It’s much easier for some non-drinkers to make a hard line in the sand. “None ever”…
Is easier than being situational and ambiguous. I know, personally, everytime I’ve tried any rule around alcohol other than strict abstinence I eventually broke them all and backslid. The only thing that works is the hard no.  Previous Message Vanilla has alcohol in it. Nobody is going to take a bite of tirimisu and go on a bender. Previous Message
Some of them take their sobriety seriously.
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 Managers - curious how you'd deal with this situation - ISeeDeadHawkeyes September 18, 2025, 11:15:56
- MAJOR UPDATE - ISeeDeadHawkeyes September 26, 2025, 12:32:44
- Never addressed below….are there any established rules for your potlucks? - digs September 20, 2025, 7:51:21
- Just want to say hi to Chad, and likely Himey - Chilango September 19, 2025, 11:54:12
- I did not realize this was about a normal tiramisu - snipes824 September 19, 2025, 11:30:41
- Vanilla extract is as strong as vodka and twice as strong as Kahlua. There is no real issue here - meanjeans September 19, 2025, 10:27:16
- Is this a person who is typically oblivious/lacking social skills? Or is this out of character?* - OB25 September 18, 2025, 19:08:41
- Exhibit 25,194 why I'm getting out of the corporate world soon...* - uofi1998 September 18, 2025, 17:55:26
- Yeah I'm going to say defer to HR here. * - DiamondDazzle September 18, 2025, 17:16:06
- Take them aside and ask is they were aware of the other treat member’s position on alcohol - illini thunder September 18, 2025, 16:56:01
- What do you think would have been the biggest scandal of the first eight months of the Harris - Sounder September 18, 2025, 14:29:13
- Co-sign the HR route. It covers your ass too.* - ATL September 18, 2025, 14:25:45
- Can't bring alcohol in, talk to HR* - Chilango September 18, 2025, 14:17:38
- what if ISDHCo employed a lot of people with nut allergies and someone brought a yummy Reese’s - bbonb September 18, 2025, 13:44:56
- ooo - SurfTheBoneyard September 18, 2025, 13:58:28
- Refer to HR. This is what they are supposed to do. - SurfTheBoneyard September 18, 2025, 13:20:35
- Good to see we're really leaning back into cancel culture* - Sounder September 18, 2025, 13:20:19
- aside from thinking that bringing something to a work day fuction with alcohol was okay - Gene Parmesan September 18, 2025, 13:11:56
- on site? lean more towards the refer to HR side* - torinese September 18, 2025, 12:53:09
- on site? lean more towards the refer to HR side* - torinese September 18, 2025, 12:53:08
- ask for the recipe?* - bbonb September 18, 2025, 12:16:05
- Is it covered in any sort of guidelines for food sharing at the workplace?* - digs September 18, 2025, 12:12:10
- this makes it sound malicious "despite knowing that several team members dont drink" - lcubed September 18, 2025, 12:06:15
- Did the team member know it had alcohol? I assume they just bought it?* - CoronaTheirAss September 18, 2025, 11:59:20
- This is really bad but I'm surprised people think they should be fired. I think a sit down - Warrin'_Illini September 18, 2025, 11:58:13
- Whatever the decision is, let HR make it.* - SurfTheBoneyard September 18, 2025, 19:28:54
- Agree* - cpsteine September 18, 2025, 15:06:55
- I actually 100% agree with Warren here, god help me* - reggiedunlop September 18, 2025, 14:13:48
- To clarify, I don’t have an opinion on whether they SHOULD be fired. Just that - doubledown September 18, 2025, 12:01:24
- Sidejack: I don't really like potlucks.....especially when it's people I don't really know well... - KingTalkyTiki September 18, 2025, 11:37:05
- I mean that’s a pretty huge fuck up* - illini21 September 18, 2025, 11:25:22
- What was the desert? Like tiramisu or something? * - haighter September 18, 2025, 11:23:37
- Refer to HR and let them handle it. Probably termination. * - doubledown September 18, 2025, 11:19:27
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