r/mildlyinteresting • u/Siiyq • 2d ago
The worker doing my random drug test had a marijuana leaf tattoo on her hand
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u/SocialSuicideSquad 2d ago
Gotta trust the experts.
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u/KomodoJo3 2d ago
No no guys I’ll “test” the drugs for you it’s all ok I can take it from here
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u/thisismeritehere 2d ago edited 2d ago
Reminds me of that episode of scrubs with the “recovered” drug addict running a rehab in the hospital
Edit: I am fully aware recovering addicts run rehab clinics and the reasons they do. I was just referencing an episode of a popular TV show.
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u/Charming-Flamingo307 2d ago
Dude my brother in law is a recovered addict running a rehab
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u/no_itz_me 2d ago
Yea pretty much all the ppl who work in or run rehabs either have been an addict or have a family member who was
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u/Telefundo 2d ago
Having been in a 30 day rehab program I can attest to this. The grand majority of the staff were recovering addicts or alcoholics.
But seriously, who better to help someone with their problem? People without addictions issues themselves won't ever really get it. Not to say their help can't be valuable, it's just a different perspective.
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u/riverrat918 2d ago
The first clinic I went to is called Grand, and I just appreciate your wording haha. And yes, all the staff were ex-addicts
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u/TSquaredRecovers 2d ago
As a recovering addict and alcoholic (who doesn't run a rehab), it actually makes sense. Addiction is one of those things that can't be fully understood without experiencing it yourself.
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u/Boshball 2d ago
Imagine someone who's never done a drug in their life telling you how easy it is to quit and how much more fulfilling a life of sobriety is...
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u/anon0937 2d ago
People who have never dealt with addiction don’t understand that the addict brain is the most creative force in the universe when it comes to coming up with justifications for why it’ll be okay to use.
And when you’re clean it’s the most dangerous, it’s like someone who is always in the back of your mind trying to convince you to use. An old friend who just wants to pop in for a quick visit, they promise, but then you have a good time with them and suddenly they’re crashing on your couch for the past 6 months.
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u/Pixxxie13 2d ago
Its a highly encouraged background because you can relate and empathize with the clients, therefore having more compassion towards them, and they're more likely to trust you because you're "experienced" like them. Overall, it is supposed to feel like a less judgemental place to get help because you're getting help from fellow addicts who found the sober path that works for them. Some places even require 2 years of sobriety before they'll hire you. Obviously, there are not a lot of ways to prove a full two years of complete sobriety, but they hope you're honest with that as well as being open, honest and vulnerable with the clients so everyone gets a healing experience.
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u/gsfgf 2d ago
Some places even require 2 years of sobriety before they'll hire you
Which makes sense, especially for the people that distribute medication. I'm sure there's some tempting shit back there.
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u/No_Cellist9332 2d ago
People going through detox can get extremely emotional and violent. Only another addict can put up with that, and yes, it's gotta be one with enough discipline to not use.
Some of the best drug counselors are people who have never used drugs but have overcome other addictions like severe food addictions or adultery. It's all in the heart. If you think you're better than others because your addictions are healthy ... yeah. That's what's wrong with the world.
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u/Specialist-Clock-914 2d ago
This is very common, most people working in addiction recovery are usually people with former substance abuse issues since the average person has a very hard time even understanding the complex nature of this mental health disorder. A lot of the psychedelic retreats for ayahuasca and ibogaine are usually funded and have direct involvement with people who have personal familiarity with the issue. Awesome for your brother, it’s an amazing thing to help people out of a hole you’ve been in yourself. One of the reasons why I wish more people who got out of these situations (including homelessness, debts, dire medical situations) were able to run for office without being called crackheads by morally superior dipshits.
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u/YouAreInACult_ 2d ago
Can either be the best thing ever for the other addicts or the worst. No in between
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u/Charming-Flamingo307 2d ago
Well he's been doing it for 10 years so I guess it's working
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u/YouAreInACult_ 2d ago
Power to him, it helps having someone else who suffered and not just random people with degrees. But I did see my fair share of fuckery at those places
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u/big_guyforyou 2d ago
the only thing that helped me get over my alcohol addiction was literal brain damage. i tripped and landed on my face. i really believe that certain types of brain damage can be beneficial, but you need to do it under the supervision of a medical professional who's using the right 2x4
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u/NightAngel69 2d ago edited 2d ago
Reminds me of a friend who made an agreement with his dad that he would stop drinking if he stopped smoking. He was always like "he's never going to stop so it's fine." But his dad had to have brain surgery and after he just quit cold turkey with no issues so my friend is like "it's not fair he doesn't even remember he was addicted..."
