Should I be fired?

[diasravenguard]

In most countries this would be grounds for termination. If you had showered when you got home from wherever you drank you should not have had much to sweat out the next day even if you drank enough to risk blood poisoning.

I would feel differently about it had you notified the employer that you were going to be late and showered off then shown up to work.

 

[Energylegzz]

As long as you didnt try to feel up the polar bears your good. I learned that while working at the zoo a few years ago.

 

[zehydra]

The kind of impression you left with their customers was potentially quite harmful to their business, so yeah, you'd best be on your toes.

 

[Jack_Uzi]

I would say: If your preformance doesn't get in the way and this would be one of the few times you show up like this.. no problem. But then again, I'd rather 'judge' people on how they act, not how they show. But the consensus of the majority on these kind of things, is not how I think about these things most of the time.

 

[Trebort]

If you worked for me, I'd not have sacked you outright. But I would have given you a formal warning and started plotting to replace you, by lining up potential replacements and watching you like a hawk for grounds to sack you for a few weeks.

 

[child of lileth]

Depends on the job, but yeah, you can be fired for it.

 

[Yoshemo]

drinkin's bad mmk?

 

[Roganwilson]

If it's your first offense, and you have worked there for a good long while and worked hard, I don't think you deserve to be fired. A stiff reprimand, maybe.

 

[kickyourass]

Well I think that, while you might not understand how serious this type of situation can be, getting fired is an overreation on the part of your boss. Plus WHERE you work can make a big difference.

 

[Ironwampa]

I hope we all learn a valuable lesson from this thread. It is better to show up for work late than showing up for work smelling like an alcoholic.

 

[Mr.logic]

It depends on alot of things but I think maybe this job isn't that important to you. Perhaps you should find a different one... But hey different strokes for different folks.

 

[skeliton112]

depends on your line of work. Waiter = Maybe Production line worker = no

 

[Shockolate]

"Should" depends on how nice your boss is feeling at the time.

That is a perfectly reasonable uhhh reason for someone to be fired, but not the worst thing you could do.

 

[maddawg IAJI]

Uh...Yeah, I'd fire you for it. You shouldn't have drank heavily knowing you had work in the morning. If you're dealing with people, I don't want you to be stinking of beer around them, mainly because that leaves the wrong impression.

 

[ALuckyChance]

A sacking seems just a mite harsh, for the first time. I can imagine a harsh reprimand or punishment, but not being fired.

Of course, I don't know your boss, so who knows.

 

[Nouw]

If you knew you worked, why did you drink so heavily?

I swear, kids these days...

I have to say, this is probably the most intelligent answer.

Why did you drink?