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You're looking for validation, it seems. I wasn't there, but perhaps it would have been better to point out your seniority in the car in light of his admission, and say it's best he takes a sickie to avoid you having to report him out of duty, and to stay sober for work in future. Consider it a warning etc.

The mortgage and holiday are a bummer, especially in this climate. Then again he may have ignored you and killed or maimed someone. Who knows? If he'd not turned up drunk this would never have happened so ultimately he can only blame himself.
 
You'd feel even worse if he'd killed someone with heavy machinery at work, and you knew you could've prevented it.
 
Well, it's not like he did nothing wrong is it? He probably knew he shouldn't be under the influence of alcohol at work, especially when operating machinery.

Don't beat yourself up about it.
 
Bottom line...he put you between a rock and a hard place when he told you what he did. I mean what were you supposed to do? It's not your fault he didn't just get a rollocking and told not to do it again.
 
if you say he's as good as you say he is, you'd also try and get him his job back..

i'd have also told him to pull a sick, not go behind the lads back and get him sacked
 
Rainmaker said:
He could also have prevented it by refusing to allow the guy to work and providing the ultimatum of 'throw a sickie and sober up, don't do it again - or get the sack when you walk onto the premises'.

/Devil's advocate (but also serious)
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Agreed. I don't think you should have gone behind his back. Like you said he was one of your best workers and it's not like this was a recurring thing.

You should try and get his job back if you can.
 
Rainmaker said:
He could also have prevented it by refusing to allow the guy to work and providing the ultimatum of 'throw a sickie and sober up, don't do it again - or get the sack when you walk onto the premises'.

/Devil's advocate (but also serious)
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this tbh, i would've read him the riot act then pulled over & kicked him out the car to go pull a sickie, tell him it's your one & only get out of jail free card cos next time your boned type of thing.

ah well, whats dones done.
 
Wow, unless he operates a crane or something, I'd have given him a chance. Especially if I had no other reason to think this wasn't a one off.

But you didn't really do anything wrong I guess.
 
Not a situation i would have liked to be in, you could have perhaps handled it differently but what ever people say you did the responsible thing. Id have probably asked the guy why he feels having 4 cans before work was a good idea, doesn't seem the type of thing a normal person would be doing before a shift at work
 
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