# I'm rather upset about work. Someone reported me for drinking on the job. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 21, 2017, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rather-upset-about-work-someone-reported-me-for-drinking-on-the-job/789577 "2017-06-21T23:55:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rather-upset-about-work-someone-reported-me-for-drinking-on-the-job/789577/101 "2017-06-23T02:57:04Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Clamato (or Camaronoza) with beer is **fucking great!** Even better with a shot of Tequilla and as some have noted, a little hot sauce. Open your eyes, Sheeple! Drink out of the Box! I agree, and want to add that an insult to Clamato with beer, or in a Bloody Caesar, is an insult to the Canadian Nation itself, and if you do it Justin Trudeau will NEVER come to your house and have sex with you. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rather-upset-about-work-someone-reported-me-for-drinking-on-the-job/789577/102 "2017-06-23T04:19:30Z")
I’m so nervous and upset about all this that I can’t sleep. Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rather-upset-about-work-someone-reported-me-for-drinking-on-the-job/789577/103 "2017-06-23T05:48:01Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > I agree, and want to add that an insult to Clamato with beer, or in a Bloody Caesar, is an insult to the Canadian Nation itself, and if you do it Justin Trudeau will NEVER come to your house and have sex with you. I’m ok with that. You may have my turn. > [@Leaffan](#): > > I’m so nervous and upset about all this that I can’t sleep. > > Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk Hang in there. It will get better. That horrid feeling you’ve got now will go away. Until then, best wishes. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rather-upset-about-work-someone-reported-me-for-drinking-on-the-job/789577/104 "2017-06-23T06:10:27Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I’m so nervous and upset about all this that I can’t sleep. > > Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk Well don’t drink! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rather-upset-about-work-someone-reported-me-for-drinking-on-the-job/789577/105 "2017-06-23T06:33:29Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > …and don’t drink for a few days. This is important. Until this blows over. This is good advice. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rather-upset-about-work-someone-reported-me-for-drinking-on-the-job/789577/106 "2017-06-23T06:37:17Z")
Could you test yourself using a Breathalyzer? And perhaps do the same test at work to stamp out the rumours… ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rather-upset-about-work-someone-reported-me-for-drinking-on-the-job/789577/107 "2017-06-23T10:42:16Z")
Out of curiousity - do wear aftershave? Often, those are alcohol based. Plus old bottles of cologne sometimes start to smell more like gin after a while. It might be time for a change of aftershave. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rather-upset-about-work-someone-reported-me-for-drinking-on-the-job/789577/108 "2017-06-23T11:18:59Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > Out of curiousity - do wear aftershave? Often, those are alcohol based. Plus old bottles of cologne sometimes start to smell more like gin after a while. > > It might be time for a change of aftershave. No. It’s pretty much implied that workplaces are scent-free environments now. Deodorant only. Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rather-upset-about-work-someone-reported-me-for-drinking-on-the-job/789577/109 "2017-06-23T12:34:12Z")
Get a package of those Listerine strips and use them frequently during the day. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rather-upset-about-work-someone-reported-me-for-drinking-on-the-job/789577/110 "2017-06-23T14:15:42Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Is your company based out of California? You can declare you have an alcohol addiction, which would then make you a “protected class”. In Alberta (and probably in Ontario, too), if **Leaffan** went to his boss and declared that he had an alcohol addiction problem, he would be protected from being fired for it, but he would also be required to enter a treatment program for that alcohol addiction problem. That doesn’t seem like a useful exercise. Sorry this is happening to you, **Leaffan**. Who knows why some people just have to be dicks to other people? ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rather-upset-about-work-someone-reported-me-for-drinking-on-the-job/789577/111 "2017-06-23T14:31:35Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I’m so nervous and upset about all this that I can’t sleep. > > Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk I’m so sorry you have to deal with this, I’d be feeling the same way if I were you. On the bright side, don’t you think if any action were going to be taken against you, it would’ve been discussed when they called you in yesterday? Still sucks that you have a coworker up in your personal business though. I hope it all works out for you. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rather-upset-about-work-someone-reported-me-for-drinking-on-the-job/789577/112 "2017-06-23T16:54:29Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Get a package of those Listerine strips and use them frequently during the day. No! The worst thing you can do at this point is 1. Try to cover anything up, 2. Keep attention on the issue, 3. Worry too much. Just let it die. You know you weren’t in the bag. The boss knows it. It’s just another day at work. Do your job and forget about it. If you start popping Tic-Tacs or using mouthwash, it’s just going to raise suspicion. My 2 cents. