In early April, I got arrested for DUI. I took a blood test while there and am still waiting for the results. I drank 5 beers and took one shot that night. I started drinking at 7, stopped at 11 and by the time I took the blood test, it was about 12:30 a.m.
Anyway, I just graduated from college with two degrees and an almost perfect GPA. Needless to say, I regret this more than anything in my life and would never ever do it again.
** as of now, the case has not even been filed against me (it takes a while) and i have not received my blood test results
My problem is that now I need a job. I already have an offer from my internship, but I don’t want to work there anymore, I want to work for a more corporate environment. I’m interviewing for three fairly selective opportunities, I think I will get offers, but I don’t know if everything will be okay with background check afterward.
I know this is a wrong thing to do, but should I accept my current job’s offer and delay my start date to pursue one of those other three opportunities? I feel really, really badly about it, but I don’t want to end up with nothing at all. And my internship is in a fairly small industry, so I’d have to keep out of that industry, but it won’t affect more corporate companies.
Normally, I would have turned down my internship’s offer honestly and fairly, but now I feel boxed in because of the DUI stuff, and I hate that I feel like I have to do this.
Answer these questions?
A. Based on the drinks I’ve had and the timing of the test, is there anyway I could have been under the .08 limit?
B. Should I take the offer from my internship and not take the job if I get a better offer?
C. Will employers not hire me if they see the open DUI case? (even though I haven’t been convicted)
D. Other suggestions?
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