If you are reading this post then you along with a majority of your co-workers, family and friends probably participate in this activity called Happy Hour. It then occurred to me that a majority of us don't even know the exact definition or the history of this global event that we all eagerly participate in.
According to Wikipedia, the term Happy Hour originated in the 1920s in the United States Navy. The word Happy Hour itself was slang for a scheduled entertainment period on a ship where boxing and wrestling matches took place. This afforded sailors the opportunity to let off the stress accumulated during long periods at sea.
As we know it, Happy Hour is a marketing term for a period of time where discounts are offered on alcoholic drinks. The typical time period is somewhere between 4 PM and 7 PM and is used to boost business during their slow hours. In the 1980s, establishments started pushing free hors d'oeuvres in an attempt to lower blood alcohol content from excessive drinking. Happy Hour is banned in Massachusetts and in U.S. Military clubs. Many other cities and states are advocating banning Happy Hour as well in order to curtail drunk driving and alcohol abuse.
If you didn't know what Happy Hour is about, now you do......
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