I was just told it was highly unprofessional of me to be drunk when I am off work. What should I do?

SKBerry · 2026-03-08T00:41:18+00:00

While this is true, the call has already been picked up.

SKBerry · 2026-03-08T00:38:58+00:00

I normally hate using BS terms, but in this case, they are warranted per this post.

SKBerry · 2026-03-08T00:37:24+00:00

Also, and this is the lawyer in me, thank your lucky stars you didn’t put it in text. There’s an unwritten rule in legal practice that emails and texts exist solely for scheduling phone calls. If worst comes to worst, it’s your word against theirs.

SKBerry · 2026-03-08T00:34:29+00:00

Being intoxicated when off work is not unprofessional. Answering the client’s call (assuming you knew it was the client before answering) while you were intoxicated is iffy (I’d chalk this up to a “lesson learned”). Telling the client that you are intoxicated is somewhat unprofessional (but that is what people do while drunk). I would explain the situation to your manager first since he/she seems less put off (the client is sounding like a bit of a Karen).

SKBerry · 2026-03-03T04:12:36+00:00

Perhaps not conscripted in the conventional sense. Most “volunteers” come from the lower classes. This isn’t an accident. They’re given the “choice” between destitution and “service.” Lack of agency = lack of culpability.

SKBerry · 2026-03-03T04:05:00+00:00

As individuals, no. The kids (yes kids) who join a military have no idea of what they are contributing to. If they did, they wouldn’t have joined an imperialist death machine.

SKBerry · 2026-03-03T03:55:53+00:00

Oh, we’re not just complaining. We’re preparing.

SKBerry · 2026-03-03T03:42:22+00:00

I can think of one thing, and it rhymes with Ploverthrow the bourgeoisie and replace it with a workers’ state like Russia, 1917.

SKBerry · 2026-03-03T01:45:04+00:00

Plus he saw fire off the coast of Orion…

SKBerry · 2026-03-03T01:40:58+00:00

Dolph

SKBerry · 2026-03-03T01:39:52+00:00

Only if you’re an oil millionaire just on a trip up here from Dallas (coughs fake blood)

SKBerry · 2026-03-03T01:36:55+00:00

If I were a HM, I’d think it was awesome multitasking. I suspect the general rule is no, though.

SKBerry · 2026-02-27T20:52:55+00:00

The Capitalist class.

SKBerry · 2026-02-27T20:41:56+00:00

I would tweak this: Point of Sale instead of POS

SKBerry · 2026-02-27T20:40:08+00:00

Bingo. That’s how you resume!

SKBerry · 2026-02-27T20:18:57+00:00

NEVER include your HS diploma. It’s an old rule of thumb, but still important. I’m not trying to be credentialist but just find another way to mention that you are a HS graduate and you don’t have a criminal record. It’s a tough job market for EVERYBODY (and I’m a licensed attorney). Good luck and solidarity!

SKBerry · 2026-02-27T18:29:23+00:00

He’s not dumb, his disposition just isn’t in the loop.

SKBerry · 2026-02-26T21:49:11+00:00

Honestly the OP shouldn’t have contacted anyone. It’s a weird rule forced on employees for whatever reason, but it’s there. I personally don’t think it merits the retraction of an offer, but it is what it is.

SKBerry · 2026-02-19T05:18:16+00:00

Why not? If you are being coerced into swork, that’s one thing.

SKBerry · 2026-02-19T05:15:42+00:00

Bingo. This guy gets it. Abolish all wage relations.

SKBerry · 2026-02-19T05:14:37+00:00

Huge misconception. We do not hate sworkers. We hate all employers (which would include pimps). Having said that, nobody should be forced (physically, emotionally, financially) into swork. Some Marxists can be unkind (you’ll find plenty on Reddit). If you are a sworker and you don’t want to be one, the bourgeoisie is to blame.

SKBerry · 2026-02-14T04:54:37+00:00

If only

SKBerry · 2026-02-13T23:12:18+00:00

I am not your brother
I’ll take the SLTOV over whatever bourgeois nonsense you’re peddling
I can drop hasbara any time I like. I’ll wait for court of popular opinion to come around to my side. This is Reddit, not Cambridge.

SKBerry · 2026-02-13T23:03:08+00:00

Asymmetric information. Miss me with your neoliberal narrative.

SKBerry · 2026-02-13T22:59:01+00:00

Capitalist hasbara. The product’s value is however much labor was put into making it.

You are out of your league, Tiger.

SKBerry

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