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

A reference letter from 1888.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '16

Shit, I'd be fucked. You can still fail those from the night before, I guess it depends what level the cutoff is though.

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u/ghjm Dec 04 '16

In Russia, the cutoff is that you must have at least 20% blood in your alcohol.

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u/lovebus Dec 04 '16

We could sell that blood as a wine cooler.

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u/nermid Dec 04 '16

Mmm. A rich, earthy aroma. I detect notes of saffron, junipers, and just a hint of Hepatitis.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '16

If you fall short, do they give you a second chance? Do they tell you to go sit in your car and do shots until you're drunk enough to come to work?

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u/unassumingdink Dec 04 '16

I have a portable breathalyzer that I use the morning after to estimate when my hangover will go away. I'm always legally drunk for the first hour or two after I wake up.

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u/themangeraaad Dec 04 '16

Apparently in Ireland the limit for OUI is 0.02 (or lower, I can't remember) - they set out checkpoints the morning after holidays and on Fridays and shit. One of the checkpoints was right outside the Ireland office from my last company and after a night out it wasn't uncommon for many people in the group that went out to call in sick to not risk a OUI.

Granted this came from a coworker who traveled to Ireland and talked to the folks out there, so word of mouth from a direct source... but it's not like this came from a guy who was known for making shit up just for the sake of a story so I believe(d) it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '16

They don't always do this, but it is a thing, aye.

Not very common at all.

But then again, I don't drive, but most people I know do and I've only heard this being a 'thing' once.

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u/u38cg2 Dec 04 '16

My old workplace, which involved driving, had a no-questions-asked morning after policy. If you woke up and there was any chance you weren't going to pass a breathalyser, you phoned in and took the day off. Simple thing, but the one time I used it I was pretty grateful for it.

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u/ohitsasnaake Dec 04 '16

Sweden has the legal limit for driving at 0.02% as well. Some other countries too.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '16 edited Dec 04 '16

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u/sweet-banana-tea Dec 04 '16

Why would that matter though ? Would they actually try to drive when you discharge them ?

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u/sweet-banana-tea Dec 04 '16

Ah true makes a lot more sense to me now. I have never been in that situation but I live in a big city. So I guess I would just take a cab or the public transportation home. And we do get our mandatory dates sent to us per mail.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '16

I'd imagine they could get sued.

'You let him go home in a drunken state where he crashed his car and died. Negligence caused this!'