Drunk on Duty

[DGP1]

If the manager in our office had to suspend everyone who ever came in drunk there wouldn't be a lot there. I did it myself one day, on a Friday, had a skin full of ouzo the night before, the coffee I had when I got to work was enough to make me pissed again. Never drank ouzo since then!!!!

What's worrying though, is the amount of drivers who come in with drink on their breath. And I actually brought that up when the P&L was originally mentioned. They told us, if we suspected that someone had been drinking the night before, we had to grass them up basically. But how many of us would feel comfortable doing that to a colleague, the other choice would be getting into a van with him driving. It's a scary thought really.

So glad I got out when i did :)

I would report them to the police............no sympathy from me for drink drivers..........ever.

[Ossie From Preston]

Our second in command use to be Warped with drink every morning and drove 8 miles a day, I once mentioned it to him he replied " No cops out at the hour I leave for work" the smell of his breath was bad man.

[krussel]

No cops out at the hour I leave for work"

Not around my way i see more on the way to work than any other time

[dvbuk55]

No cops out at the hour I leave for work"

Not around my way i see more on the way to work than any other time

I live literally a 2/3 minute drive from work and have been pulled by the police twice..............as a tea totaller it has never worried me but they must just be bored.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

No cops out at the hour I leave for work"

Not around my way i see more on the way to work than any other time

I live literally a 2/3 minute drive from work and have been pulled by the police twice..............as a tea totaller it has never worried me but they must just be bored.

I've been stopped by the Police 3 times and I walk into work..

[dvbuk55]

No cops out at the hour I leave for work"

Not around my way i see more on the way to work than any other time

I live literally a 2/3 minute drive from work and have been pulled by the police twice..............as a tea totaller it has never worried me but they must just be bored.

I've been stopped by the Police 3 times and I walk into work..

That I can understand BUT I look like a fine upstanding citizen

[Lounge Lizard]

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[royalmailslave]

Our office has more than its fair share of piss pots,I've even seen blokes who have turned to drink through the stresses of te job,a large majority of our office piss cans are also drivers,and as long as they could fulfil there duties managers didn't give a toss,I refused to get into a van with a well known heavy drinker in our office as I believed he was over the limit only to har a blazing row with the line manager at which he basically made me get in the van or I'd be disciplined,our workplace sometimes disgusts me

[OnAFlyer]

I remember some years ago there was a gentleman who worked in our office who was an alcoholic ...staff new it,he knew it..the managers ignored it mostly....many times this chap would come to work as drunk as a skunk...managers at the time would see him literally collapsing sometimes as he tried to throw his walk out...sometimes he was told to go home as he was that far gone...but many a time he was sent out drunk on deliveries by managers(especially when we were short on staff)..sadly this guy met his end a few years ago when he stepped off a bus (drunk) and fell..cracking his head against the pavement...perhaps managers at the time could and should have done more,but this happened some years ago like i said so i think gaffers are probably more clued up on these things nowadays..sad to see him go as he was a character and a nice chap when he was sober..

Sounds like a guy who used to work in our office, he'd be so out of it on a saturday that he'd go straight home to bed then take his delivery out on Sunday (he lived on his walk).

He did that for years and actually got ill health retirement in the end.

[OnAFlyer]

No cops out at the hour I leave for work"

Not around my way i see more on the way to work than any other time

I live literally a 2/3 minute drive from work and have been pulled by the police twice..............as a tea totaller it has never worried me but they must just be bored.

I've been stopped by police doing spot checks at xmas, they saw the uniform and let me straight through.

[bunkerland]

No cops out at the hour I leave for work"

Not around my way i see more on the way to work than any other time

I live literally a 2/3 minute drive from work and have been pulled by the police twice..............as a tea totaller it has never worried me but they must just be bored.

I've been stopped by police doing spot checks at xmas, they saw the uniform and let me straight through.

Probably just felt sorry for you!

[DGP1]

Our office has more than its fair share of piss pots,I've even seen blokes who have turned to drink through the stresses of te job,a large majority of our office piss cans are also drivers,and as long as they could fulfil there duties managers didn't give a toss,I refused to get into a van with a well known heavy drinker in our office as I believed he was over the limit only to har a blazing row with the line manager at which he basically made me get in the van or I'd be disciplined,our workplace sometimes disgusts me

Phone the police and report a suspected drunk driver, the police love drink drivers because it's an easy conviction and so clears up their crime rates, do it sitting in the van beside the driver

[mazza111]

If the manager in our office had to suspend everyone who ever came in drunk there wouldn't be a lot there. I did it myself one day, on a Friday, had a skin full of ouzo the night before, the coffee I had when I got to work was enough to make me pissed again. Never drank ouzo since then!!!!

What's worrying though, is the amount of drivers who come in with drink on their breath. And I actually brought that up when the P&L was originally mentioned. They told us, if we suspected that someone had been drinking the night before, we had to grass them up basically. But how many of us would feel comfortable doing that to a colleague, the other choice would be getting into a van with him driving. It's a scary thought really.

So glad I got out when i did :)

I would report them to the police............no sympathy from me for drink drivers..........ever.

I did say suspected. Could just have been some dirty bugger who had 2 beers the night before and hadn't brushed their teeth *puke* as opposed to someone still being under the influence iykwim

[DGP1]

If the manager in our office had to suspend everyone who ever came in drunk there wouldn't be a lot there. I did it myself one day, on a Friday, had a skin full of ouzo the night before, the coffee I had when I got to work was enough to make me pissed again. Never drank ouzo since then!!!!

What's worrying though, is the amount of drivers who come in with drink on their breath. And I actually brought that up when the P&L was originally mentioned. They told us, if we suspected that someone had been drinking the night before, we had to grass them up basically. But how many of us would feel comfortable doing that to a colleague, the other choice would be getting into a van with him driving. It's a scary thought really.

So glad I got out when i did :)

I would report them to the police............no sympathy from me for drink drivers..........ever.

I did say suspected. Could just have been some dirty bugger who had 2 beers the night before and hadn't brushed their teeth *puke* as opposed to someone still being under the influence iykwim

Even suspected I'd still do it, I personally don't want to feel responsible for them hurting someone because they're a bit drunk plus it may make them realise that drinking and driving is only for idiots.

[thechemisyshop]

when i started i went to a wedding on the friday night and was stilled pissed on the saturday morning -thankfully this was in the days of a 2.5 hour delivery - i puked my way round it and took an extra hour to complete - but didnt claim the docket -
on the monday the manager then decided to pull me up about - i told him to GTF and that he should have sent me home then - but as he didnt dont start yer crap now when its too late