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Originally posted by AwakenedAddict FFS, read the article before you post.

The point still stands. You can't have unlicensed establishments selling alcohol. And if you read the thread ... the discussion shifted ... you can't have laws that are different in certain circumstances.

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Originally posted by AwakenedAddict FFS, read the article before you post. The issue has nothing to do with getting drunk on the job. As stated in the article, they banned all alcohol at this NLFD FD because they openly sold booze to the public. This has nothing to do with drinking on the job, as the article states "The other fire departments, they do have alcohol .... The alcohol is there for personal use for the firemen and, as far as I'm concerned, we should be allowed to do the same, said Stuckless." So.. in summary (kinda sad to have to summarize 1 minute worth of reading) the fire department sold booze to the public despite repeated orders to stop such activity. They did not comply. Now there is no booze allowed at all. This is not a debate about whether or not there should be booze allowed in fire departments, rather it's just a story of a fire department that tried to act like a bar, and got caught and reprimanded.

and so what? the fact that they were selling to the public at their work place still stands

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Originally posted by AwakenedAddict FFS, read the article before you post. The issue has nothing to do with getting drunk on the job. As stated in the article, they banned all alcohol at this NLFD FD because they openly sold booze to the public. This has nothing to do with drinking on the job, as the article states "The other fire departments, they do have alcohol .... The alcohol is there for personal use for the firemen and, as far as I'm concerned, we should be allowed to do the same, said Stuckless."

O RLY?

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Originally posted by FunkyGroove and so what? the fact that they were selling to the public at their work place still stands

Go back and read the article (third time now?). Yes, they were. Now they are not. What is your point?

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Originally posted by Cosmic Fur O RLY?

Are you insinuating that because people are allowed to possess alcohol at their workplace, they are constantly drunk?

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Originally posted by AwakenedAddict Go back and read the article (third time now?). Yes, they were. Now they are not. What is your point?

ffs, my point was to Jay, who was arguing that this ban is wrong

geez.

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Originally posted by AwakenedAddict Are you insinuating that because people are allowed to possess alcohol at their workplace, they are constantly drunk?

Lol, I hate to crack (very bad) jokes in a serious thread ... but it is Newfoundland .......

Here's how I see it:

Consumption of liquor in the workplace is often prohibited. The fact that this is an essential public service only makes this more important. The Fire Hall being doubled as a bar should have NEVER occured to begin with, Whoever thought that up should be ashamed.

Big city, small town, it does not and should not matter. It's still a question of responsibility. By endorsing consumption of those substances in a workplace, to me that's grossly inappropriate and very unsafe. Anything that impedes or affects their ability to do their job effectively should be prohibited. This isn't a bunch of accountants getting shitfaced, these are FIREMEN.

Go ahead, let them walk off the job. I sure as hell would not want people with such immaturity and poor judgement protecting my property or family if a fire broke out.

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Originally posted by AwakenedAddict Are you insinuating that because people are allowed to possess alcohol at their workplace, they are constantly drunk?

Yes I am. Not constantly, but "personal use" means drinking. I don't know what other uses for drinkable alcohol there are.

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I want to book a flight to NF and light fire to one of the fire fighter's houses.... we'll see how quickly they end their protest.

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Originally posted by RickyM you're just a shit version of Moral Hazard. At least he knows what he's talking about.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN lol, i love it when moral feels the need to lay the smack down

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Originally posted by Moral Hazard I want to book a flight to NF and light fire to one of the fire fighter's houses.... we'll see how quickly they end their protest.

lol i'll bring the matches

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Originally posted by FunkyGroove ffs, my point was to Jay, who was arguing that this ban is wrong geez.

lol, sorry (you referenced my post, so I assumed your comments were referring to my post).

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