My current place of employment is rife with drug users. Pretty much everyone I know does one thing, or another, or a multitude of various substances. Opiates, especially Lortabs, have caught on & their use seems to be spreading like wildfire. Benzos, as well. And, people I would never even suspect of doing so, smoke weed. To top it off, I am one of opnly a handful of people there who rarely drinks. It pisses me off when I am stuck working with a bunch of people who all come in hung-over, & I have to pick up everyone's slack. I
Last week, I was legitimately ill with the beginnings of the flu, & was just trying to hang in there & get through my day. yet, a certain young woman had deliberately gone out drinking till five that morning, knowing she had to work that day, & was angling to leave early. When I worked in management, I would have laughed at that. I have played through some serious pain before, including hang-overs &, by far the worst, opiate w/d. I never expected any sympathy or special accomodations for self-inflicted misery, & none would ever be forthcoming from me. (A one-off hangover on the part of someone who doesn't make a habit of it might be a possible exception.)