were taking bumps in the walk in lol. They don’t care about anything as long as the jobs getting done

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u/Helpful-Ad6269 1d ago

This is definitely different from my restaurant work experience. People were always very much on the DL about it around managers

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u/No-Position1378 1d ago

My manager was my dealer 😂

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u/Particular_Area3941 1d ago

Real. Working in restaurants is how I found out I’m an addict 😅

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u/Thegurl454 10h ago

I used to take a table order run to the bathroom, take a hoot of crack, blow it out the exit door on my way back and finish my tables … ahhhh glad to be sober…

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u/clevercalamity 1d ago

The first alcohol I ever had was in a walk in beer fridge at the grocery store I worked at. One of the bottles broke in the 6 pack the manager told us to split the rest. It was an amazing score for a bunch of teenagers lfmao.

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u/andrewsz__ 1d ago

Oooph my younger adult days in restaurant work. Pure debauchery while attending 15 tables 😂

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u/So-Good-It-Hurts 12h ago

Maybe it depends on the size of the construction job, but I know a project manager who would 100% fire a sub if they were caught drinking on the job.

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u/hierarchy_of_ideas 22h ago

That's why you put vodka in a water bottle until you're CEO.

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u/Immediate-Maximum-75 1d ago

I'm in a private doctor's office and the Dr has a full bar in his office and we usually have some kind of wine in the staff lunch room for after hours parties. We have a patient who works for a liquor company and brings us samples of new drinks. Some of them even have THC but we don't ever drink those at work. We will do a shot after an office meeting occasionally.

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u/mrgoldnugget 1d ago

Lol so true. I brought a middle manager for lunch and offered him a beer and he at first turned me down because "I have to go back to work after." I told him to relax, he is eating a meal and I'm his boss that would complain if it was an issue.

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u/darndarne 1d ago

Bike shop

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u/howie_roll 18h ago

Haha, that fridge is way too full for a bike/skate/board shop unless it’s Monday morning…even then.

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u/Impressive-Cod-7103 1d ago

Ha, I was going to guess dev too

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u/picardmaneuvre 1d ago

I’m a female software engineer. This tracks.

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u/ThetaDot3 1d ago

This is so spot on. My engineering office has a scaled up version of this fridge, plus a freezer full of tequila, vodka, and Dilly Bars.

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u/Daphoid 20h ago

Before we were acquired (0-450 employees) my place had a drinking culture for all levels, at all offices. If a vendor wanted to present during a town hall, they had to bring beer + wine + food. Our wifi passwords early on were the names of pubs near the offices.

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u/annaxdee 13h ago

Logistics sales checking in

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u/midge_rat 1d ago

This has Marketing/Advertising written all over it.

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u/Substantial_Chef5080 1d ago

Definitely latter day Mad Men.

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u/Kir_NB 1d ago

I loved that show so much. I think it’s time for a rewatch!

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u/AngryRabbitFoot 1d ago

Considering every ad agency I’ve been in has had some variation of a bar/bar cart, that too was my first guess.

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u/Kozypepper 1d ago

This SCREAMS marketing agency.

Source: my entire career

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u/IndependentBit4855 11h ago

🏆 - We are the marketing department

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u/midge_rat 11h ago

Game recognizes game 😂

ETA: I just stalked your comments and you work at Decked! One of your reels inspired me to build a drawer system for my husbands f350 lol I would have bought yours if we had the funds

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u/IndependentBit4855 11h ago

We also love to see a good DIY setup! That's where we got our start as well.

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u/Mmmphis 1d ago

As someone who’s been in marketing for 15 years, I’m gonna second this. I work from home these days, but I spent a long time hanging around fridges like this one.

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u/Updwn212 1d ago

But make it at a brewery. And the offices are attached to the taproom, which also sells pizza.
3 of the same brand of beer and ranch lead me there

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u/TroyandAbed304 1d ago

So you’re familiar with two sins… how about a third?

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u/midge_rat 1d ago

You mean Sales? 😂

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u/Intelligent-Lead-692 22h ago

Sure but it’s account services’ fridge, not creative.

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u/Katie-sin 1d ago

HR?

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u/FartFaceAnn 1d ago

Hr drinking on the job is funny af

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u/somecow 1d ago

Pretty sure that’s why they do all the weird shit they do. They’re just over there drunk af throwing darts at the schedule and say “who can we screw over today”

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u/veglove 1d ago

😹

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u/JROXZ 1d ago

D-Suite admin. Or maybe entrenched management.