My friend held up his end of the bargain though, so we stopped going to so many breweries. Lol
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u/texaschair 2d ago
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.
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u/JazzlikeWhole7516 2d ago
I was looking at the qualifications for support people at a drug rehab clinic, one of them was to be a recovered addict! I fully support this because while I have a background in psych, I have only a very limited experience with addiction. As an autistic person I know how it feels to have a professional who has no empathy for my lived experience tell me how to “fix” myself, so I think it’s great that rehabs are not only started by recovered people but hire people who have recovered. I hope your brother is doing well, he’s certainly helping others do well.
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u/non-squitr 2d ago
Like 90% of the people working in rehabs are recovering addicts.
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u/Specialist-Clock-914 2d ago
The highest addiction rates lie with the anesthesiologists. They know how to take the best drugs the best ways.
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u/ConsiderationOk7560 2d ago
Can confirm.
My uncle, who was by all appearances a highly respected teacher and anesthesiologist (taught anesthesia at a very well respected university), died by drowning in his hot tub a few Christmas back. What started as a heartbreaking loss leading us all to wonder if there was some mysterious underlying health issue with his heart was later discovered via toxicology reporting to have been him dipping into his own supply so to say.
That evening, he had unintentionally taken too much, got into the hot tub, and between a combination of the drugs and the heat of the tub, he fell asleep, slumped into the pool, and was found the next morning by my cousin (his youngest daughter).
Christmas has not been the same for our family since.
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u/centaurquestions 2d ago
A genuinely alarming number of celebrities have died from taking drugs and using the tub.
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u/gsfgf 2d ago
My parents' across the street neighbor died after taking an ambien and getting in the bath. That shit is scary. A buddy took it for a while but quit after he woke up in his car with the door open and the motor running. Thankfully, he hadn't actually driven anywhere.
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u/forgotpassword_aga1n 2d ago
Veterinarians have a really high suicide rate. The pay is shit, they have the drugs, and they know it isn't painful.
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u/donjamos 2d ago
I've worked in rehab. After having been in rehab. Pretty common phenomenon, I'd say half of my coworkers were ex junkies.
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u/greenyellowbird 2d ago
This was totally unethical but whatevs fuck corporate....I used to work in the staffing industry, early 2000s. We had to drug screen for a few large banks and payroll company. The results would only be sent to us via fax.
Well, and applicant came in who was perfect for one of the assignments I had to fill. Only problem was they drug tested and I told her this and if she needed 5 days to think about if she wanted to accept, I knew she at least smoked, kind of vibe... but she said that it was fine (problebly was nervous the position would get filled before she accepted). Of course, it came back positive for weed.
Since the results were faxed, it wasn't very hard to cut the header to her result page w her name and whatnot, tape it to a clean result, copy and fax it to ourselves. My boss was totally fine w it too (we had goals to make for our $$).
Fast forward 6 months after her assignment was done, we needed someone to help w clerical work in the office, so we hired her....she was doing really well so I started taking her to customer visits. Which is when we had a little chat, I told her next time she is looking for a job, she might want to lay off the recreationals for a few months...90 days if she really wants to be okay for a hair follicle test. She almost died....apparently, she was telling all her friends that a urine flush actually worked!!!
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u/gcruzatto 2d ago
"That is northern lights cannabis indica"
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u/gjc5500 2d ago
Hands down my favorite Creed and Dwight interaction
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u/720everyday 2d ago
It's just bait to engage the stoners in conversation. Don't trust her. This is still the test.
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u/The_quest_for_wisdom 2d ago
Not only will she test you for drugs, she will judge you for your choice of strains.
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u/Bmoreravens_1290 2d ago
That’s a Buckeye leaf. It’s the state tree of Ohio and the mascot for the Ohio State University.
