How Much Slack Should/Would You Cut Someone When They're Drunk?

Wait are people actually questioning that its unacceptable to come into work all hungover from the previous night. Especially if you have a meeting in the morning?
#1 Don't drink to excess when you have work the next morning, unless you are your own boss.
#2 Don't let others at work know that your hungover if you do screwup.
I guess this shit kinda flies if your working food/bar industry type stuff which is fun for kids and very young adults, other than that no one wants to put up with it ya damn slackers
 
I almost never charge anyone from drunk in public. Just bring them in to sober up, then release them. Even that is only if I can't find someone who is marginally sober to release them to on the spot.

Had a guy who was wondering around and had pissed himself, local businesses wanted him picked up cause he was harassing others. Put him in cuffs and he started screaming, "why are you doing this to me!" I told him, "sir you seem to have urinated on yourself."

He looks down at the huge wet spot down his jeans and says, "so I did." He was very cooperative after that and just had to sit in the drunk tank for a few hours.
 
Does anyone here work at a job where coming in hungover or drunk wouldn't get you sent home?

Well it's not like I'd come in wearing a sandwich board sign that says "i'm hungover."

I overdo it on a Sunday or other random weeknight on occasion. I guess I come in hungover, but I can still get my shit done.

I guess it depends on what job you're talking about and the actual level of hangover. I'm talking about a bit of a dull headache and maybe a sour stomach...you can work through that. If you're puking and can't keep your eyes open, that's a different story.
 
Does anyone here work at a job where coming in hungover or drunk wouldn't get you sent home?

Hell, people complain about others cough or sniffling on this floor.

Drunk yes, hungover, no. I suppose it depends on how hungover...vomiting, I'd leave (if I'd have come in at all). Mild headache, tired, trouble concentrating? Of course not. And I wouldn't send one of my employees home for being hungover unless they were physically sick or couldn't do their jobs. Alcohol is not illegal, getting drunk on worknights is stupid but unless you can't perform your job it's not really any of my business.
 
Does anyone here work at a job where coming in hungover or drunk wouldn't get you sent home?

Hell, people complain about others cough or sniffling on this floor.

Depends on how hungover. If a guy still reeks of alcohol and his judgement is questionable, he's going to be written up and sent home. If he comes in drunk, he's fired.
 
Does anyone here work at a job where coming in hungover or drunk wouldn't get you sent home?

Hell, people complain about others cough or sniffling on this floor.

Drunk gets you sent home, naturally. Hungover? God no. As long as you can do your job, its really your own business.


Anyway, on topic: I always treat drunk people pretty much the same way I'd treat sober people. If they can't act decent in public while under the influence, they should damn well suffer the consequences. Everyone including myself gets cut a bit of slack on weekends, of course. A bit.
 
I'm with Happy Boy on this.

I also don't drink, so that's probably at least part of why I hold the same opinion. But one of the reasons I don't drink is that I don't like making excuses for my actions. If I fuck up, it's because I fucked up and I should face the consequences. I've never understood the idea that some person who isn't my mother or wife should put up with my bullshit just cause. I'm mega lenient when it comes to other personal stuff, but I just can't muster sympathy for adults who make bad decisions.

It's easy to see this view as self-righteous, and maybe it is, but I also think its about holding oneself to a certain standard, which we all do in different ways.
 
ITT: People who are morally inferior to Happy Boy exposed.
 
I'm willing to cut a drunk person a little bit of slack, as long as it's harmless. If you cross that line, all bets are off. I've had experiences where guys start fist fights, ruin everyone else's night because they and their spouse get into a huge shouting match and drunkenly storm off by themselves in a major city, and get so blackout trashed that they cause people to miss concerts. When those happen, I'm going to want to take a swing at you myself. As long as you're doing something essentially harmless like making a funny idiot out of yourself or going to bed with an ugly/fat girl, you'll be greeted in the morning with a smile and jokes at your expense.
 
I'm with Happy Boy on this.

I also don't drink, so that's probably at least part of why I hold the same opinion. But one of the reasons I don't drink is that I don't like making excuses for my actions. If I fuck up, it's because I fucked up and I should face the consequences. I've never understood the idea that some person who isn't my mother or wife should put up with my bullshit just cause. I'm mega lenient when it comes to other personal stuff, but I just can't muster sympathy for adults who make bad decisions.

It's easy to see this view as self-righteous, and maybe it is, but I also think its about holding oneself to a certain standard, which we all do in different ways.

All adults make bad decisions, constantly. That's just the way life is.

If someone gets drunk and pukes in the lawn, or pisses on a bush, than I really don't care and I'm going to forgive them without a second thought.

I will not excuse someone's DUI fatality, but will forgive them if they own up to the consequences.
 
I was kinda a dick to some Poles, said some stuff about UKIP, Stalin and one of their "bitches" (repeatedly), might have been some other stuff too, hard to recall

I'm friends with one of the guys but it wasn't his bitch I was calling a bitch

as much as i'd like to sympathize with you, i can't. being intoxicated makes it easier to justify the actions that you'd want to do while sober. that's what makes drinking dangerous to your reputation. you feel the liquid courage and forget about boundaries.
 
Eh, quite a bit.

Most people have done stupid things when hammered.

But I wouldn't put up with it every time they got that way.
 
I utilize the 8 hour rule. I'll drink until 8 hours before I have to be in at work. If I smell of booze or am hungover oh well. that comes with drinking. Deal with it and let me do what I'm paid to do.
 
Happy is a good dude... But I'd be willing to wager big money the scenario I laid out in the above post is spot on. Either he's a former Alcoholic or his life was destroyed by one.

most people that i know who don't drink, have come across something like this.
 
Does anyone here work at a job where coming in hungover or drunk wouldn't get you sent home?

Hell, people complain about others cough or sniffling on this floor.

if you're able to do your job, then i don't see the problem. feeling like shit at work shouldn't get you sent home.
 
I almost never charge anyone from drunk in public. Just bring them in to sober up, then release them. Even that is only if I can't find someone who is marginally sober to release them to on the spot.

Had a guy who was wondering around and had pissed himself, local businesses wanted him picked up cause he was harassing others. Put him in cuffs and he started screaming, "why are you doing this to me!" I told him, "sir you seem to have urinated on yourself."

He looks down at the huge wet spot down his jeans and says, "so I did." He was very cooperative after that and just had to sit in the drunk tank for a few hours.

this sadly happened to me like eight months ago. fortunately, i'm the kind of drunk that is happy and likes to have fun. when the cop saw me swaying home, he told me to put my hands behind my back. i took out a small bottle of tequila from my pocket and asked him if he wanted some. he started laughing his ass off, politely said no, and told me that he was taking me to the station to sober up. after a few hours, he released me and even dropped me off at my place.
 
You must not interact with many people on a day to day basis huh. I'm guessing you work from home or you work late at night when nobody will see you dressed like a slob or that guy in college that never moves from your couch, despite not living in your house.
Not all countries are anal retentive about dress codes you know.

It seems like that would really limit your job options.
Not really. I live in socialist Sweden, not some fascist state where a "white collar" job requires you to wear a tie. "Freedom of clothing" is one of the few good things left in this country.
 
Not all countries are anal retentive about dress codes you know.

Not really. I live in socialist Sweden, not some fascist state where a "white collar" job requires you to wear a tie. "Freedom of clothing" is one of the few good things left in this country.

There is a lot of room between shorts and a hoodie and wearing a tie.

I don't know about Sweden, but here nearly any customer facing job is going to have a dress code above shorts and a hoodie.
 
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