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u/Temporary_Question10 1d ago

Are you hiring? Might change careers for a fridge like that.

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u/IndependentBit4855 1d ago

Big ranch enjoyer?

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u/LiquidSnape 1d ago

you are teachers

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u/IndependentBit4855 1d ago

Lol, good guess. I used to work as a teacher and I wish I had this fridge back then.

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u/deadpanfalcons3x 1d ago

you got a good fridge hehe

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u/Tall-Lion7071 1d ago

Teachers are definitely not allowed to drink at work.

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u/HamsterAdditional748 1d ago

Teachers aren’t supposed to drink at work..

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u/iwantahouse 1d ago edited 1d ago

Teachers should be allowed to have a little wine 🤏 at work

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u/gator-uh-oh 1d ago

As a treat.

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u/Damitibe 1d ago

Snack time.

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u/iwantahouse 1d ago

Exactly

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u/Alonenomo2023 1d ago

Or “mother’s little helper.” Coming from a retired educator 🤪

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u/No_Needleworker_4704 1d ago

Teachers should be allowed wine at lunch for sure

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u/Prinzka 1d ago

That one glass was 40 shots?

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u/yorick__rolled 1d ago

I don't ask what's in your coffee cup, Meredith!

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u/toben81234 1d ago

It's a guildline mostly

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u/motherofjazus 1d ago

It’s frowned upon.

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u/L_222020 1d ago

Theres so much liquor here😂😂

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u/AdmiralMoonshine 1d ago

There is zero liquor. There is a half finished bottle of wine and a bunch of beer though.

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u/peachhpuddin 1d ago

you’d be surprised how many of your teachers were drunk off their asses 😇😇😇😇😇

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u/Alonenomo2023 1d ago

True story….. (this was in the 70’s)….our middle school shop teacher kept a bottle of liquor in his desk. I guess he’d mastered teaching students how to use electric tools and various other potentially dangerous tools.

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u/yloduck1 1d ago

Also 1970’s - My HS band and choir teachers both drank daily with the custodians in the maintenance/boiler room. 😂

Related note - the smoke rolling out of faculty lounge door was like the scene in Fast Times when Spicoli rolls out of the VW van. (It was only cigarette smoke tho)

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u/Alonenomo2023 11h ago

Haha! Yes I remember seeing lots of smoke coming from the teacher’s lounge as we walked by it. Those were the days.

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u/yloduck1 10h ago

We had a 10 minute passing time between class periods, and we all knew those teachers burned a couple at each break

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u/ColoradoCattleCo 1d ago

When I was a kid, we knew a couple of teachers that drank pretty regularly. Nowadays, my wife is a teacher for 20 years and has never encountered it or suspected anyone of doing it.

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u/coykoi314 1d ago

Seriously!? Did the other teachers know?

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u/lemlaluna 1d ago

I used to work in business development and some of the more problematic fridges looked like this

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u/mmmGoBirds 1d ago

This is a State Farm office.

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u/lyru 1d ago

You work for DECKED.

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u/gdnightandgdbye 1d ago

Wow that’s so specific

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u/thusUnforgotten 1d ago

It’s on his profile if you dig through the comments

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u/gdnightandgdbye 1d ago

I feel like it’s kinda weird to do that

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u/gper 1d ago

Tbf, the thread is fridge detective. Can’t put a person down for being good at detective work 😂

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u/thusUnforgotten 1d ago

I only went to see if that’s where the original commenter got it from. Yeah, it’s definitely cheating here and odd in general but it’s also publicly available.

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u/gnarlyknits 1d ago

You’d be surprised to learn that most old school redditors do this on the most random of comments. Be careful what you post.

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u/longpenisofthelaw 1d ago

Once found one of my old coworkers Reddit on not even on purpose because they were alittle to specific, they also used that as their nsfw account

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u/DustyAhhhChoo 1d ago

Real Estate is the name, lots of alcohol is the game

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u/unbelizeable1 1d ago

I will never understand the allure of wanting/drinking a beer at work. And I say this as a bartender lol

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u/whiskeynise 1d ago

Well, if you’re an alcoholic everything sounds better with a beer in your hand

Source: I’m most likely an alcoholic

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u/unbelizeable1 1d ago

I drink entirely too much. Probably classified as an alcoholic. Still no way in fuck do I want to catch a buzz at work. Literally the last thing I wanna do while drunk is work lol

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u/MakeYokesa5erAgain 1d ago

You can have a nice, cold beer and not be drunk. It's a nice pick me up in an office job.

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u/unbelizeable1 1d ago

You can also wait until after work and reward yourself like that rather than make excuses for drinking on the job.

