I was at work, and the lazy guy with whom I work pulled out a bottle of liquor and added it to his soda.  

Here I am, thinking times are certainly changing.

I haven't had any thoughts of turning him in.  Even if I did, I doubt it would do any good.  This is the same place where the manager applauses his laziness and informs me I should just let him be and only focus on myself.  

Well, then.  (Yes, I am making plans on leaving the place.  Paid CNA training, hopefully soon).

If you were in my situation, having witnessed what I did, what would you have done?

Likely nothing. If the boss says to leave the drunk alone, leave him along.  Since you're planning on leaving anyway, better to leave on your own terms than to be booted.

Boru

(April 7, 2018 at 8:42 pm)Lutrinae Wrote: I was at work, and the lazy guy with whom I work pulled out a bottle of liquor and added it to his soda.  

Here I am, thinking times are certainly changing.

I haven't had any thoughts of turning him in.  Even if I did, I doubt it would do any good.  This is the same place where the manager applauses his laziness and informs me I should just let him be and only focus on myself.  

Well, then.  (Yes, I am making plans on leaving the place.  Paid CNA training, hopefully soon).

If you were in my situation, having witnessed what I did, what would you have done?

I was a CNA and my coworker was drinking. I reported him to the supervisor. He conned her with an excuse he had been drinking but had 8 hours of sleep since. She let him work and 20 minutes later he beat the shit out of one of my favorite dementia patients. Please report any fucker that can not work sober! Unless you are in the business of drinking!

Maybe wait until he barfs in the food? Are there video cameras in your store? It sounds chicken, but if you deem that he's had enough to make him legally drunk, you can call the popo just before he leaves work, and he can be taken off the road before he hurts somebody other than himself, perhaps even fatally.

Funny thing is, he's so lazy he doesn't drive or catch public transportation. The manager actually picks him up and brings him to work and then picks him up after work and brings him home, all on her days off work. He only works the weekends there.

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Lately, he's been taking every other week off work to supposedly be with his son. I think he's just tired of working with me because I won't deal with his bullshit like anyone else will.

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Probably reading too much into it, though.

(April 7, 2018 at 8:42 pm)Lutrinae Wrote: I was at work, and the lazy guy with whom I work pulled out a bottle of liquor and added it to his soda.  

Here I am, thinking times are certainly changing.

I haven't had any thoughts of turning him in.  Even if I did, I doubt it would do any good.  This is the same place where the manager applauses his laziness and informs me I should just let him be and only focus on myself.  

Well, then.  (Yes, I am making plans on leaving the place.  Paid CNA training, hopefully soon).

If you were in my situation, having witnessed what I did, what would you have done?

Where I'm at, he gets turned in in a hot second. People die if we fuck up what we're doing. Just Google "ND oil field fire." Many of these fires are from poor/improper design and in at least one case, has involved an EE drinking at work.

Having said that, it all depends where I'm at. Flipping burgers or working retail? I didn't see shit. It'll catch up to him and when it does I can point a laugh.

(April 7, 2018 at 9:23 pm)The Gentleman Bastard Wrote:

(April 7, 2018 at 8:42 pm)Lutrinae Wrote: I was at work, and the lazy guy with whom I work pulled out a bottle of liquor and added it to his soda.  

Here I am, thinking times are certainly changing.

I haven't had any thoughts of turning him in.  Even if I did, I doubt it would do any good.  This is the same place where the manager applauses his laziness and informs me I should just let him be and only focus on myself.  

Well, then.  (Yes, I am making plans on leaving the place.  Paid CNA training, hopefully soon).

If you were in my situation, having witnessed what I did, what would you have done?

Where I'm at, he gets turned in in a hot second. People die if we fuck up what we're doing. Just Google "ND oil field fire." Many of these fires are from poor/improper design and in at least one case, has involved an EE drinking at work.

Having said that, it all depends where I'm at. Flipping burgers or working retail? I didn't see shit. It'll catch up to him and when it does I can point a laugh.

When I worked as a mechanic, anyone drinking or doing any drugs on the job got canned, end of story. The liability for a botched brake job is just too high. When I worked in aerospace, people got kid glove treatment and were placed in jobs where they couldn't damage hardware, until they screwed up enough times; then they were walked out. That was in the old days. By the time I retired, people drinking got one shot at straightening out, and were gone if they didn't. A billion dollar military communications satellite is nothing to be working on, if you are impaired. Mistakes happen even if one is sober.

Like others here, I work in an industry where intoxicated employees put their lives the lives of the public at risk. We do random drug/alcohol screens as mandated by law, but we are also able to single out anyone and send them to pee in a cup if we have any suspicion they are impaired.

But that's my line of work. You don't say what your line of work is. If I were working in a job where an intoxicated coworker posed no danger to anyone including himself, then I would take the advice that your manager has already given you. Focus on yourself and your job and don't worry about he's doing nor how he's doing it. And I say that as a manager who has given that exact advice to individuals in the past and has subsequently fired them for not taking it.

(April 7, 2018 at 8:42 pm)Lutrinae Wrote: I was at work, and the lazy guy with whom I work pulled out a bottle of liquor and added it to his soda.  

Here I am, thinking times are certainly changing.

I haven't had any thoughts of turning him in.  Even if I did, I doubt it would do any good.  This is the same place where the manager applauses his laziness and informs me I should just let him be and only focus on myself.  

Well, then.  (Yes, I am making plans on leaving the place.  Paid CNA training, hopefully soon).

If you were in my situation, having witnessed what I did, what would you have done?

I wouldn't have done anything. Just minded my own.

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