Do Poles drink before noon?

In Poland there are times when a nalewka or other strong drink is served at a festive company breakfast ...was how I started this thread and later gave Polonian-Polish reunions as a for instance. The Polonians I had in mind were the descendants of the old 'za chlebem' immigration -- the third, foruth, fifth and even sixth generation of the original immigrants. All born in the USA, most no longer speak Polish or know very little, and many have become thoroughly 'Ameircanised' to where they show little interest in seeing Poland. But those that commented on how Polish realtivres tried to 'wine and dine' them to death with that never-take-no-for-an-answer polska gościnność were the ones who actually made that once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage to the ancestral Ojczyzna. These people cannot be compared to the DP generation in the UK, nor the post-Solidarity one.

They are in a class by themselves.

My guess is the fall of communism.

I know people who are teetotalers because it was their form of passive-resistance against the powers that were.
Keep you drunk enough and you can't organize yourselves into groups to change the course of history.

Also, I think, the whole 100% employment thing must have left people seeing no need to better themselves.
Now you can move up a property ladder, form your own company, travel abroad, speak your mind etc...

And the introduction of coffee houses.

I left that bit out of my post.

I think that's s crap.People get drunk because they want to do it.


I agree 100%.I saw the difference with my own eyes.My mother was an accountant and in her office people were often drunk (although I must admit they always were able to do their job on time-they were really great specialists) and it took place even in the 90's since nothing changed in their office but then there was reform of administration and Starostwo Powiatowe was created.It was clear to everyone that anyone who's stupid enough to get drunk will be fired.And you know what?I never again saw drunk person in that place.


I cannot see the connection.
P.S.I got to know great places to hide "półlitrówkę" in the office :)

I was referring to the communist times.


Coffee houses offer people a sober place to meet.

I know.Still,people got drunk because they wanted to.


You ever heard about "kawiarnia"?