Half of employees admit to being drunk in workplace

Kermit.de.frog

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/half-of-employees-admit-to-being-drunk-in-workplace-30492077.html

Our reputation as a nation of drunks is enhanced. Q boardsies to defend this. Some see it as a laugh. I see it as a bit embarrassing but each to their own.

Have you ever been sloshed at work?

Sir Arthur Daley

Have i ever been sober.

I've never worked a day in my life which means I'm better than all those people.

WilyCoyote

Sr Consilio, you should be ashamed!

Hotfail.com

I see it as a laugh. It's this type of nonsense that makes the country great.

brummytom

Who hasn't been drunk at work?

As long as they're not surgeons or pilots or something, is anyone really that arsed about it?

Wompa1

Have never been drunk at work. It sounds like hell. I'd imagine it's like being drunk on a plane or a bus. You make the best of it for the first hour and think it's great fun then after another hour you're more bored than you thought you could ever be

Bafucin

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Have you ever been sloshed at work?

I have been a lot more than sloshed at work

Banjo String

I think my doctor drinks in his practice.

I went him to see him on Tuesday because I was constantly waking up with sore heads and extremely dry mouth.

He give me a thorough check over and said "I can't seem to find anything wrong with you, it must be the drink"

"Ok" I said. "I'll come back next week when you've sobered up"

hatrickpatrick

brummytom wrote: »

Who hasn't been drunk at work?

As long as they're not surgeons or pilots or something, is anyone really that arsed about it?

To be fair, it would also be nice if Taoisigh were relatively sober when giving radio interviews.

In all seriousness though who gives a sh!te. Some people take life far too seriously.

dub_skav

I hate pieces like this, pulling together vague information to create a catchy headline, then shoehorning some tangentially related story on the end.

So, this is actually 3 stories in one:
Story 1: Half of people asked admitted that they had been "drunk" at work
Story 2: A rise in incidences of calls about having to discipline people drunk at work
Story 3: A rehash of the story a few weeks ago about us all being binge drinkers

In the middle of story 2 it is revealed that the "drunk" they refer to in story 1 actually includes coming in after a boozy night.
Now, while this is not healthy or acceptable on a regular basis, depending on the question I believe I would probably answer yes myself.
Based on the fact that my company have themselves hosted Christmas parties at which I have become intoxicated and I have arrived in the next day still under the influence.

So, as ever, without context this means nothing.

BeerWolf

My god - half of the work force of drivers for companies are drunk!

:eek:

I'd imagine these people are caught out when they're sober.

Caliden

independent.ie in click bait shocker

spurious

When I was teaching, we would regularly have kids in some classes who were jarred. Usually in the afternoons, though sometimes mornings. We would also have parents coming in well oiled (and more)

jimgoose

I'm inclined to take this with a pinch of salt, to be perfectly straight. I've never been under the influence at work, and I don't think I ever encountered anyone who was. The English aren't averse to a couple of pints at lunchtime, especially on a Friday, but we don't do that here - mainly because if Paddy goes to the pub at lunchtime on a Friday, he ain't comin' back! :pac:

Irishcrx

Yeah don't really believe that to be honest , hungover maybe a couple of times but not drunk during the day and I've never come accross someone who was either..

takamichinoku

It's fairly misleading anyway, innt? Sure loads of people would have worked jobs when they're young that'd involve heading in at 8am after being out the night before. I was still a bit tipsy on one of my first days of work when I was 17, that's enough for me to count in the 44%!

Let's ignore the other time where I was hammered and had to teach a class

FloatingVoter

I would imagine 100% of people who drink have shown up for work with alcohol in their system. Its called a hangover. That's a long way from showing up pissed.
As for the kids showing up for school drunk, I'd well believe it. Certainly most of my revision for the leaving cert was done on licensed premises. I was wasted when I went in for the obligatory half hour to fail the Irish exam.

freethearmy

went in sober came out hammmered many a day

seamus

Such a load of kerfuffle over what is essentially nothing.

