"I can't come in to work as I'm sick - I'm too hung over to drive to work."

Ricochet J

Ricochet J

Ricochet J

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I heard this excuse for not wanting to come into work when I used to work in retail.

It's my opinion that its your resposibility to ensure that you are fit for work the following day if you go out on a boozer the night before. Yet the company I used to work for didn't bother disputing this and just put that employee down as unpaid sick leave. No verbal/written warnings followed. I don't agree with this.

Am I being daft?
 
At least they were honest.

But could have got a bus / taxi.

I would issue a verbal warning, leading to formal written for repeat offence.
 
There's been a few occasions where a work colleage has come in to work clearly still stinking of alcohol from the previous night. On each occasion they drove too.

I then found out one of them had previous for drink driving and he went out on the lash to a country pub near his ex missus. She saw him staggering into his car and called the police and they managed to pull him. He got done for a second DD offence and banned.

I'd report anyone coming into work the next day still stinking of booze especially if I knew they had driven in.
 
simulatorman said:
I suppose it's important in retail as you can't be upsetting the customers. "hicc"....... :p
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You've got a point. It's probably better they don't come in than upset the customers. That being said, the general level of customer service in this country is pretty poor at the best of times. I can't imagine being hungover would make it that much worse.

The employee should still have received some kind of reprimand.
 
Ricochet J said:
I heard this excuse for not wanting to come into work when I used to work in retail.

It's my opinion that its your resposibility to ensure that you are fit for work the following day if you go out on a boozer the night before. Yet the company I used to work for didn't bother disputing this and just put that employee down as unpaid sick leave. No verbal/written warnings followed. I don't agree with this.

Am I being daft?
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Not being daft at all. I'd certainly clock it up in their file and use it against them for any disciplinary action or certainly bring them up for a chat about their work commitment.

Credit due, they are being honest about it - but unacceptable really.

If they are not fit for work I wouldn't want them in, but as far as I'm concerned it's their responsibility as an employee to turn up to work, on time, in a fit state to work unless they have a genuine illness. A hangover is self inflicted - if you know you've got work the next day you have to behave appropriately. It's called, being an adult and have a sense of duty - something which is woefully lacking these days in work environments.
 
I work in a hospital as a Nurse and I cant even imagine doing my job being hung over.

"Just got a injection to go into your leg, whoops I ment your stomach really lol"

I would be sent straight back home with possibly disciplinary action.
 
They should have had some sort of warning or disciplianary action. My brother (working part time) was fired from the high street stationary/books retail store because he didn't make it into work because of the night before.

The thing is he could've gotten away with it as they phoned him up asking was it due to alcohol, and he said yes. However he couldn't have been thinking straight, if at all, as he was in a&e a couple of hours prior the phone call xD
 
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