Drunk Driver Sues Employer

A judge in Canada has awarded $200,000 in damages to a woman who crashed her car while driving home drunk from an office party.

The judge found Linda Hunt's employers partly responsible for allowing her to drive in an unfit state because the party she attended had taken place during company time. Since the crash, the woman has been unable to work because of her injuries.

Campaigners against drink-driving welcomed the compensation, saying it sent an important message that alcohol in the workplace should not be allowed.

Employers said it could affect Christmas office parties across Canada.

Normal people however, like you and me, say;

It's An Outrage!!

Followed closely by "For Christ's sake, get a grip!!"

This woman poured her own drinks down her own throat under her own free will, then of her own violation tried to drive home. Her employers had nothing to do with it!

Does this mean every time I go out and drink until I throw up in a taxi that I can sue my employers for working me hard in the week, giving me two days off and then putting money in my pocket?!

Or would that be the barman's fault for not stopping me, or the brewer's fault for supplying too many bottles to the pub in the first place, or for making drinks with alcohol in them, or....you get my drift!

Regular visitors to this site will know how I feel about holding other people responsible for your own misfortunes, and this is just another one in the long line.

Trust me, I've seen the future - in ten years nothing will be your own fault, and we'll be genetically engineering low-IQ clones to walk the streets and take the blame for everything.

Of course, the scientists will have to work pretty hard to drop the clones' IQ below that of the people forcing us down this path.

What we ought to be doing is making clones that will hunt these idiots down and club them to death with their own legislation. Before it's too late!!