"We had a new sales manager starting, she turned up on the first day quite obviously inebriated and smelling pretty bad. She stumbled around for a minute without saying a word to anyone, until she managed to drop her bag on the floor, at which point out fell a half-drunken bottle of booze. That bottle of booze then proceeded to roll slowly across the office floor to the stunned silence of everyone watching, until it eventually came to a stop right at the foot of the office manager. The look on the office manager’s face during this whole proceeding was priceless.
Unsurprisingly she was taken into a meeting room for about 10 minutes and left straight after. The office manager swears to this day that she was really good in the interview."
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mind you: i was coming from a travelling circus, and was now hired in a cube farm. that didn't go down well either.
Not necessarily. She could be addicted to alcohol. Maybe she was already drinking at her previous job. A lot of alcoholics seem ok due to a build up tolerance.
Maybe she was nervous for her first day and drank more than she usually would, at one point the alcohol took over, reason was good and she ended up in that state. Like a lot of drunken people she just thought she was believable.
Having alcohol in her bag was logical too since most alcoholics drink during breaks.
Maybe she was a drunk and incapable of responsibility. Maybe you could start a new career helping drunks come up with new reasons why they're not responsible.
Maybe.
Where exactly did I say she was not responsible for her actions? Anyone drinking on the job should obviously be fired. I was just giving a reason why the story could be true.
And in any case, understanding why people did something isn't an excuse why they shouldn't face the consequences.
Literally every criminal has a reason for their actions.
But a reason doesn't excuse them.
MAYBE you shouldn't accuse people of things they never said next time.
I agree that part is a bit theatrical. But a lot of people like to make a story a bit juicer. Or it may even be how they actually remember it. False memories are pretty common.
Especially with details.
Needless to say, that he didnt come in the second day...
mind you: i was coming from a travelling circus, and was now hired in a cube farm. that didn't go down well either.
Not necessarily. She could be addicted to alcohol. Maybe she was already drinking at her previous job. A lot of alcoholics seem ok due to a build up tolerance.
Maybe she was nervous for her first day and drank more than she usually would, at one point the alcohol took over, reason was good and she ended up in that state. Like a lot of drunken people she just thought she was believable.
Having alcohol in her bag was logical too since most alcoholics drink during breaks.
Maybe she was a drunk and incapable of responsibility. Maybe you could start a new career helping drunks come up with new reasons why they're not responsible.
Maybe.
Where exactly did I say she was not responsible for her actions? Anyone drinking on the job should obviously be fired. I was just giving a reason why the story could be true.
And in any case, understanding why people did something isn't an excuse why they shouldn't face the consequences.
Literally every criminal has a reason for their actions.
But a reason doesn't excuse them.
MAYBE you shouldn't accuse people of things they never said next time.
I agree that part is a bit theatrical. But a lot of people like to make a story a bit juicer. Or it may even be how they actually remember it. False memories are pretty common.
Especially with details.
Needless to say, that he didnt come in the second day...