Daily Archives: July 30, 2007

Pros and Cons of Happy Hour Size

  • 1 — Sometimes you just need a beer (this counts if it is at home — self-contained happy hour)
  • 2 — Really good for meaningful conversations
  • 3 — really good with a round table, awkward at rectangle table — looks like a firing line
  • 4 to 6 — good number, small enough for decent conversation but not easy to break away from conversation if you aren’t interested in the main discussion
  • 8 to 12 — difficult to have one conversation and prone to conversation envy based on where you are sitting
  • 12 or more — location issues based on seating but more flexibility moving around the group for side conversations if there are people standing