Have you ever had to deal with an obnoxious drunk? I have and it’s the worst thing ever. The thing about people who get drunk a lot is that they think they’re charming and cute, but the fact is, they’re obnoxious and a pain. Most of us try to be patient with these folks, but it’s not easy to keep your cool when someone else is out of control. The best thing to do is to remember that they’re not normally the way they are when they’re drunk and they’re still human beings. For some people who drink, they’re self-medicating, so you don’t know what motivates different people to drink as much as they do. Although it’s hard to maintain compassion and be helpful to someone who’s drunk, the guy in the joke below did his best. Enjoy!
A man is in bed with his wife when there is a rat-a-tat-tat on the door.
He rolls over and looks at his clock, and it’s half past three in the morning. “I’m not getting out of bed at this time,” he thinks, and rolls over.
Then, a louder knock follows and he hears a stirring from his wife.
“Aren’t you going to answer that?” says his wife.
So he drags himself out of bed and goes downstairs. He opens the door and there is man standing at the door. It didn’t take the homeowner long to realize the man was drunk.
“Hi there,” slurs the stranger. “Can you give me a push?”
“No, get lost. It’s half past three. I was in bed,” says the man and slams the door.
He goes back up to bed and tells his wife what happened and she says, “Dave, that wasn’t very nice of you. Remember that night we broke down in the pouring rain on the way to pick the kids up from the baby sitter and you had to knock on that man’s house to get us started again? What would have happened if he’d told us to get lost?”
“But the guy was drunk,” says the husband.
“It doesn’t matter,” says the wife. “He needs our help and it would be the right thing to help him.”
So the husband gets out of bed again, gets dressed and goes downstairs.
He opens the door, and not being able to see the stranger anywhere he shouts, “Hey, do you still want a push?”
And he hears a voice cry out, “Yeah, please.”
So, still being unable to see the stranger he shouts, “Where are you?”
And the stranger replies, “I’m over here, on your swing.”
