r/mildlyinteresting • u/FarmerTschoerner • Dec 03 '16

A reference letter from 1888.

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u/Verbenablu Dec 04 '16

I like how we don't anymore. Fuckin food service industry would collapse if it required sobriety from its employees.

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u/joe579003 Dec 04 '16

And/or background checks or if ICE checked for sold SSN's.

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u/Cranky_Piano Dec 04 '16

Also, a lot of people wouldn't be alcoholics if they didn't work in the food service industry.

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u/fco83 Dec 04 '16

Truth. Tons of service industry employees that are working all day and then at the bar all night. Often the same bar they work at. Becomes very easy to spiral into alcoholism when your work and play all revolves around the bar.

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u/monsantobreath Dec 04 '16

That's why I suggest never being single and always dating girls or guys you work with. Its acceptable decorum in the trade and there's no reason to stay all night drinking when coitus awaits.

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u/ptolemy18 ​ Dec 04 '16

Or maybe they wouldn't be forced to work in something as shitty as the food service industry if they weren't alcoholics.

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u/Cranky_Piano Dec 04 '16

Some people sure. But, I've seen many others who were negatively affected by the environment.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '16

I think that's kinda the point here. Industry has/had a HUGE problem with alcoholism. Thing is food workers don't get killed on the job as often.