I'm a man and I wear a watch (I don't check my phone for the time).
I have a couple before an appointment (only if it's late, otherwise driving).
I have always been offered a drink on arrival (I feel it would be rude not to take it,
).
It has never eaten into my time.
I have been amused the few times I have been given water!
But by God I needed it after, not alcohol.
One of my favourite girls when I phoned her asked me to give her enough time to go to the shops to buy a bottle.
Babe.