Beers & Careers

I spotted this little item on Eater this morning that linked to an article on Business Insider that made me shudder a little with contempt. While The Best Bars For Networking in New York: Tech & New Media Edition is pretty much an article that speaks directly to me (being that, [a] I'm a bar-loving New Yorker and [b] I work in tech & new media), I can't help kinda wanting to pour a pint of Guiness over the head of its author. I know people over in Brooklyn have been wetting their pants lately about a newfangled trend of bringing babies into bars, but you know what's almost as bad as teething toddlers? Networking douchebags! When I'm all-too-infrequently let off my leash to go pop in for a pint at one of my favorite NYC bars (two of which are regrettably listed in this article), the last thing I want is to be subjected to a load of shop-talk by a gaggle of business card-exchanging aspirationals. If anything, I'm ducking into said establishment to get away from those types

Moreover, I don't appreciate Business Insider alerting a nation of BlackBerry-brandishin', lingo-slingin' schmoozers about how great a bar The Scratcher is was. It's a bar. Have a beer and relax. If you want to network, stay home and play on LinkedIn. Sheesh.