This all suggests that replacing alcoholic cocktails with virgin cocktails at the annual office party will defeat much of the purpose of holding such events in the first place. While three college students smiling at one another across a Formica lab table is not as dramatic or entertaining a data point as the actor T. J. Miller launching himself down a slide full of cocaine in a Santa outfit, this study does provide us with actual empirical evidence that alcoholic office parties have positive social functions, in addition to their more obvious costs. Crucially, as this study reveals, it’s
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