To Alcohol! The solution, and cause of, all of life's problems!
This is an optimistic spin on drinking away the pressures of capitalism. Well not really the drinking; story would work if their hobby was jigsaw puzzles or visiting temples. It's about finding interpersonal connections despite their jobs forcing them apart.
I think what bugs me is they are satisfied with infrequently seeing each other when they could be forming a union or looking for a different less exploitative workplace. Any job that keeps you until 3 AM deserves to be razed and salted.
Call it positive thinking, or call it anti-labor propaganda.