"How many alcoholic drinks per week?"

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10-25-2011, 11:28 PM

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"How many alcoholic drinks per week?"

Had a job interview, and this question was asked during the medical. You can't imagine how proud I was to say "zero"

10-26-2011, 12:49 AM

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Very cool!

10-26-2011, 12:52 AM

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Dee74

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good for you FD

10-26-2011, 01:14 AM

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babycat

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So beautiful.

10-26-2011, 01:25 AM

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TigerLili

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Love it :-)

10-26-2011, 01:31 AM

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ArgentOfSilvae

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Made me smile this morning

I cant count how many times i've lied on those forms

10-26-2011, 07:22 AM

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That question is silly. People lie all the time. I cant imagine an alcoholic responding with, "about 45-50 drinks per week." :rotfxko

10-26-2011, 07:33 AM

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Sweet!
I never told the truth on a doctor's form till I quit. Kinda like 'Oh and btw I quit drinking the 40 drinks a week that you never knew I drank'.

10-26-2011, 07:57 AM

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They must have liked your answer!

10-26-2011, 08:05 AM

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I remember once getting a form in the mail about academics when I was still in school about achievements, etc. I was filling out about all the numerous scholarships I had (I was getting ~15k a year to a public university where tuition was only 8k a year at the time), the awards I was receiving, the undergrad research I was doing. Then I got to the end of the article and it was asking about drug and alcohol use. I like hmm...to tell the truth or lie...OH SCREW IT! *bubbles in 56 drinks per week* (8 drinks per night on average)

I'm sure I gave them a nice little outlier on their study to scratch their heads about and throw out.

But nice on! That's awesome!!!

10-26-2011, 12:35 PM

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Well I guess if one lies then , assuming the job had benefits , they could deny benefits for deception...but there again they would deny for anything related to drinking on pre-existing condition :-) You can't win when you drink

10-27-2011, 05:27 PM

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1983ritag

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Good job! I bet that felt nice. I don't think I've ever once told the truth on those things. I think I'm so used to my 1-2 drink per week anet I need to remember to write zero on my next paper lol.