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I can appreciate enjoying a good solid evening of drinking. I can honestly say I’ve had a few hangovers in my life and even had to go to work for a few of them.

However, even at my worst, I can honestly say I’ve never let my work suffer for it. I suffered a bit, but I got my work done. I know some people slack off a bit with a hangover, but they’re still mostly functional.

Recently, I had the joy to encounter a coworker who was NOT hung over. He was still drunk. Apparently, after staying up all night drinking, he stumbled into work, smelling of beer and body odor. For those of you familiar with the stench, think Frat house on Sat. morning.

I rolled my eyes, and did my best to avoid him. Later, I found out that he took a nap in his car for while, and snuck out to go home and get a shower (can’t fault him, but still). He probably was at work for less than half a day.

I can’t abide it. It’s obnoxious, and it forces other people to do extra work to pick up the slack. And even worse, there is always the potential of management discovering the drunk (manager was on vacation this particular day) and deciding to be more strict with the entire group. As it is, we’re given a lot of liberties and we don’t have a lot of BS oversight.

I’m afraid this guy could be the end of that.