If your average person works 5 days a week, 48 weeks a year, for 45 years, that's 10,800 days.

Half of people have come in hungover on one of these days and suddenly it's indicative of how the country has a drinking problem :rolleyes:

Practically every place I've ever worked for has held their Xmas parties on a Thursday. There you go, mystery solved.

They should be asking more pertinent questions such as, "How often do you attend work while hungover" and "How often do you drink during working hours"

Hell, my workplace goes till 6pm, but the company provides us all with beer @ 5pm on a Friday.

Stupid surveys create bad statistics, anyone who tries to draw conclusions from bad statistics is an idiot.

Kermit.de.frog

Oh i dunno. I think there is a lot of denial about the problem the Irish have with drink.

dub_skav

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Oh i dunno. I think there is a lot of denial about the problem the Irish have with drink.

There certainly is, but this article is still bullsh1t

Shakespeare's Sister

brummytom wrote: »

Who hasn't been drunk at work?

I haven't. I'm not saying that in a preachy way, I just haven't. I can't think of others who have been, to my knowledge, either.

As long as they're not surgeons or pilots or something, is anyone really that arsed about it?

Or dealing with the public?

This survey seems like bullsh-t.

Banjo String

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Oh i dunno. I think there is a lot of denial about the problem the Irish have with drink.

Ders also a lot of denial flowing through Egypt.

cloud493

76% of people know 100% of statistics are bull****.

wazky

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Oh i dunno. I think there is a lot of denial about the problem the Irish have with drink.

I have no issues admitting I have a problem with drink.

I can't get enough is my problem.

Banjo String

wazky wrote: »

I have no issues admitting I have a problem with drink.

I can't get enough is my problem.

2 hands and only 1 mouth.

questionmark?

Try an office in the UK on a friday...liquid lunch ftw :-P

Trebor176

It doesn't help having a few too many at a Christmas party, and having to be in work the next morning. Yep, I've seen it!

Frank Lee Midere

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Frank Lee Midere

dub_skav wrote: »

I hate pieces like this, pulling together vague information to create a catchy headline, then shoehorning some tangentially related story on the end.

So, this is actually 3 stories in one:
Story 1: Half of people asked admitted that they had been "drunk" at work
Story 2: A rise in incidences of calls about having to discipline people drunk at work
Story 3: A rehash of the story a few weeks ago about us all being binge drinkers

In the middle of story 2 it is revealed that the "drunk" they refer to in story 1 actually includes coming in after a boozy night.
Now, while this is not healthy or acceptable on a regular basis, depending on the question I believe I would probably answer yes myself.
Based on the fact that my company have themselves hosted Christmas parties at which I have become intoxicated and I have arrived in the next day still under the influence.

So, as ever, without context this means nothing.

Thanks. This kind of article is why I don't buy newspapers anymore. This kind of post is why I prefer my news filtered through boards, some blogs or social media.

Isn't it appalling though that the paid journalist sources such nonsense stats and writes such deliberately misleading crap that it needs rebutting by an unpaid pseudonymous poster on the Internet.

Journalists are the dregs.

Fat Christy

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

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Have you ever been sloshed at work?

Nope, never. I would be stoned alive and then some.

I have never even been hungover in work.

I have been tired.....on occasion.

I Voted For Kodos

I drink a lot, I'm drinking right now, but I would never dream of letting myself down by being drunk at work or in any setting where I am representing more than myself alone. Lots of lads used to show up to my college high or drunk, come back from lunch locked, etc. I don't care, it just makes you look like a ****ing moron with no self control or self respect.

FloatingVoter

Fat Christy wrote: »

Nope, never. I would be stoned alive and then some.

I have never even been hungover in work.

I have been tired.....on occasion.

How's things, Eamon. Give my best to Bill on his retirement.

monkeysnapper

They're way worse in uk , how many times in emerdale and Corry have you seen them in pub on lunch break , even boss would be in there. All I have is a nice cup of tea and a. banana