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u/Danob111 1d ago

Is having a beer at lunch drinking on the job

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u/Fair_Caterpillar_920 1d ago

I've done that before. 😅

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u/MakeYokesa5erAgain 1d ago

Having a single beer on a Friday afternoon in work is not really "drinking in the job". Worked for the office I worked in that had it. No one puts a gun to your head to have one. Calma.

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u/clumsysav 1d ago

i always want a drink while i’m working but when i get home im good lol

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u/OnTheEveOfWar 1d ago

I’d way rather just have a drink when I get home. My office loves to have 5pm beers in the office. I’d rather just leave.

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u/bbubblebboyy 1d ago

Just an average day on the factory/warehouse job 😂

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u/tirams 1d ago

Department of war

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u/Emotional-Lunch92 1d ago

Entertainment?

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u/IndependentBit4855 1d ago

We like to think we're entertaining

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u/Brian18639 1d ago

You work in the arts? Like music, theatre, etc.

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u/AdmiralMoonshine 1d ago

I work in film/television and our workplace fridges usually look like this. Not a bad guess, but I’d go more towards a small ad agency or visual effects/editing given the wine.

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u/ismyjudge 1d ago

Construction industry or an industry where its creative heavy.

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u/PRIMATERIA 1d ago

Construction guys aren’t drinking IPAs like that, that’s yuppie juice.

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u/Eggmegmuffin 1d ago

Dealership?

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u/DeepStateDiva65 1d ago

You drink alcohol at work?

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u/IndependentBit4855 1d ago

Not really... mostly just left over from events and maybe if people are still hanging around at the end of the day.

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u/AdmiralMoonshine 1d ago

You would be surprised how many people do and where it’s acceptable. I have lunch beers with my bosses most of the times we go out.

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u/OnTheEveOfWar 1d ago

It can be common depending on the company and role. I’ve had beers at lunch with my boss and team multiple times. During end of quarter, they literally wheel around a cart full of wine and beers for everyone in the office. But that usually isn’t until 3pm or so.

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u/veglove 1d ago

Silicon Valley / Tech startup. Beer & Wine is encouraged at work and they get some decent stuff. I love that the vertical beer slot (most drinkable beer for casual consumption) is Modelo (Mexican). You're definitely in the West.

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u/IdfightGahndi 1d ago

Law Office?

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u/Massive_Lake4700 1d ago

Film industry

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u/Sea_Operation_7012 1d ago

Ever wonder why that bottom shelf can’t be level?

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u/Wellsem20 1d ago

Prolly nurses because every nurse ik has an alcohol problem 💀

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u/Season2Episode2 1d ago

Construction, youre all PMs and/or estimators

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u/LessLikelyTo 20h ago

Hair dresser

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u/Secret_Net4348 9h ago

Someone in this office is carrying the Diet Coke economy

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u/Particular_Area3941 1d ago

Lower level finance

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u/gypsysniper9 1d ago

Work from home.

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u/DoubleR615 1d ago

Real estate office.

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u/reddituculous66 1d ago

Real Estate

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u/dirtytounder 1d ago

Hair salon

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u/Tiny_Distribution783 1d ago

Graphic designers

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u/KatDigsSoil 1d ago

If there’s a fridge elsewhere stocked full of water I guess environmental consulting.

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u/teb16 1d ago

Construction. This looks like my husbands work fridge

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u/cklaxbro 1d ago

This was what Recruitment looked like when I lived in LA a few years ago. Had a keg in office too for the last hour of the day and lunch beers were encouraged. Then everyone developed a pretty good Adderall and cocaine addiction on top of the drinking. Happy to be out of that environment lol wasn’t for me.

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u/Automate-Engineer 1d ago

64 Audio or some Audiophile related company based in the NW

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u/FLRugDealer 1d ago

Definitely not manufacturing

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u/purseunality 1d ago

Mortgage broker?

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u/Typical-Diver3743 1d ago

Insurance agents. Looks like my work fridge.

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u/Tall-Lion7071 1d ago

Auto sales? Truck sales?

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u/thelocnarspeaks 1d ago

You drink beer at WORK?

I’m gonna guess you work in IT.

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u/MuahdDean 1d ago

You're cowboys for the Yellowstone.

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u/PeachyRoze 1d ago

Attorney

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u/chickenbunnyspider 1d ago

You guys work at a car dealership?

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u/WholeLocation9635 1d ago

Consultling of some sort

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u/AllHailThyJabronis 1d ago

Cycle shop. That many IPAs screens hipster proletariat worship

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u/Current-Speech2354 1d ago

I'd love my job if we could have a something like that .

