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- Although office attendance has slipped, happy hour spending is still higher than pre-pandemic.
- Happy hour can help coworkers to get to know each other better than they might on the job.
- Still, some workers say they're careful not to over-indulge around their colleagues.
Zachary Timms, a project engineer in Houston, has rules around how he does happy hour with coworkers.
The first is to stay one drink behind everyone else. The second: Never leave last. Yet despite the seemingly buzz-kill vibes, the 26-year-old's self-imposed limits don't put the kibosh on fun.