Good Morning, Oppo.

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 11/27/2017 at 10:14 • Filed to: None

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Happy Monday to all you employees out there.

OPPOsaurus WRX > ttyymmnn 11/27/2017 at 10:40

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I’ll drink to that

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ttyymmnn 11/27/2017 at 10:52

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OSHA says I can’t drink at work - the jerks.

ttyymmnn > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 11/27/2017 at 10:56

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You can drink, you just can’t get caught.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > ttyymmnn 11/27/2017 at 10:58

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I got drug tested last week. Was sick as a dog.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ttyymmnn 11/27/2017 at 10:59

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Good point. buys flask tie

I’ll have to mask things by improving my general sartorial level so nobody gets suspicious.

ttyymmnn > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 11/27/2017 at 11:11

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When I was in grad school, I worked at Kinko’s (pretty good job, actually). There was a guy who worked the morning shift who always came in with breath reeking of alcohol. It was my understanding that he was just a few hours short of a PhD in mathematics, but spent his life drinking in the grad student pub. Thing is, he always came to work, he was always on time, and he would do any job, no matter how menial. When I became production manager, I came to rely on him to finish jobs that I ran. 500 booklets? Jim will do it. Bind 1,000 books? Jim will do it. Hand collate and hand staple 5,000 sheets? Jim will do it. He was happy to stay in the background and be busy. I’m sure that when FedEx took over the company he was the first to be let go. He’s probably on the street now, if he’s even still alive. Nice guy, though, and boy, did he know his math.

interstate366, now In The Industry > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 11/27/2017 at 11:13

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Sure you can.

TheRealBicycleBuck > ttyymmnn 11/27/2017 at 14:10

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I worked with an alcoholic. The only time he didn’t shake was when he was sauced. He had the perfect job. We were studying the effects of alcohol in a rat model. That gave him access to a free supply of pharmaceutical grade ethanol. That’s 199 proof or 99.5% pure alcohol. I was young, so it took me a while to understand why the only thing in his office mini-fridge was Evian and limes

He died from alcohol poisoning during a weekend binge.

ttyymmnn > TheRealBicycleBuck 11/27/2017 at 14:21

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I had forgotten how much Jim shook while he was doing his work. He had a bit of difficulty putting together a sentence, too. But he was a good worker.

TheRealBicycleBuck > ttyymmnn 11/27/2017 at 14:32

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The guy I worked with was an electron microscopist. He had to catch 2-3 micron thick samples on a two millimeter disc held by forceps. Even when he was sober he could stop the shaking long enough to make the catch and deliver the sample to the drying rack. When he was drunk, it was all one smooth action without any shaking at all.