[Andy]

Originally Posted by jTheUmp

If I ever had a partner show up drunk:

My first act would be calling my assigner.
My second act would be telling my partner that his services wouldn't be needed for that game.
My second and third actions would be to talk to the coaches of both teams, let them know what was going on, and that I'd be working the game solo.

Post-game, my first act would be calling my assigner again (especially if I had to leave a message the first time).
My second act would be writing up an incident report for the state governing body, and CC-ing my assigner (and possibly the ADs of the schools involved).
My third act would be putting that partner on the "do not work with again ever, under any circumstances whatsoever" list.

A friend of mine was working a summer tournament in a neighboring state several years ago. After a several hour rain delay, the UIC gathered as many of the umpires he could and re-assigned for the remainder of the day. My friend was sent to one of the outlying fields, about a 45 min drive, for a game that was to start in an hour and told to get ready for the plate. UIC wasn't sure who his partner would be, but he would get somebody out there. Friend goes to the field, gets dressed, no partner in sight, so he walks onto the field and proceeds to start his pre-game with the coaches. In the middle of pre-game, a car screeches into the parking lot, guy jumps out, pulls on a blue shirt, grabs his small cooler and runs out onto the field. He gets to the plate and he is holding a beer can! He chugs the remainder of the can, says something like "OK...lets get this game started!"

He was politely informed that he would not be working the game by both my friend and the two coaches.....