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u/tonysnark81 2d ago
The last time I did a piss test for a job, the guy behind the counter brought out a 64oz cup with a black Sharpie line 3/4 up the side and said “fill this to the line” in a monotone voice. I stared for a few seconds, then he started laughing and handing me the real cup.
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u/tryingtoappearnormal 2d ago
Had to Google how much that is..... 64 oz is 1.8 liters!
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u/__________bruh 2d ago
Being non-american online sometimes gets so annoying I ended up unwillingly memorizing some basic converting units in my head. A foot is like 30cm, a yard is about a meter, an inch is like 2.5cm and a gallon in 3.6 liters and 128 oz. Just for temperatures I cannot do the conversions in my head quickly enough, all I know is that 100°F is like a fever
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u/JuiZJ 2d ago
For Fahrenheit, subtract 30 and divide by 2. It’s not perfect but darn close
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u/CREATIVELY_IMPARED 2d ago
subtract 32 and divide by 1.8 for the exact conversion for those curious.
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u/C-57D 2d ago
subtract 56 and divide by 2.7 for some random number and a headache
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u/Sweetlittlefoxxx 2d ago
For farenheit I just remember 0c is 32f and 100f id 37c, anything else in between is either cold or hot 😂
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u/Banes_Addiction 2d ago
I used to spend a fair bit of time in a bar in the US that was frequented by non-Americans (I'm British, so subject to every kind of unit).
Every now and again one of the bar staff would get asked a question and yell out "what's 2 ounces in ml" or something and I'd yell back "59!".
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u/LD50-Hotdogs 2d ago
1.38683119 x 1080
I dont think that is correct but I'm not british
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u/Erimar312 2d ago
As an American, i’ve also had to memorize those conversions lol because of everything that gets shipped from outside the country, i constantly get metric measured stuff at my job. would be nice if we could catch up to the rest of the civilized world but c’est la vie
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u/tryingtoappearnormal 2d ago
Pints is fine, gallons too, why the hell do we need ounces!!@????
Measurements are easy too, i can use both but if you start with all that 7 16ths bullshit ill throw a plank at you
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u/BuzzStarkiller 2d ago
Because it's roughly the size of a 2 year old child, if it were liquefied
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u/alwayscursingAoE4 2d ago
Almost didn’t get my job because although it’s office work, they have some small government contracts. Even though my state has it legalized. I had to delay the test, detox, and take it. I was sweating those 2 weeks.
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u/ChumpyThree 2d ago
I got a job that didnt update their paperwork following California's change to drug testing for marijuana (can't test for weed unless its a critical industry such as CDL or government work.)
When the test center told me I failed for weed I thought I was cooked. Spent the next 24 hours beating myself up until I got the unconditional job offer.
It was one of those rare instances where I really felt like the law was in my absolute favor.
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u/Horskr 2d ago
They really just need to federally legalize it already, not that it will happen under this administration. It can be completely legal in your state... yet still stop you from getting some jobs. It is as dumb as if they could test if you drank alcohol in the last month, and if so you're disqualified.
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u/corvette57 2d ago
Yep, i work in a medical state and had to retest because I popped positive for a job that works with DCF. The director was chill though and gave me a month to detox. Asked if a med card would change anything and she said unfortunately not since its still federally illegal.
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u/trip6god 2d ago
When I got caught smoking weed in 8th grade I had to take drug test to be able to go to high school and the testing place was literally next door in the same building as a dispensary but now days the dispensary is still there but the testing place isn’t lol
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u/VanessaAlexis 2d ago
The people have spoken.
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u/Polo-panda 2d ago
The people yearn for the marijuanis
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u/Successful_Moment_91 2d ago
There’s a need for weed
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u/jpainphx 2d ago
You don't need meth, you don't need speed, all you need is a bag of weed.
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u/thatonemikeguy 2d ago
Drugs won the war.
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u/candyflipqed 2d ago
"We'd like to congratulate drugs, on winning the war on drugs."
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u/fettyboofer 2d ago
Love this part of that vice show its the truth! I was literally gonna quote them but saw you did it. And im happy drugs keep winning hope someday itll get in our leaders’s heads.
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u/Tidalsky114 2d ago
Can we have a war on affordable homes and Healthcare next?
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u/ZionSairin 2d ago
You gotta go in, pass the test, then leave with something to celebrate.
Though not as a school kid. Don't do that.
