RedstoneOf1976
Active member
I'm kinda lost here and I don't want to make things worse. Here's the story:
I went to pick up my coworker this morning and he stuck his head out of the door and said he wasn't coming in and to get the boss to come and see him. He doen't have a phone. He looked pained so a said ok. One morning a couple of weeks ago he was stone drunk and I wouldn't let him in the truck and said to sleep it off. He has missed a couple of weekend shifts for hitting the bottle. I work in a small business with less than 10 people and we hired him over the winter to help with the work load. So when he misses work it puts more stress on me. He is away from home and is making money for his family. From what I have heard he has 7 kids and 5 grandkids. He is late 40's btw. Well to continue the story I told the boss what he had happend. I told the boss that he didn't look drunk just that he was in pain and that he was complaning about shoulder pain last night. The boss went to see him on his morning errands. Boss came back and said that the cops had come to the coworkers house and had told him that one of his sons had committed suicide.
To say that I felt a little guilty about thinking that he was taking the day off just for a slack day was an understatment. Late today the boss went to go see him and I went too after my shift was done. He was a mess. Empty 60 of vodka, 15 of beer and full ashtray. And he APPOLOGIED to ME for missing work!!!!!!!!!!!. Now I really felt like the bottom rim of a toilet plunger. I had giving him flak for drinking and missing work. I told him "don't you worry about me just do what you need to do for yourself right now." We talked for an hour before having to leave. The boss said he was going to drive him to the airport tomorrow morning so he could catch a plane home. On the walk to the truck the boss said that the day a few weeks ago that my coworker got drunk and missed work because the coworker had lost ANOTHER son to suicide. The boss just found that out before I got there. Nobody knew!! The poor guy hasn't seen his family in a year and only talks to them when they phone him @ work. He really cares for them.
I stopped in to see him later tonight to see how he was doing. Still drunk. He told me that is the only way he could cope. I told him that it was ok to cry himself to sleep tonight Then he would have the strength to care for his family in need. I also said that he would be of no use to his distressed family if he got off the plane drunk. I'm going see him again tonight to make sure he gets some sleep. Man I hate being powerless. [/b]
I went to pick up my coworker this morning and he stuck his head out of the door and said he wasn't coming in and to get the boss to come and see him. He doen't have a phone. He looked pained so a said ok. One morning a couple of weeks ago he was stone drunk and I wouldn't let him in the truck and said to sleep it off. He has missed a couple of weekend shifts for hitting the bottle. I work in a small business with less than 10 people and we hired him over the winter to help with the work load. So when he misses work it puts more stress on me. He is away from home and is making money for his family. From what I have heard he has 7 kids and 5 grandkids. He is late 40's btw. Well to continue the story I told the boss what he had happend. I told the boss that he didn't look drunk just that he was in pain and that he was complaning about shoulder pain last night. The boss went to see him on his morning errands. Boss came back and said that the cops had come to the coworkers house and had told him that one of his sons had committed suicide.
To say that I felt a little guilty about thinking that he was taking the day off just for a slack day was an understatment. Late today the boss went to go see him and I went too after my shift was done. He was a mess. Empty 60 of vodka, 15 of beer and full ashtray. And he APPOLOGIED to ME for missing work!!!!!!!!!!!. Now I really felt like the bottom rim of a toilet plunger. I had giving him flak for drinking and missing work. I told him "don't you worry about me just do what you need to do for yourself right now." We talked for an hour before having to leave. The boss said he was going to drive him to the airport tomorrow morning so he could catch a plane home. On the walk to the truck the boss said that the day a few weeks ago that my coworker got drunk and missed work because the coworker had lost ANOTHER son to suicide. The boss just found that out before I got there. Nobody knew!! The poor guy hasn't seen his family in a year and only talks to them when they phone him @ work. He really cares for them. I stopped in to see him later tonight to see how he was doing. Still drunk. He told me that is the only way he could cope. I told him that it was ok to cry himself to sleep tonight Then he would have the strength to care for his family in need. I also said that he would be of no use to his distressed family if he got off the plane drunk. I'm going see him again tonight to make sure he gets some sleep. Man I hate being powerless. [/b]
