To have been thoroughly cheered up by this?

[featherbag]

I've just watched an incredibly drunk 40+ man try unsuccessfully to walk up a road while keeping his trousers up - they kept falling down, he kept falling over, doing a pretty impressive turtle-on-back impression then getting up and starting all over again. Before the wall he was using to keep himself upright suddenly turned into a sloping drive which he fell into. I've just finished a 13 hour shift, was a bit fed up, and this has made me titter muchly! From bitter experience I knew not to approach him, but did call the police (who also giggled quite a bit) to go scoop him up. IANBU, am I? Or am I just a wicked person?!

nah, have a good laugh, you'll probaly see him on your next shift!

YABU having problems with alcohol is not something to laugh at :(

You called the police so he'll be looked after. Giggle away!

I would have been sad and worried about him.

I'm with MrsCan't. It would have made me sad.

I would have laughed too - but done something to help him (as you did), drunk people are funny.

Not everyone that's drunk has 'a problem' or needs people to be 'sad & worried' about them FGS. If he does, yes, it's a shame and clearly he should get some help - but it doesn't need to be the default thought.

What Chipping said.

I hate seeing this kind of thing.
A 20 something at 3am in the morning outside a nightclub, covered in vomit = immature, stupid idiot.
A 40 something, early evening, trying to get home, on their own= sad and desperate (possibly alcoholic).
You're mean to laugh but you called the police so no, you're not wicked!!

It is a problem that the man couldn't get himself home safely, so I would say he has a problem with alcohol, even if it's a once a week/month/year thing.

I went to a circus last week and one of the main acts was someone pretending to be drunk and fall over (acrobat). Although I didn't find it amusing most of the audience did. I think a drunk man has been a sauce of entertainment since the big screen (or maybe since alcohol invented?)
I don't find alcohol dependants funny in any way (a lot of reasons not to) but I think if it cheered her up after a slog of a shift then she is not hurting anyone is she?
Can't be arsed with the prof offended clan.

I once spent a very enjoyable afternoon at a festival sat outside a beer tent.

It was at the top of a hill and very muddy so the steep hill was basically a slide.

Drunk comes out of tent, slides comically (often on arse) all way down hill.

Repeat x100

I'd be thinking of the people at home who'd be having to sort out the mess.....

The fact that he was 40+ and alone would make it hard for me to find it funny. However, you called the police whereas I probably wouldn't have so you redeemed your reasonablness!

Thank you all for your judgements, going to take my perfectly reasonable self off to bed as I have another monster shift starting in 9 hours!

Agree with chipping too.

There's no doubt has got a problem, he can't get up the fucking hill!

He looks happy though.

Do you live where I do?
You have to laugh, or you'd cry.

And as for slippy wet hill, that would be me + beer when I went to the Belgian Grand Prix a few years back, got very drunk slightly tipsy, and fell down the hill publicly, many times.