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u/Saint-O-Circumstance 2d ago
Later that day:
"I'm sorry sir, there was an issue with the sample you gave. We will need you to come back to provide another sample for testing."
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u/KhazraShaman 2d ago
I had to take drug test to be able to go to high school
So that's why they call it 'high school'.
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u/pkakira88 2d ago
When I was a kid there was a maternity clothing place that was next door to a sexy lingerie place.
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u/IlIlllIIIIlIllllllll 2d ago
Dont do weed cause it'll make you dumber than not being allowed to go to high school.
"This is your mind. This is your mind on hysterical policy making"
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u/Latranis 2d ago
As a retail manager, I once had to tell an employee to take off her cannabis leaf earrings. I was absolutely baked when I told her this. Life is full of opportunities for employer-behested hypocrisy.
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u/LT_JRH 2d ago
I once had to reject a clothing return bc it absolutely reeked. The customers attempting the return told me I was trying to control what people do or do not consume…meanwhile I had just ripped my pen in the bathroom…but I didn’t smell and that’s the important part
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u/YogurtclosetNo987 2d ago
Yeah, that kind of entitlement is awful, but also way too common amongst stoners. Sure, you do you, in the privacy of your own home and in a way that doesn't destroy property you intend to return.
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u/OozeNAahz 2d ago
Had an Indian developer who worked for me that I walked by one day and did a double take. Yep, water bottle with a pot leaf on the side.
Asked if he knew what it was, and he said maple leaf. Had to explain, no…not a maple leaf.
Worked at a company whose business in part is performing drug tests on folks. So was kinda funny.
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u/poofandmook 2d ago
When I worked for LabCorp a tiny, frail, little old Indian man who spoke not one word of English came in with his grandson. Grandpa was wearing a hat with a pot leaf on it. I thought it was a hoot.
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u/Margaritashoes 2d ago
I was super baked when I had to tell a coworker that we can smell her aroma when she got back from break.
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u/kpkost 2d ago
I don’t think it’s hypocritical. My administrator has 3 nose rings and probably 50 tattoos most on her arms. I told her that I don’t give a single fuck about the tattoos or nose rings, but unfortunately it’s not the type of vibe my clients would want.
I got tattoos too. I’m not being hypocritical as I hide mine too. Just the way of the world
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u/diediedie_mydarling 2d ago
There's a saying in the drug treatment industry that everyone working in it is either a former or current addict.
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u/Daddict 2d ago
Not really a saying. More of observation of fact.
I'm a physician, board certified in addiction medicine.
Even I'm in recovery. And part of the reason I ended up here is because the physician who treated me in rehab? He was in recovery.
Apparently it's just how the pipeline works. Ruin your life with drugs and alcohol, start a new life helping people who ruined their lives with drugs and alcohol.
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u/diediedie_mydarling 2d ago
When I was in college, I worked in an acute care psychiatric hospital. One day, one of the nurses from the the addiction wing was admitted after overdosing. One of the other nurses told me about the former/current addict thing. I was surprised at first, but then thought, yeah, that makes sense. I'm a professor now in the behavioral sciences and in research we have a phrase that has a similar meaning: "research is mesearch."
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u/3BlindMice1 2d ago
Is that why theoretical physicists and mathematicians are completely nuts?
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u/diediedie_mydarling 2d ago
You do see elevated rates of ASD and autistic traits in those fields. People with these traits tend to think very literally andconcretely, and enjoy systematizing. Math (and physics is mostly applied math) is perfect for them.
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u/its_all_one_electron 2d ago
Its easier when your helpers understand you...
One of the worst feelings there is is when you're desperately seeking help and the person has NO idea what you're going through and so they offer really fucking stupid solutions. "You're feeling like jumping off a bridge? Maybe you should drink some water, that always helps me when I'm irritable." Having someone who has been on that bridge before REALLY helps with not feeling completely alone in it.
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u/Listhia 2d ago
Agree, I really struggled to find any mental health workers that I could connect with when I was depressed throughout my early 20s, talking about suicidal ideation was hard enough without getting into “trouble” and their suggestions and plans never really helped.
The only person that I actually connected with was a random GP (that did study psych) and she told me, “I don’t want you to self harm, but if you feel like you really ‘need’ to do something in a really low moment, I would rather you do that than doing something worse.”
