Coworker showed up drunk

AwashBwashCwash

Well-Known Member
Is this one of those things where you should tell your sup what is going on or do you just turn a blind eye and pretend nothing is wrong because management is the enemy?
 

AwashBwashCwash

Well-Known Member
I don't know.
I felt bad but I did tell my sup that something was wrong with him. They ended up taking him into the office and then sending him home.
I mean he was completely :censored2:ed up hallucinating about things that weren't even there and just totally incapable of performing his job, which was eventually going to come back on me. His voice sounded completely different it was like he was a different person. If he gets fired he'll be screwed b/c he is older and is kind of a burn out with a lot of health problems. UPS health insurance has already saved his life once.
I'm not paid enough to be someone's mom at this place. There's so much political BS at UPS that I'm sure I've stumbled into some kind of quagmire by doing this though.
 

Old Man Jingles

Rat out of a cage
I don't know.
I felt bad but I did tell my sup that something was wrong with him. They ended up taking him into the office and then sending him home.
I mean he was completely :censored2:ed up hallucinating about things that weren't even there and just totally incapable of performing his job, which was eventually going to come back on me. His voice sounded completely different it was like he was a different person. If he gets fired he'll be screwed b/c he is older and is kind of a burn out with a lot of health problems. UPS health insurance has already saved his life once.
I'm not paid enough to be someone's mom at this place. There's so much political BS at UPS that I'm sure I've stumbled into some kind of quagmire by doing this though.
Sorry you met rickyb ... he's a bit weird and out there.
You did the right thing ... you don't know what his next actions would be or the consequences there of.
 

Maple Grove MN Driver

Cocaine Mang!
haha okay you might want to work on having at least one!

yea dont snitch. the economy is rough, what else is he going to do. :censored2: management
The economy is rough?
Are you serious?
Lowest unemployment rate in years.
Problem is too many Socialist Millenials don't actually want to work.
They want a job posting selfies on Social Media.
 

eats packages

Deranged lunatic
I would have told then to dissapear and call out sick / no-show if at all possible. Informing the boss would be the last possible resort to get them off the road.
 

PASinterference

Yes, I know I'm working late.
At 12:42, you ask what to do. At 12:51, you tell us what you did and what happened to him. Don't post on the clock. You might get sent home, too.
 

BigUnionGuy

Got the T-Shirt
I would have told then to dissapear and call out sick / no-show if at all possible.

I like this approach.


I know that has happened before.


One thing I don't understand is;

They ended up taking him into the office and then sending him home.


If he was obviously impaired, the company would just send him home ?


Usually that's an immediate "taken out of service" for a "fitness for duty"

evaluation. And then, the company (afterwards) won't let them leave the company

property on their own accord to go home.


These type of cases are always jacked up, and hard to defend.



-Bug-
 

Shiftless

Well-Known Member
Is this one of those things where you should tell your sup what is going on or do you just turn a blind eye and pretend nothing is wrong because management is the enemy?

Me? I would walk up to the worker and say you are acting GOOFY! Whats up?

What ever the cause??? Doesn't matter if his prescriptions are off, he/she is high or having some spacial disorder, DOESN"T MATTER!

My safety over his inability to show up and do his/her work safely means Addios M :censored2:
You should have told him either leave the workplace NOW! Or get management to evaluate him ASAP!

That's NOT being a snitch! That's not ratting anyone out! That's just keeping you and the rest of the crew safe from that person!

Stand up for your and others safety!
 

eats packages

Deranged lunatic
So it looks like OP was talking about a PTer
Basically as long as it does not involve driving, yard work, or some of the heavier equipment/ high-side ladders you could be mentally insane, drunk, high and stoned at the same time and still be relatively safe working.

Definately was not a bad choice to inform a sup about it. Still would not be my first option.
 
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