Kind of like the drunk driver who has lots of DUIs decides that he’ll stop driving and drink at home
“Kind of like the drunk driver who has lots of DUIs decides that he’ll stop driving and drink at home”
Around where I live that’s called a country drunk. At least that is what a local lawyer told me at a party I was working at when we got into the discussion of how much alcohol was being imbibed by the Gentry and their ladies, and and how they were going to drive down Dark Country Roads to get back to their palatial homes stuck out amongst a different creeks and homesteads in this rural area that I live.
The country drunk, as it was described to me, is someone who will work all week and on Friday afternoon they will stock up on everything they will need so they won’t have to leave the house until Monday morning and during that time they just stay plowed.
They can even stumble around their own property and not be considered drunk in public, the lawyer told me that the alcohol problems in Rural America are somewhat hidden because of this practice and every now and then one of the country drunks will get out of hand and hop in the car or drive to work Monday morning with a high blood alcohol level, he told me some phenomenally high percentage of drivers on Monday morning that are driving to work legally drink (above the blood alcohol limit).
A State Trooper was conducting a seminar at one of the offices I worked at during my career and it was around Christmas time and they were there to reinforce to the young and old in the organization the hazards of driving drunk during the holidays, and he did mention that the most dangerous times to hop in a vehicle is Monday morning after a weekend and especially after a holiday weekend because on Monday Mornings high percentages of motor vehicles being piloted to work by persons above the legal BAC limit and it’s dangerous out there.
(Awaiting the pro-marijuana reply in 3-2-1...)