General Chat

Some time ago i posted a thread stating that I believe drunks should be charged for using the ambulance service, after all we almost lost youngest because there were none available.

I had to call 999 to be taken to majors this week (having previously been in minors). A paramedic in a car arrived first and called for ambulance transport, it took 25 minutes to get to me.

The paramedic said he wanted drunks to be charged £60 each time they used the ambulance service so it's not just me! Too much money is spent (wasted) on scraping drunks off the pavement and the consequence is we are losing emergency vehicles.

Moan over!

Sue

Sorry to hear you have been in hospital Sue :-( <3 <3

I agree.
Drunks waste a huge amount of precious Ambulance time, as well as often being unpleasant to the ambulance staff...and that's before they arrive at hospital where they often continue to abuse hospital staff and/or members of the public waiting in A&E. Most unpleasant if you are on the receiving end.

And while I'm on me soapbox....
Drunks and their rowdy behaviour waste valuable Police time (when the Police could be better employed dealing with criminals) .
You've only got to watch some of the programmes on TV to see what Police, Ambulance, Hospitals and Fire Brigade have to put up with from drunks. Those services are for people in genuine need, not self inflicted drunken louts behaviour.

So, in a nutshell Sue, yes, they should be fined. :-|

Thanks Mersey, I'm going to try and stay away for a while although I was there again this afternoon...lolol

xx

Ooooh Karen someone who agrees :-D

Thanks <3

xx

Totally agree Sue and Karen :-|

And please do not get me started about drink drivers :-|

Where is my *like* button? c'mon GR get 'with it' ;-)

couldn't agree more - drunks cost the country millions in policing alone - they cause domestic violence, havoc in A & E Departments, kill innocent people and other drivers on the roads - about time this government cut out these double standards - they allow advertising of alcohol yet a cigarette smoker is villified and treated like a leper - yet smokers don't cause havoc in A & E Departments, they don't beat their wives up after having a fag - grrrrrr

I would never entertain going into Cardiff city centre on a Friday or Saturday night - it's like a war zone - half naked girls lying drunk on pavements and drunken yobs squaring up to each other - all in the name of drink - think I'll join the temperance movement :-D

How are you, you old bat!!!! :-D

HOPE YOUR OKAY SUE X

Totally agree Sis.....it's self inflicted..... :-|

Not only that but they puke up all over the ambulance too and that has to be cleaned out.................before they come to get you ..... :-S

I'm with the rest of you, same with the guilty party in RTAs, the problem would be that the drunk that was picked up probably wasn't the one making the call, so could argue they aren't responsible for the bill. :-(

I'm OK back in bed now, at least it wasn't another blood clot on lung. Battered and bruised :-(

Have BBQ for granddaughter's first birthday tomorrow to look forward to but no picking her up.......

Xx

As someone who, in the past has had 'well over the top', I never required either police or ambulance to take me home, neither did a taxi ever refuse to take me home. If any of the above had happened just once, I would have been mortified! :-S
I really can't see how people can get so very very drunk, and still be able to stagger enough to fall over. I'd be asleep by then!
How can they drink so much in one sitting, that they get alcoholic poisoning?

...and yes, they should be charged for the ambulance.

Maggie they are half cut before they get into pubs and clubs. At the hotel we never served anyone who had had enough alcohol in our opinion.

Not only should the drunks be charged but more fines for establishments selling booze. Hit them in the pocket too. If they had to fund the 999 services and cleaning up of body fluids then councils would have more money to spend on critical services.

exactly - and thank gawd there's othing else wrong with you - I'm not doing another collection!!!! :-D :-D :-D ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

As someone who likes a good night out, but has never had to go to hospital after drinking, I agree, I go out have fun but no when iv had enough nneed to go home, n those who dont n hog the ambulance services should pay

Lol Ann :-D

Stray I'm sure you have stepped over individuals passed out because they don't know when to stop drinking. How is that having a good time?

X

A subject close to my heart at the moment.
I am one of a group of ex pats who meet a couple of mornings a week for a coffee & a chat.
About 18 months ago a new couple moved here so we invited them to join us. I got quite friendly with the woman as we are a similar age & we had a few days out together etc.
About 6 months ago we noticed that she was increasingly "well oiled" when she turned up, culminating just before Easter with her being so drunk by 11.30 am that she couldn´t stand up, so we put her into a taxi & sent her home. She couldn´t have got home any other way, even though it was only 10 minutes walk or so. Apparently on Easter Sunday the police were called out to her twice because she was so drunk in the street.
Her husband only knows about the 1st incident, but not the police involvement.
She now won´t speak to me because she is convinced I told her husband. I didn´t & I don´t know who did. He has also told her it wasn´t me, but she is persisting in making everyone in the group uncomfortable by ignoring me when we meet.
To be honest, I really don´t feel confident to resume the friendship because I can never be sure of what she will do when we are together, especially if it´s just the two of us.
We´re all pensioners for goodness sake.
Half the town saw her. It´s a very small place & as ex pats we stand out like sore thumbs. Anyone could have told her husband. All I know is, it wasn´t me & I really resent the fact that she is telling people I´m a liar.
It´s all very well saying that it´s the alcohol talking, but it does so much damage.

my sister's husband is an alcoholic - neither will admit it though - and he's a consummate liar - because of him my sister has had no contact with me for going on eight years - she's my only sibling - looking back on various events over the years I now realise that she is probably an alcoholic too - drink always played such a large part in their lives

it makes me so angry that he is virtually killing himself out of choice - when my lovely husband died from an incurable untreatable lung condition - he was only 67 - so unfair

Ann. That´s really sad.
Unfortunately I´m afraid this couple are the same, although being a bit naive about these things, it took me a while to realise.
Several times she has sent me texts to say she won´t be out because she wants to get her cleaning done & an hour or so later, her husband tells me she´s in bed p****d. It was a long time before I realsied he wasn´t joking, coming as I do from a family who restricted their alcohol intake to Christmas & other celebrations.
You certainly live & learn, but I still feel very angry that she is telling everyone who will listen that I am a liar & I "betrayed" her to her husband (who couldn´t possibly have mistaken the fact that she was legless).