[Isimmo]

Originally Posted by Coxy

Going back 15-20 years, it was almost acceptable to drink and drive.
I used to work on the railway, and one of my jobs was train crew rostering which was a round the clock job. I often copped for the night shift and the amount of train drivers that would go to the pub for 4 or 5 pints before booking on for work was alarming, but back then, it was common practice and as long as you could stand up, you could drive a train!
As an ex-railwayman, I could happily share stories which the HSE would have a field day with! Trains being delayed for 90 minutes in the platform as the traincrew were in the pub, shunt engines being derailed as the shunter had spent 6 hours in the pub before coming to work.
Nowadays, if you have a sniff of alcohol on you, you are taken off duty and Mediscreen (or a similar type of company are called) and you face instant dismissal.

Don't..... I could tell you a tale or two as well... Different world then...