Employment drug screening...

milarso

So I just found out that I have to do a drug test for work on Friday. I smoked a bowl with a buddy last Tuesday, and hadn't really smoked in a long time before that. So that gives me 10 days. I'm about 6ft, 185lbs and am pretty active. What do you think? Will I be OK?

CROJAM95

buy some liquid stuff...only costs about $20.Worked for me everytime, just follow directions carefully


its worth the investment for piece of mind

good luck my fellow stoner

Arcticangel

You'll be fine.
Push some fluids, try to sweat by exercising or sitting in a sauna.
But really, that shouldn't be a problem.

Heatherj43

It depends on a few variables. One, It depends on the type of test they use. A cheap test will show you clean at about 10 to 14 days. A hair test can show as long as 6 months ago. However, the more expensive tests will also show how much is in your system and that will show them that its been awhile. Blockbusters uses the hair test, believe it or not!
Many places will allow for a certain amount, because there can be false positives due to food and/or medications. I wouldn't depend on any of those things you can drink to test negative. They are not fail proof. Do some research, on the internet, as to what foods can cause a false positive and that way you are prepared. Don't say any medications cuz they will want to see the script. I use to have to test my clients. I can't remember the foods, but there are many. You could borrow pee...lol!!! I know people who do that. They freeze it and microwave it. Once, though, they overheated it! She told them she had a fever. The tests usually show temperature. It should be around 98.6 degrees.
Good luck. I would bet they use the cheap test. I am amazed a place like Blockbusters uses an expensive one. Even probation uses cheap ones.
Good luck, I would bet you will be fine.

youngster

Yeah, you should be fine. I smoked a J 2 days before I went to boot camp in 2000 and was freaking the next day after I did it. I went and had the drug test and nothing came of it. *Whew*

milarso

Also- this is the worst part- I work at a bar!
Seriously, what kind of bar/restaurant tests for drugs?! That's why I stay in the service industry!
I'm pretty sure that more than half of the bar/waitstaff are going to fail, and pretty much everyone in the kitchen.
Things could get interesting this weekend...

jezebeloria

milarso wrote:

Also- this is the worst part- I work at a bar!
Seriously, what kind of bar/restaurant tests for drugs?! That's why I stay in the service industry!
I'm pretty sure that more than half of the bar/waitstaff are going to fail, and pretty much everyone in the kitchen.
Things could get interesting this weekend...

Since when is there drug testing in the restaurant industry? I would think the only call for it would possibly be a delivery driver. I know at least half the staff where I work would be gone if they drug tested...2 of the 3 managers as well.

smithnic

Does anyone else think that drug tests are sort of stupid? I mean why the hell is it my employer's business what I do on my own time? If you hire me and my performance is up to par, then who cares what I do? And don't give me tendency BS answer either because we know that means nothing.

pjfan31

"Drugs are bad mkay"

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=BNbExvU42q4

Heatherj43

smithnic wrote:

Does anyone else think that drug tests are sort of stupid? I mean why the hell is it my employer's business what I do on my own time? If you hire me and my performance is up to par, then who cares what I do? And don't give me tendency BS answer either because we know that means nothing.

I feel its an invasion of privacy to the max! As you said, if my work is up to par, its none of their business.

milarso

smithnic wrote:

Does anyone else think that drug tests are sort of stupid? I mean why the hell is it my employer's business what I do on my own time? If you hire me and my performance is up to par, then who cares what I do? And don't give me tendency BS answer either because we know that means nothing.

I'll try to find the link, but I read this study where this guy profiled like 250 businesses, those that tested and those that did not, and found that drug screening in the workplace does not improve productivity, doesn't save money, is racially biased and wildly inaccurate.
I think it was one of those pieces of legislation that people backed because "everyone knows drugs are bad!!", not thinking that it is completely in violation of the fourth amendment.

"A man should be judged by the quality of his work, not the quality of his piss!" --Kottonmouth Kings

Heineken Helen

Heatherj43 wrote:

smithnic wrote:

Does anyone else think that drug tests are sort of stupid? I mean why the hell is it my employer's business what I do on my own time? If you hire me and my performance is up to par, then who cares what I do? And don't give me tendency BS answer either because we know that means nothing.

I feel its an invasion of privacy to the max! As you said, if my work is up to par, its none of their business.

Agreed... it's disgusting. I don't even DO drugs but if I were offered a job where I had to do a drugs test, I'd piss on THEM

And in the restaurant industry :shock: where they pay you fucking NOTHING over there... they want your piss?????? Come ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

soulsinging

milarso wrote:

Also- this is the worst part- I work at a bar!
Seriously, what kind of bar/restaurant tests for drugs?! That's why I stay in the service industry!
I'm pretty sure that more than half of the bar/waitstaff are going to fail, and pretty much everyone in the kitchen.
Things could get interesting this weekend...

That's crazy. We'd have lost half our staff if the restaurant I worked at drug tested... I think I even asked that in the interview and they still hired me! Hell, I can't imagine working a job like that without being stoned... when I quit smoking pot I had to stop waiting tables because I wanted to stab the customers. I switched to bussing tables, no lie. Made more money that way too actually.

I've never passed a drug test, so I can't help you there. But the only time I ever took them was in rehab and I'm guessing they have good ones.

cincybearcat

smithnic wrote:

Does anyone else think that drug tests are sort of stupid? I mean why the hell is it my employer's business what I do on my own time? If you hire me and my performance is up to par, then who cares what I do? And don't give me tendency BS answer either because we know that means nothing.

It can be a matter of safety.

cincybearcat

Heatherj43 wrote:

smithnic wrote:

Does anyone else think that drug tests are sort of stupid? I mean why the hell is it my employer's business what I do on my own time? If you hire me and my performance is up to par, then who cares what I do? And don't give me tendency BS answer either because we know that means nothing.

I feel its an invasion of privacy to the max! As you said, if my work is up to par, its none of their business.

I think it depends on what you work is.

DewieCox

The restaurant industry drug testing? Guess I would be in some serious trouble for all the tokin in the standup freezer, I did.

milarso

It's D-day. Hour and a half and counting...

CJMST3K

ok... this is what you do.

Eat TONS of poppy seed bagels, which should show up as an opiate... and eat other foods which give other drug false-positives. With all those false-positives, they may just assume the test is messed up. In other words, no one can see a distant-star when the sun is up and shining.

mickeyrat

Here's a tip. Don't do anything that can get you fired from a drug screen.

shell bell

I had to do a drug test ONE time for a part time job (running a cash register at that!). If they had a drug testing policy at my current job, we would have no one left,and that's including my head boss!!

smithnic

mickeyrat wrote:

Here's a tip. Don't do anything that can get you fired from a drug screen.

Lame.

I've had to a couple of times. I felt invaded for sure.