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Cheers and good lighting: Happy hour goes viral

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With a few clicks, co-workers are taking to online work-from-home platforms such as Zoom to do what colleagues do when the day is done: drink.

As reported by numerous news outlets, virtual happy hours are filling that hole in social connections barred by coronavirus quarantining and mandatory telecommuting policies.

“They clink glasses on screens, say ‘Cheers!’ and make toasts, sometimes with dogs in their laps,” reported the Wall Street Journal. The New York Times published an article providing tips on a better online happy hour including instructions to “get dolled up.” (Because your colleagues don’t want to see you in your pajamas?)

The Associated Press went another route, touting: “The hottest new bar's dress code? Your sweatpants. And you don't even have to leave your couch.”

There’s even a new beverage going viral: “quarantini.”

 

 

 

 

 

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