It seems kind of messed up, but it did help. She had self harm scars and it felt like she understood what that those moments felt like, and she was right. When I wanted to walk into traffic or jump over an overpass it was genuinely safer to self harm.
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u/constructuscorp 2d ago
I don't know any profession with more druggies than healthcare generally. That's saying a lot, because I worked in kitchens for close to 4 years. Chefs will smoke before work, or get a bit cokey in certain kitchens, but it is absolutely nothing compared to the people I know working for the national health service.
You wouldn't believe the amount of health professionals who will do things like taking amphetamines at their desk, or another one was putting it into their drinks to sip on. Regularly, people were being sent home because they'd accidentally taken a bit too much speed or something and couldn't actually function. Nurses especially party HARD. My old housemate regularly went into work, still rolling off a pill or something, and would text me saying how much she loved all of the customers at work. Madness.
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u/Eastern_Confusion475 2d ago
3 out of my last 3 jobs didn’t even test for it. It costs too much to test for something that so many people have a card for anyway. In Pennsylvania.
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u/zertnert12 2d ago
Lucky, colorado is stupid, we were the first to decriminalize but every good paying job still tests for it. My new one will even do randoms.
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u/No-Definition1474 2d ago
Same here in Michigan.
My job randoms but I run into people growing it in their yard at least once a week. This week my truck stank of fresh weed for the rest of the day after parking next to a commercial grow while I worked at the site.
Its just stupid. I have to be all worried about it for absolutely no reason at all.
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u/Mystical-Turtles 2d ago
I worked at a restaurant in Michigan where Corporate ™️ decided it would be a FANTASTIC idea to start random drug testing out of fucking nowhere. My manager had to shut that down because, and I quote, "No. Do that and we don't have staff"
Further proof corporate has never actually worked a real restaurant job
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u/MistrSynistr 2d ago
Drug testing restaurant staff is by far one of the dumbest decisions that could possibly be made. I don't think there was a single person in the back of house that was clean when I was working there.
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u/Mystical-Turtles 2d ago
Oh can I make it funnier. The reason Michigan was brought up is because weed is just completely legal there. No card required or anything. Jobs are just still picky about it for some reason.
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u/SH1TSTORM2020 2d ago
That’s how it is in Alaska…jobs CAN still test, but most places (hospital, government) don’t actually test unless you get in an accident on shift of something. They don’t even scan ID’s and we have cafes in my town
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u/ZestyWaffles1 2d ago
I can guarantee there were people that seemed to be sober but half of those people were getting high in the back just being sneaky in the walk in with a dab pen or the others had their heads up the managers ass. I was one of the high ones that hid it poorly but I cooked some bomb ass food lol
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u/No_Hunt2507 2d ago
Yeah that's about the stupidest idea that could ever be had for a restaurant. People aren't working there for the responsibility or to go father in the industry. It's fast cash, a job you can do while high, and the fact that you can essentially jump from 1 restaurant to the next with very little training.
They really wouldn't have a staff left and all the restaurants they went to go work for would laugh at how dumb of an idea that was for the other restaurant to do.
It's the unspoken rule, if it's not affecting your job or the customers then you didn't see anything. Not healthy, but very little about that industry actually is.
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u/ogskillet 2d ago
Worked at an MSP back in the day. Resident kiss-ass asked why we didn't at a company meeting. CEO busted out laughing and said similar. Remember that person's face turning red.
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u/Jisto_ 2d ago
I had a coworker at a restaurant I used to work at who was fired due to a drug test. The manager hired her back the next week.
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u/MountainTwo3845 2d ago
When I worked at a restaurant I would put up signs that said follicle tests tomorrow. We never tested bc we would have 0 employees. The amount of people that would show up shaven head and body is more than you would think. When people complained to the GM he called them dumbasses and then explained how follicle tests worked.
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u/Feeling_Inside_1020 2d ago
I work in tech now, but restaurant industry in my teens and
I’d love to see some of these corporate C suite jerkoffs do an actual slam packed restaurant job shifts and not with the fake mustache bullshit actually doing the training in the real job and try to live off the money they’re paying their own employees for let’s say 2-3 months.