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rather-upset-about-work-someone-reported-me-for-drinking-on-the-job/789577/113 "2017-06-23T17:02:23Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > In Alberta (and probably in Ontario, too), if **Leaffan** went to his boss and declared that he had an alcohol addiction problem, he would be protected from being fired for it, but he would also be required to enter a treatment program for that alcohol addiction problem. That doesn’t seem like a useful exercise. Yeah, and he would not be able to have a responsible drink anymore, as that would interfere with his treatment for “irresponsible drinking”. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rather-upset-about-work-someone-reported-me-for-drinking-on-the-job/789577/114 "2017-06-23T17:03:16Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Get a package of those Listerine strips and use them frequently during the day. > [@Gatopescado](#): > > No! The worst thing you can do at this point is 1. Try to cover anything up, 2. Keep attention on the issue, 3. Worry too much. > > Just let it die. You know you weren’t in the bag. The boss knows it. It’s just another day at work. Do your job and forget about it. > > If you start popping Tic-Tacs or using mouthwash, it’s just going to raise suspicion. > > My 2 cents. It won’t work anyway. The smell of alcohol on your breath doesn’t come from your mouth. It comes from your lungs. Mouthwash can’t cover that up. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rather-upset-about-work-someone-reported-me-for-drinking-on-the-job/789577/115 "2017-06-23T17:03:20Z")
I agree. I know it’s so hard to shake it off and assume everything is OK – I am an anxious worrier myself. But think of it this way – they had to follow up on the bogus claim, they asked because they kind of had to, and they accepted your answer. They are probably happy to drop and just move on, and you can too. Who knows if they haven’t had other issues with that same person and he is more a concern to them than you are? Deep breath, be careful but just be the kind of employee they hired you to be. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rather-upset-about-work-someone-reported-me-for-drinking-on-the-job/789577/116 "2017-06-23T17:12:28Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > So your two beer equalled a litre of beer? Two beer sounds like not much, a litre of beer sounds like more somehow! ❤ A 'alf litre ain’t enough. It don’t satisfy. And a 'ole litre’s too much. It starts my bladder running. Let alone the price. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rather-upset-about-work-someone-reported-me-for-drinking-on-the-job/789577/117 "2017-06-23T17:58:24Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > A 'alf litre ain’t enough. It don’t satisfy. And a 'ole litre’s too much. It starts my bladder running. Let alone the price. That’s why I drinks quarts, avoiding the whole litre bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![Translucent\_Daydream](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/translucent_daydream/32/16170_2.png) [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rather-upset-about-work-someone-reported-me-for-drinking-on-the-job/789577/118 "2017-06-23T18:09:52Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I’m so nervous and upset about all this that I can’t sleep. > > Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk Screw that noise, man. Don’t let this situation, which if it happened in a normal part of your life, might not be that big a deal, get over blown. Maybe it seems a lot bigger a deal right now because of the other stress. Pre-existing stressful shit puts a taint of additional brand new stressful shit and makes them all much worse. Just my opinion. Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rather-upset-about-work-someone-reported-me-for-drinking-on-the-job/789577/119 "2017-06-23T22:21:34Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > That’s why I drinks quarts, avoiding the whole litre bullshit. I’ve put down 4 litres of homebrew in a night more than a few times. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2017, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rather-upset-about-work-someone-reported-me-for-drinking-on-the-job/789577/120 "2017-06-24T00:20:01Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I’m so nervous and upset about all this that I can’t sleep. > > Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk You feel betrayed, that’s hugely powerful. You trust your co-workers implicitly and it wounded you that one said that about you to a person of power. Even if you find out who it was someday, if you want to start moving forward today rather than letting the anger eat your life by keeping you from sleep or healthy eating, etc, you’ll need to decide to either leave the fury behind or leave the job and let it erode away over time. Betrayal is a tough one to handle, mentally; it’s a pain that isn’t your fault but you still have to fix it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rather-upset-about-work-someone-reported-me-for-drinking-on-the-job/789577.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rather-upset-about-work-someone-reported-me-for-drinking-on-the-job/789577.md?page=7)