Portuguese court ruling says tipsy garbage men look happier

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LISBON (Reuters) - A Portuguese court has ordered a waste removal company to rehire an employee it fired for being drunk on his rounds and said tipsy trash men appear happier to members of the public.

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[redrumloa]

Eh, what?

 

[Robert]

Eh, what?

Look past the headline for the admittedly less entertaining but probably more pertinent point:

The three judges ruled that the waste collector had not broken any rules on alcohol consumption at work because the firm had not written any. It also rejected the use of a blood alcohol test submitted as evidence without his permission.