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u/KillaKlaws 2d ago
I live in Colorado, have a decently paying job, and didn’t have to drug test. Not saying thats the universal experience by any means, so I’m curious to know what industries do.
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u/DJMixwell 2d ago
Checking in from Canada where, aside from jobs working in like aviation or around heavy machinery, basically nobody tests for anything. Like, I don’t know anyone with a corporate job that’s ever been drug tested. The only people I know that have been tested are pilots and truckers.
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u/ConspicuousUsername 2d ago
That's because it's legal federally in Canada. In the US if your job has federal contracts you are going to be taking drug tests.
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u/westfieldNYraids 2d ago
You can’t even get a job at Walmart without needing to do an initial drug test. A lot of jobs still do an initial drug test, which is stupid and awful, I agree, or at least if you wanna test for weed then get an actual test that tells you when it was smoked and not just “oh anytime in the last couple months you’ve smoked so that’s a failure”. Outside of initial drug testing, you only really get tested if you have an accident on the job and are gonna want workman’s comp. My friend got hit by a car when I was working at Walmart and he couldn’t do anything about it cause we smoked like 2 weeks before.
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Good jobs in Texas don't even test for it, because our idiot politicians accidentally legalized edibles and still haven't been able to undo it.
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u/Enginemancer 2d ago
Lot of government contractor work in colorado. Itll probably never go away for those jobs even if its descheduled and legalized
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u/PuppetPal_Clem 2d ago
which is insane because alcohol is a significantly higher risk of being a problematic substance in terms of work output, Kompromat, or outright ulterior motive. Yet I guarantee you they aren't preventing the hiring of casual alcohol users or functional alcoholics.
It's just absurd we are still letting 1930s politics dictate our drug policy and hiring standards.
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u/Izoi2 2d ago
Weed does have the problem of their being no common, easy test for if you’re still under ita effects vs just it being in your system.
This is an issue for things like workman’s comp, it’s very easy to prove if someone was drunk on the job with a breathalyzer or blood test; there’s no solid test to tell if someone was high on the job, just ones to see if they had used marijuana in the last few weeks.
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u/psyche_13 2d ago
It’s wild how many US jobs drug test. In Canada (even pre-marijuana legalization) there are only a few types of jobs that test - like the ones where you operate heavy machinery
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u/NonGNonM 2d ago
I wonder if it has to do with funding issues. For us it's mostly legal in many states but if your job is related to public safety with tax or fed tax funds you're guaranteed to be tested, bc if you're using fed tax money you'll be following federal rules, which means no marijuana. With countries like Canada where things are more 'socialized' and a given it's going to be funded by fed tax dollars it's not an issue for them since it's legal.
that said like 99% of the jobs I've had said they would test but never did. I think it's more of a 'if something happens or we suspect, know that we will be testing you' thing than a pre-work screening.
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u/DanLynch 2d ago
The difference in Canada is that, even when marijuana was completely banned, it was illegal for most employers to test their employees, for any kind of drug. I've never worked at a job where drug testing would have been allowed.
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u/Chlorophilia 2d ago
No, I think this is just a case of the US being weird. I've never heard of another developed country doing drug tests for anything but high-risk jobs.
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u/CaydeTheCat 2d ago
I used to get tested ALL the time here in Illinois. Now since we've legalized the only time I had to test in the last 5-6 years was when I went to work for United and had to pass the DOT screen.
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u/chocki305 2d ago
My job has a rule against use. I work around machinery that will mame you if given the chance. But they only actually test if an accident happens.
The factory job I had before, same thing. But they also tested upon entry. It was the one job that I could have gotten anything at. One coworker even kept an envelope of coke in the bathroom for anyone's use on the shift. Found out he moved kilos, so an 8 ball was nothing to him.
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u/xaiires 2d ago
I've never been drug tested at any job. And I used to work in a state run daycare.
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u/machingunwhhore 2d ago
I have a fish tattooed on the same spot on my left hand. This makes me want to get a job checking for people doing illegal fishing
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u/spaghetti2424 2d ago
That’s hilarious. Or you could work in wildlife conservation specifically working with fish or invasive species.
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u/zeitate 2d ago
There was a scene in Workaholics:
-We're going to do some drug tests today.
-Great! What drugs are we testing?