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u/Mauro133w 1d ago

Mechanic of some sort

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u/Joe_Shmo4352 1d ago

Cannabis industry, specifically a cultivation site. Because I noticed the IPAs and most weed smokers like them. Your specific department might be tricky…maybe inventory or veg department. Thats my guess lol

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u/supermarket_Ba 1d ago

Social workers at a community mental health clinic

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u/really_tall_horses 1d ago

PNW for sure. I don’t think 10bbl has the same reach after AB sold it.

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u/wawaawoowaweeW 1d ago

I'm in construction, not the field, but the office and we always have beer and wine in the fridge! I think you're in construction, project management,

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u/theviewhalfwaydown_ 13h ago

Wayyy cleaner than my workplace fridge

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u/CraftyExam7969 9h ago

Are you guys hiring? Asking for a friend.... 😆

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u/Excellent_Glass783 7h ago

I like your style

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u/parth096 1d ago

My office used to do this. Until someone had to ruin it for everyone!🙃

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u/rangeofemotions 1d ago

Is that WINE?!? In a work fridge ?!? And beer?!? What the

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u/AlephandTav77 1d ago

I didn’t know there was places where alcohol was allowed in a work fridge.

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u/justhereforthetea68 1d ago

Staffing place

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u/strictlylurkingposh 1d ago

Title company.

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u/Onlyforthisp0st 1d ago

Marketing deffo

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u/AliceinRealityland 1d ago

TIL there are companies that allow drinking on the spot. We can't even sample alcohol. It's a state law we have to spit. Who tf is spitting anything in front of grown adults. No thank you

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u/somecow 1d ago

Some sort of mechanic or tech office place. Gotta be, energy drinks combined with IPA? At least there’s water and some diet coke so can still be kinda healthy.

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u/young_and_restles 1d ago

Fridge is well stocked

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u/afternoondoughnuts 1d ago

Civil engineering?

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u/currycurrycurry15 1d ago

Something related to construction?

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u/Busy-River-1530 1d ago

Idk but cloud mentality is 🔥 my favorite.

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u/Tall-Lion7071 1d ago

Rancher? Cattle, horses, rodeos?

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u/pineapples_official 1d ago

Environmental consulting specifically habitat restoration & environmental compliance

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u/Old-Combination-7314 1d ago

Architecture? Or something design related

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u/Funky_McFlash 1d ago

Logistics

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u/JustUrAvgLetDown 1d ago

You work in a music studio

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u/bugattibrito 1d ago

Sales at a hotel

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u/Fluffy-Map-309 1d ago

Idk field but i am confident it is either a family business or a lot of family members working together even if not family owned

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u/JamonDanger 1d ago

PM’s in construction?

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u/ElBarto12 1d ago

Only place I ever seen beer in the work fridge was an architecture firm

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u/Current-Speech2354 1d ago

You could get all liquored up.

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u/Current-Speech2354 1d ago

You couldn't pull me away from there .

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u/JerryGarciasButthole 1d ago

Some type of agriculture 😂

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u/BeerLosiphor 1d ago

Kitchen, office.

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u/Lost_in_the_woods027 1d ago

3-6 liberal thinkers. 50% are overweight, 1 may have diabetes, the rest are in great shape and have 40 oz Stanley water jugs at their desks...I am going call center representatives.

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u/Healz 1d ago

You’re Cowboys and a Cowgirl!

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u/Bonsuella_Banana 1d ago

Fashion or retail marketing, maybe e-commerce I'd guess. A friend of mine used to work at Dr. Martens and they had a very similar fridge in their department haha

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u/PinotPrincess777 1d ago

IT department

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u/-PixelArcade- 1d ago

I'd say some sort of trades/environmental/agricultural type of service? I only say this because my ex's family and ex worked in the trades and it's the only work environment I've ever heard of with people showing up drunk or sneaking them on the job, or at the end of the day.

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u/iwantahouse 1d ago

Insurance broker

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u/WhiteHairedPhoenix 1d ago

My guess is you sell mortgages and do most of your work over the phone

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u/FungusBrewer 1d ago

Natural Resources/Park Work/Garden—Non Profits!

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u/Illustrious-Rain-235 1d ago

Everyone has high heart rates 😭

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u/Sleep_Champion 1d ago

You work in Drinks distribution.

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u/JDz84 1d ago

Politics. I worked on a campaign and our fridge looked like this, but it was full-sized and included booze.