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Pissed at work...

 
 
NotBlue
21:39 / 11.02.03
Let's face it we've all done it, on purpose or inadvertantly.

What I want to hear are coping strategies;

Holding on for a few hours and nipping out for a hair of the dog and being pissed for the rest of the day, on the line, but coping.

Passing out in the loo's (personal favourite)

Booking a 2 hour meeting with fictional people and having a kip.

Coming in, having a burger.;frie uo brekkie and claiming food poisoning (V. risky).
 
 
w1rebaby
22:57 / 11.02.03
do you mean hungover at work, or still pissed at work from the night before?

A couple of pints at lunch and then finding somewhere for a doze is quite effective. If you persuade other people to come with you, they won't pay so much attention to you sleeping at your desk afterwards. Also, going to the loo and have a good, long shit seems to help.
 
 
The Puck
00:49 / 12.02.03
i find avioding peoples eyes is the hardest, one look at my eyes and not only can they tell im drunk, but exactlly how drunk i am. So i wear shades, i suffer from migraines so all i have to say is that i have a migraine coming and the light hurts my eyes, this also explains away any nausea and the loss of fine moter skills. It does not explain bringing a kebab back from lunch, or telling the boss "hes a bit of a twat" so know your limits.
 
 
Tezcatlipoca
05:35 / 12.02.03
A couple of pints at lunch and then finding somewhere for a doze is quite effective.

Atop the photocopier. It's nice and waaarrrrrmmmm.....
 
 
Whisky Priestess
13:45 / 12.02.03
In the stationery cupboard. Dark and cosy.

I used to go for power-naps in the toilets when I was working 3 jobs and 80-hour weeks. It's amazing how 10 minutes of unconsciousness can feel like an hour.
 
 
Char Aina
14:14 / 12.02.03
it really depends where you work.

when i worked for starbucks, formerly the Seattle Coffee Company, i would hammer the espresso, mixed with challenging others to shots. if they drink as much coffee as you need to be sober, chances are they will spend as long in the toilets as you could want to with 'ristretto arse'.

when i worked at a furniture shop called the pier, sleeping for thirty minute bursts on the papsan chairs(big, comfy-as-a-mothers-love bucket seats) mixed with weird rituals downstairs with candles. i really have no idea what the candles had to do with it, but i always got through the day.

when i worked in an office, i never ever came in pissed. or called in sick. well, except once, but i really was sick.

when i worked for greenpeace, nobody noticed me coming in stoned, drunk or even still flying. one time i even came in tripping from the night before and a brace of LSD, ingested about eight hours previously whilst drinking tequila. i did my job really well that day. its all about relating, i guess.

all my other jons have been so important i was good, or so inconsequential that i cant remember how i coped or whether i needed to.
 
 
Smoothly
15:05 / 12.02.03
I'm finding that posting bollocks on Barbelith works rather well.
 
 
Ganesh
16:11 / 12.02.03
Oh, y'know. Lots of water, nipping out for a burger, good long dump. And the fervent hope that I don't inadvertently cause a serious 'blunder' that'll bring tabloid shame on myself, my profession and the creaky old NHS.

Nah. Telephone on-call from home aside (extremely quiet, and I'm never obliged to go in) I've been hungover at work but never actually pissed.
 
 
EE
16:54 / 13.02.03
I don't drink, but I managed to hide the fact that I was usually stoned from my co-workers pretty well. The trick is to always be high when you're around them so they never see you any other way. Unfortunately, after I stopped smoking before work, they all started asking me if I was on drugs, and would refuse to believe me when I told them the truth. "What are we supposed to think when your behavoir changes so suddenly?" my boss would ask. God, I hate this place.
 
  
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