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u/Initial_Zombie8248 2d ago
That’s the line I used on my boss right before I completely failed a drug test ha. I loved that show when it came out, kind of hard to watch now though
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u/w11f1ow3r 2d ago edited 2d ago
https://careers.questdiagnostics.com/job/pittsburgh/client-service-representative-i/38852/84956382784
https://careers.questdiagnostics.com/job/st-cloud/phlebotomist-ii-float/38852/85578203872
It doesn't look like quest drug tests for their customer service positions or phlebotomy positions , or at least they don't list it on the job description. And honestly, good, it isn't their business what an employee does on personal time.
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u/Oil_slick941611 2d ago
yup, unless you have a job that involving, driving or heavy equipment, testing for this is unreasonable.
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u/Eatingfarts 2d ago
Even that, testing positive for weed doesn’t mean anything except you’ve smoked within the past 2-4 weeks.
If they had a test, like a breathalyzer for weed, that told you if someone was currently stoned, that would make sense. But let’s be honest, if someone is that stoned it’s pretty easy to tell lol.
When I managed people I would much rather have them smoke some weed after work instead of hitting the booze.
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u/Oil_slick941611 2d ago edited 2d ago
100% ive worked with and managed alcoholics and i would rather work with the pothead than the alcoholic. IMO the legalities of these two drugs need to be switched. Alcohol is far more dangerous.
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u/SensitiveDiscount789 2d ago
Boss this sounds like a case of cross contamination to me
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u/Debbygc 2d ago
Nah, she's from Ohio. That's a buckeye leaf. 😂
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u/SeeYouInMarchtember 2d ago
That’s what I was thinking. I was so confused about why I was seeing marijuana leaves everywhere when I first moved to Ohio.
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u/C3POh 2d ago
The fact that marijuana is still federally classified the same as crack cocaine and PCP is insane. It has proven medical benefits, is legal in most states, and yet the government still calls it ‘no accepted use.’ Meanwhile, cocaine and meth are Schedule II. Total joke. The laws are stuck in the 1970s - time for the old ‘War on Drugs’ mindset to go...
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u/CorporateCPA 2d ago
Not every employer drug tests, including the drug testing center.
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u/Dangerous-Hunt-6796 2d ago edited 2d ago
Sailors have boat and anchor tattoos, firefighters have fire tattoos, gangsters have gang tattoos and, well, drug testers have drug tattoos
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u/TediousSign 2d ago
When I got tested for my first manager position, the girl testing me saw me fail and threw the cup away immediately and passed me. Of course, I was buying ounces of weed from my general manager, who happened to be her bf.
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u/Reasonable-Grass8237 2d ago
Good, they shouldn't be testing for it anyways
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u/Siiyq 2d ago
I drive DOT regulated vehicles so I understand. One day though.
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u/BasedTelvanni 2d ago
What's to understand? You could smoke once, get into an accident a week later and test positive. That doesn't prove that you're under the influence of anything, yet you will be treated as such.
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u/deekaydubya 2d ago
yeah, IMO testing would be nice but not if the test is fundamentally broken. Needs to be a window of like the previous 6-12 hours maybe, not 1-3 weeks
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u/linoleumknife 2d ago
If anyone ever figures out a test that shows someone is actively stoned, like a breathalyzer, they're going to instantly become a billionaire.
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u/SunsetCarcass 2d ago
I work for schools, we got tested but they explicitly said they don't care about THC, but they do about alcohol.
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u/beta-test 2d ago
Yeah I worked maintenance for the Vegas school district and operated heavy machinery around kids but they never once drug tested me. Upon leaving and going to a family owned company they drug tested me for weed. Make it make sense
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u/AllegraGellarBioPort 2d ago
I'll take this over the phlebotomist who took my urine sample, opened the lid, and took a deep whiff before rejecting the sample for "not smelling right".
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u/Positive_AF_2000 2d ago
Well, if it's legal in your state, then employers likely aren't even testing for it. I recently started a job in a legal state and they only test for harder stuff.
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u/Willing-Situation350 1d ago
If you are not saving lives or working with children then there is ZERO reason to be tested for marijuana.
Zero.
I'd hire a pot smoker over an alchy anyday
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u/emailmycock 2d ago
She got the tattoo to make it easier for her to identify the drug and report it