Do admins get to meet a lot of new people on a daily basis at work? And what kind of people domain do they interact with?

Secondly, I've had this myth for a long time that unlike programmers, Network/System/Security Admins get locked-up in a den and juiced up late nights and early mornings. Most of the time they had to slip out of work without being noticed. How true and often does this happen for you?

I understand there is no specific answer to this question as it depends on the type of working organization. But just looking out for answers from your experience.

Thanks :)

Clarification: I've had the question posted on to stackoverflow and they closed it. So I posted it here.