I do ask them if they'd like a drink. Most say no. Seventy-four percent of college graduates agree that having a drink is fine at a business dinner as compared to 57 percent of employees who didn't graduate from college, according to the survey, which is part of an ongoing series of studies of the opinions, attitudes and behavior of employed Americans. When it comes to lunch, only 26 percent of college graduates believe having a drink is acceptable. Among non-college graduates, the acceptance rate is 19 percent.
Southern workers are less likely to approve of having a drink at a business meal.
Nearly 80 percent find a drink at lunch to be unacceptable and 41 percent find it unacceptable at dinner. Workers in the Northeast are most likely to approve of having a drink 28 percent think a drink at a business lunch is fine and 72 percent think it's OK to have a cocktail or wine at dinner. The Greenville News .