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[derien]

Hopefully I've gotten my Dreamwidth and LiveJournal back in synch.

Okay, looks like it's working again.

So, in relation to my cryptic posts of yesterday and the day before - my coworker, who I have referred to here as the Skipper in the past, was quite suddenly terminated, or possibly offered the option of leaving. Drinking. People are pissed and want to know who turned him in, because everyone really liked him, he was easy to work with, but I would bet even the person who turned him in probably would have thought he would be confronted and offered an opportunity to get some counseling or something, not just sent packing.
The only way this makes any sense is if he'd actually been caught by the drug van before... Or, I suppose, if he just bristled at the confrontation, denied it, and left in a huff.

We're all going to miss him. :(

Comments

[kryptyd.livejournal.com]

In this country you couldn't fire someone for drinking. It would be considered discrimination against an addication i.e. a medical condition. Then again in most cases if the alcoholism is bad people tend to find a way of "firing" themselves.

Some jobs are different of course. My sister can't even have one drink the night before work (preposterous!) because if they test her and find any alcohol the next day she'll be fired. It's really dumb. The drugs bit I get (and it's good that her company are babysitting her instead of me!) but what harm cam one drink do? But of course, I'm big fan of the demon booze, so my opinions on policy aren't worth much.

[derien.livejournal.com]

Your sister's job does seem kind of overdoing it a little!

[kryptyd.livejournal.com]

Sorry about your mate. I'm sure he'll be fine. He inspires a lot of god feeling in his coworkers, that will help him in future.

[derien.livejournal.com]

My brother suggested I should try to get in touch and hang out. I had invited him up to see Eor's record cleaning project, so I think I should follow up on that.

Our Coordinator told me he almost said, "We should have a drink sometime" as Skipper was leaving, but stopped himself. He thinks it's a PTSD issue - Skipper was a fighter jet pilot in Viet Nam. The Coordinator says cops are all like that too (he's an ex-cop) - you never go to a cop friend's house and only have one drink. Apparently the Law Enforcement Liaison guy had a lot to do with the whole situation at work yesterday (and was quite down about it), and he did his best to convince Skipper to take advantage of the veteran's services and get some help.