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This is exactly what i wish i'd done.
Yes indeed it is. I just wish i'd pulled over and told him to take a sickie.
As stated I really wish I'd told him to go onto the sick, but I was put on the spot and had to make a decision quickly. The lad had drank 4 cans of 6.5% lager and said his last can was 3 hours before the start of shift. The lads been suspended , but over the last 10 years when this type of thing has happened before the lads have all been finished. I'm going to see the boss this afternoon and explain that this will have been a shock to his system , a wake up call and to take that into consideration , for what its worth.
UPDATE: Talking to my supervisor today about it and he said when he went into the office with the lad he could immediately smell beer and told me he'd definitely had more than 4 cans (his words). The sunroof on my car was open which is why I didn't smell anything. Also I went to my manager and more or less said that he's a good worker and everyone deserves a second chance. The reply I got from him was 'if he was a bad worker and done the same thing would you want him back?'
I've just finished work about an hour ago and have been going through this thread.
To clarify , he never told me what he'd drank on the journey into work. He told me about 30 steps from the clocking in machine.
Firstly, i had literally from clocking in , to having a short handover then onto the shop floor to make a decision on what to do. Secondly, i reported it to my supervisor who then made the decision to take it further onto the manager.
I still stand by what i did yet I'm still beating myself up over it big time - like should i have told him to go home and phone in sick (which i didn't think of at the time). He was the nicest of nice lads who i know would have taken this as a kick up the backside if he was to keep his job. I've been into to see the big boss and more or less pleaded with him to give him a second chance because everyone makes a mistake and deserves a 2nd chance. I'm not defending drunk people going to work but it was completely out of character for the lad....
The replies on this forum are by people who have had time to think and then make an opinion. Some of the replies have even been re-edited (like this one!!). At the time I had no time to think , i was on the spot and had to make a decision there and then.
To all the people who think i'm a 'grass' 'snitch' etc, well i've been working long enough to have seen a lot of things that no man should ever see. I've seen a leg crushed by a forklift , bones i shouldn't have and a foot that wasn't a foot ... and all these accidents were caused by SOBER drivers.
To clarify , he never told me what he'd drank on the journey into work. He told me about 30 steps from the clocking in machine.
Firstly, i had literally from clocking in , to having a short handover then onto the shop floor to make a decision on what to do. Secondly, i reported it to my supervisor who then made the decision to take it further onto the manager.
I still stand by what i did yet I'm still beating myself up over it big time - like should i have told him to go home and phone in sick (which i didn't think of at the time). He was the nicest of nice lads who i know would have taken this as a kick up the backside if he was to keep his job. I've been into to see the big boss and more or less pleaded with him to give him a second chance because everyone makes a mistake and deserves a 2nd chance. I'm not defending drunk people going to work but it was completely out of character for the lad....
The replies on this forum are by people who have had time to think and then make an opinion. Some of the replies have even been re-edited (like this one!!). At the time I had no time to think , i was on the spot and had to make a decision there and then.
To all the people who think i'm a 'grass' 'snitch' etc, well i've been working long enough to have seen a lot of things that no man should ever see. I've seen a leg crushed by a forklift , bones i shouldn't have and a foot that wasn't a foot ... and all these accidents were caused by SOBER drivers.
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..Just re-read what I originally wrote. It should have said way into work and not car.
Bumping this thread with an update.
The lad had his hearing on Wednesday and was finished. The lad got in touch with me last night on Facebook chat and he said he held no grudges against me as i was only doing my job and that he can't believe how stupid he was. He wished me well and told me he had a couple of interviews lined up for next week.
What kind of shocked me was what my manager had said to him at his disciplinary. At the time i was told to make a signed statement of what the lad had told me at the time.
Apparantley at the disciplinary my manager told the lad that if i hadn't made that statement he would have just have got away with a verbal warning. Fact is my supervisor and manager made the descision to send the lad home , both telling me he stunk of booze. Basically my manager told him 'i'm gutted for you , i don't want to let you go but your Team Leader told us ... '
I'm thinking about approaching my manager on Monday and telling him that i didn't suspend the lad and that HE made that decision , instead of passing the buck all the way down to me and him accepting no responsibilty in what happened , but then again whats the point , the lads gone now.
The lad had his hearing on Wednesday and was finished. The lad got in touch with me last night on Facebook chat and he said he held no grudges against me as i was only doing my job and that he can't believe how stupid he was. He wished me well and told me he had a couple of interviews lined up for next week.
What kind of shocked me was what my manager had said to him at his disciplinary. At the time i was told to make a signed statement of what the lad had told me at the time.
Apparantley at the disciplinary my manager told the lad that if i hadn't made that statement he would have just have got away with a verbal warning. Fact is my supervisor and manager made the descision to send the lad home , both telling me he stunk of booze. Basically my manager told him 'i'm gutted for you , i don't want to let you go but your Team Leader told us ... '
I'm thinking about approaching my manager on Monday and telling him that i didn't suspend the lad and that HE made that decision , instead of passing the buck all the way down to me and him accepting no responsibilty in what happened , but then again whats the point , the lads gone now.