Comment by arcfour
17 hours ago
Their ability to drive being impaired is somewhat dubious since they are under the legal limit in all of the states I have heard of.
W/r/t drinking and working, I personally dislike the puritanical zero tolerance for alcohol approach that people here in the US seem to take by default. Most people can have one or two drinks and work just fine, with obvious exceptions.
I don't think we should judge people who have to travel to a boring small town in Iowa and have to go to work in the middle of the night for having a drink or two.
If you can't have just a drink or two, or have to do it every day, that's a bigger issue that goes beyond work vs. simply having a drink and doing work on occasion.
Agreed about the puritanical stance here in the US.
People drive on prescription drugs like it's nothing. But a beer? Haha.
For context, I've been sober for a decade. I don't mind if people have a beer. I get it.