So that question gets at something that I also talk about in this comment over here, which is that having a more structured activity with clear rules makes it easier for some people to socialize -- at least in the US it seems to me that board/card games have more structure than "drinking with colleagues" but I know that in some places drinking-with-coworkers is ritualized.
And -- at least in my experience -- drinking-together-as-coworkers in Monday-to-Friday jobs happens after work on a weekday, but it's very unusual to invite someone/a group to drink together during a weekend day. But it's unremarkable to invite a coworker to socialize via board game afternoon/night on a weekend day -- much like with golf.
I think drinking-together-as-coworkers and board/card game get-togethers fulfill overlapping but different sets of needs, and golf is a closer analogue to game stuff than drinking is.
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branchandroot
games as not drinking
Date: 2019-02-20 04:39 pm (UTC)And -- at least in my experience -- drinking-together-as-coworkers in Monday-to-Friday jobs happens after work on a weekday, but it's very unusual to invite someone/a group to drink together during a weekend day. But it's unremarkable to invite a coworker to socialize via board game afternoon/night on a weekend day -- much like with golf.
I think drinking-together-as-coworkers and board/card game get-togethers fulfill overlapping but different sets of needs, and golf is a closer analogue to game stuff than drinking is.