Should I be fired?

[Jack_Uzi]

I would say: If your preformance doesn't get in the way and this would be one of the few times you show up like this.. no problem. But then again, I'd rather 'judge' people on how they act, not how they show. But the consensus of the majority on these kind of things, is not how I think about these things most of the time.

 

[Trebort]

If you worked for me, I'd not have sacked you outright. But I would have given you a formal warning and started plotting to replace you, by lining up potential replacements and watching you like a hawk for grounds to sack you for a few weeks.

 

[child of lileth]

Depends on the job, but yeah, you can be fired for it.

 

[Yoshemo]

drinkin's bad mmk?

 

[Roganwilson]

If it's your first offense, and you have worked there for a good long while and worked hard, I don't think you deserve to be fired. A stiff reprimand, maybe.

 

[kickyourass]

Well I think that, while you might not understand how serious this type of situation can be, getting fired is an overreation on the part of your boss. Plus WHERE you work can make a big difference.

 

[Ironwampa]

I hope we all learn a valuable lesson from this thread. It is better to show up for work late than showing up for work smelling like an alcoholic.

 

[Mr.logic]

It depends on alot of things but I think maybe this job isn't that important to you. Perhaps you should find a different one... But hey different strokes for different folks.

 

[skeliton112]

depends on your line of work. Waiter = Maybe Production line worker = no

 

[Shockolate]

"Should" depends on how nice your boss is feeling at the time.

That is a perfectly reasonable uhhh reason for someone to be fired, but not the worst thing you could do.

 

[maddawg IAJI]

Uh...Yeah, I'd fire you for it. You shouldn't have drank heavily knowing you had work in the morning. If you're dealing with people, I don't want you to be stinking of beer around them, mainly because that leaves the wrong impression.

 

[ALuckyChance]

A sacking seems just a mite harsh, for the first time. I can imagine a harsh reprimand or punishment, but not being fired.

Of course, I don't know your boss, so who knows.

 

[Nouw]

If you knew you worked, why did you drink so heavily?

I swear, kids these days...

I have to say, this is probably the most intelligent answer.

Why did you drink?

 

[TheDrunkNinja]

Unless this isn't the first strike you've received since working, then I don't think it warrants a termination. However, you just sound like the kinda guy who does this sort of thing often enough for it to be noticeable. Maybe not commonplace, but heavy drinking the night before work and then running late is enough to tell any employer what kind of worker you are.

 

[FretfulGnome]

Depends on what you do. If you're a kindergarten bus driver or something, I could see them firing you. If you just work at a McDonald's then it seems a bit harsh. Everyone stinks of booze at McDonald's, drinking helps them get through the day.

 

[Zhalath]

I'd say a sacking over that is fair enough, they only have your word to go on that you haven't been drinking before work, also regardless of that it's not very professional to turn up stinking of booze.

So, his life should be ruined, perhaps forever, for one mistake. Sorry, but what the fuck?

I'd say that's oversimplifying it. You can make a lot of different "mistakes", anything from dropping papers to showing up to work smelling of liquor to crashing through the front of the office building because you're totally wasted and can't get ahold of the ferret you caught on the side of the road. It's the details that matter.

If a man walked up to me and he smelled of liquor, I would suspect that he was drunk, or had been drunk recently. It may be that he had a bottle of vodka dumped on his clothes by his drunk and vindictive roommate, or he may have been stood up and had a drink thrown at his face and clothes, but my first instinct is "drunk".

Showing up to work and provoking this response is bad. Even if you explain yourself, people still maintain that first impression, and will continue to do so. Also, you smell of it, as a constant reminder for the day. Soon after, you may be remembered as "the guy who showed up smelling of liquor", or, simply "the drunk".

I'm rambling. Anyway, getting drunk=bad judgment=probably not good employee. If you are fired, well, unfortunate. But not surprising.

 

[LongAndShort]

Sorry, but I would have fired you. I might have one or two at the pub with some mates the day before work, but I never get so shitfaced I smell like it. It just comes off unprofessional, and businesses have to maintain image.

 

[Therumancer]

A week or two ago i turned up to work , apparently stinking of booze. I didn't realise i apparently) smelt so strongly of booze when i showed up. I wasn't drinking on the day in question, only the day before. I only smelt like drink because i had been drinking (oh so heavily) the night before, and already running late didn't have a chance to shower, before cycling to work, and the booze got sweatted out. Now granted this can't leave the best impression on customers i still don't believe it is serious enough reason so consider sacking. Anyway i have a hearing sometime soon and was just wondering if they are overreacting or am i just not grasping the seriousness of this?

Depends on what terms you were hired under. Most places I worked for had both an "At will employment agreement" and a zero tolerance policy on drugs and alcohol. If you showed up for work like that you would have been booted so fast your head would spin. I even escorted a few off property.

Generally speaking your responsible for the condition you show up in for work, whether your drunk or not is kind of irrelevent if you reek of drink so heavily that people's first impressions of you are going to be that your either drunk, or a dried out wino someone gathered up off the street.

Sorry if this doesn't sound too sympathetic. I'm a big supporter of unions and workers rights in general, and know of many people who were fired for things unfairly, this incidently includes me (and legally speaking I was fired without cause, and probably could have sued the living bejeezus out of my employers if they weren't on a reservation), in this case however I just don't have much sympathy, and I'd be surprised if unemployment backs up up with that story.

 

[Jfswift]

Honestly just call in sick if you're hungover. It's not the best solution but at least you can avoid situations like this.

 

[Phoenix09215]

At most they should probably tell you to take the day off and get yourself cleaned up.

If you were my boss I would love to work for you!