can you beleive this crap?
WaveCameCrashin
Posts: 2,929
I have ben working for a major spporting goods chain for over 2 years (named after a part of the male anatomy) now.Recently I got promoted to a mgmt.position,this is my 2nd promotionand I've also gotten several awards since working there.Being in this new position allows me to have acess to certain areas.well low and behold H.R. decided to do a background check. about 3 years ago I got busted and charged with simple poss. This was and is the only thing on my rec. and this is considerd a misdimenor in the state I live in. So my loss prevention manager has placed me on susp since last tuesday.Tomorow I will find out if I still have a job or not. also I have honest since day 1 with upper mang. I have also completed 2 years of probation and a substsnce abuse class without any dirty drug screens. I know this is a politicle thread but any feedback will help.
Post edited by Unknown User on
0
Comments
-
Considering we've had past and a future Presidents that have smoked and snorted something illegal. I think you should be ok, then again your company could be conservatives.
Good Luck
A*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)0 -
drug laws in the US are the exact opposite of what they need to be...if drug prevention is their goal.
Drugs are a terrible thing. Look at the numbers.
And this is from memory (they are probably worse now)
in 2000.
250,000 dead per year from Tobacco (not including second hand smoke related deaths)
50,000 dead from alcohol and alcohol related accidents
those are legal.
some 3000 dead from ALL ILLEGAL drugs combined.
Of 60 million admitted pot smokers in the US- 0 overdoses.
yeah drugs are bad mmkay.0 -
What you are going through is total bullshit. You should be judged on your work and the rest should be none of their business.
I would contact your state's labor board and a lawyer if it goes any further. Good luck to you man. I hope it works out for you.0 -
Loss prevention manager?
Sounds like he's the first to go if you need to cut some fat...Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg
(\__/)
( o.O)
(")_(")0 -
Just ask them this-
god made pot
man made beer
who do you trust?0 -
For Tobacco, it's now over 400,000 deaths/year:Commy wrote:drug laws in the US are the exact opposite of what they need to be...if drug prevention is their goal.
Drugs are a terrible thing. Look at the numbers.
And this is from memory (they are probably worse now)
in 2000.
250,000 dead per year from Tobacco (not including second hand smoke related deaths)
50,000 dead from alcohol and alcohol related accidents
those are legal.
some 3000 dead from ALL ILLEGAL drugs combined.
Of 60 million admitted pot smokers in the US- 0 overdoses.
yeah drugs are bad mmkay.
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/health_effects/tobacco_related_mortality.htm
For alcohol-induced deaths, it's over 21,000:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr56/nvsr56_10.pdf
Keep in mind, that's for alcohol-induced deaths alone. It doesn't include accidental deaths caused by things like car accidents, fires, firearms, etc. where alcohol use was involved. When you factor in those things, the number probably quadruples.
For drug-induced deaths, it's over 33,000:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr56/nvsr56_10.pdf
However, most of these deaths are caused by legally-prescribed drugs, not the illegal ones. I don't think the CDC releases mortality info specifically for illegal drugs because the number is so low in comparison....I'm not sure if it's 3000, but that sounds close from what I remember reading. It's well under 10,000.
I'd also add that I don't think there are any documented cases of people overdosing on non-poisonous mushrooms, plants containing lsa, and many many other substances that are both very safe and illegal.
It's interesting how the CDC presents the statistics.0 -
that is crap ... it's further proof of how the US has become more and more an intolerant country ... the christian extremists have taken over ... i dunno if you have a human rights commission but that's about the only thing i can think of to help you ...0
-
What utter crap. Hope you keep your job!
Perhaps some of these narrow minded nerds need to look at drug stats for other countries. Bearing in mind you can but a joint in a coffee shop in Holland you'd think they'd be drug addled.
The other stats in this thread for alcohol and tobacco say it all.
http://drugwarfacts.org/cms/?q=node/670 -
sounds like you work for a bunch of dicks.
0 -
the question is, did you lie on your resume?0
-
It's irrelevant imo. People are building up criminal records for ridiculous reasons, and it unfairly affects their job security. It's one thing to not hire or fire someone for failing a drug test, but it's different than discriminating based on a previous conviction. I mean, if I owned a business and some kid came to the interview half-stoned I wouldn't hire him. If I was running a machine shop, and he failed a drug test, I might not hire him. But I don't think he should have a criminal record for that.Abuskedti wrote:the question is, did you lie on your resume?0 -
If I was to smile and I held out my hand
If I opened it now would you not understand?0 -
Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg
(\__/)
( o.O)
(")_(")0 -
RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
Shits got runs, yo!
Lick them runs!
Who broke the cherry!?!
ITS A CONSPIRACY!If I was to smile and I held out my hand
If I opened it now would you not understand?0 -
I had not ben to court yet when I was hired. But after my court date I was completely honest I told them that I got 2 years probation and I had to complete a substance abuse course. all which I have completed and I will be off prob. 12/04. and get this human resources was suppose to give me an answer on 11/27( in writing) and here it is 12/01. so I called my mang. this morning and was told the woman that makes the decision weather to fire me or not wont be back untill tuesday. WTF!!!Abuskedti wrote:the question is, did you lie on your resume?0 -
DriftingByTheStorm wrote:
damn....now that's my kind of church service!
lol pass that donkey cock over here
Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg
(\__/)
( o.O)
(")_(")0 -
yup...sweet adeline wrote:sounds like you work for a bunch of dicks.0 -
gvn2fly74 wrote:I had not ben to court yet when I was hired. But after my court date I was completely honest I told them that I got 2 years probation and I had to complete a substance abuse course. all which I have completed and I will be off prob. 12/04. and get this human resources was suppose to give me an answer on 11/27( in writing) and here it is 12/01. so I called my mang. this morning and was told the woman that makes the decision weather to fire me or not wont be back untill tuesday. WTF!!!
you shouldn't have to worry then. If they need you and they know it, they will not fire you... unless they are morons.0 -
cant do it the shit makes me to paranoid,besides knowin my luck they would say "you can come back to work,but first you have to piss in this cup.. aw shit!!DriftingByTheStorm wrote:0 -
thanks everybody for your support I'll give an update as soon as I know something.0
Categories
- All Categories
- 148.9K Pearl Jam's Music and Activism
- 110.1K The Porch
- 275 Vitalogy
- 35.1K Given To Fly (live)
- 3.5K Words and Music...Communication
- 39.2K Flea Market
- 39.2K Lost Dogs
- 58.7K Not Pearl Jam's Music
- 10.6K Musicians and Gearheads
- 29.1K Other Music
- 17.8K Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
- 1.1K The Art Wall
- 56.8K Non-Pearl Jam Discussion
- 22.2K A Moving Train
- 31.7K All Encompassing Trip
- 2.9K Technical Stuff and Help