Not a great surprise I'm sure, but the (alcohol) drinking culture on stations is as good as a thing of the past for anyone who joined up in the last ten years. Coffee yes, hence the Costa franchises that are a licence to print money but on most stations everyone will either fly, drive, or run too often for anything other than a very once in a while drink with someone they work with. For the younger JRs in the more manual trades, then a slab from the Tescos delivery van to the gate seems to be the preferred choice these days. Anyway, no station I've ever been to did a good line in thick and chewy stout.