Ever lose or mess up your job over Weed?

[Mr. Krinkle]

i failed a couple drug tests because of weed - one was after working at a place that i hated for about a month and the other one was pre-employment


but i always looked at it like "oh well - it wasn't meant to be" and "im not gonna stop smoking weed anyway"

and from then on i figured out better ways to beat the tests

 

[flyineyes]

No, because everyone knew I was a pothead; and although I would have been fired for on job Cannabis use, as soon as I went medical, I took my documents to my union rep and subsequently human resources. As i had already disclosed my kidney failure to both, medical Cannabis became a zero issue. I was even allowed to eat gummies at work.

Tom

As long as the Medical doesn't screw with your cognition, most companies shouldn't be concerned at all.

 

[flyineyes]

i failed a couple drug tests because of weed - one was after working at a place that i hated for about a month and the other one was pre-employment


but i always looked at it like "oh well - it wasn't meant to be" and "im not gonna stop smoking weed anyway"

and from then on i figured out better ways to beat the tests

Agreed, plus you'd always have to look forward to another BS drug test coming down the line, probably every 3–6 or 9 months, depending on the gig. It was definitely for the best,
cheers for sharing.

 

[flyineyes]

Surprisingly no. I had a guest complain that I smelled of cannabis once when I was working on a hotel bar but it didn't go anywhere. The entire events team were either constantly stoned or drinking on shift or coke heads so we were pretty good at sweeping that kind of thing under the carpet.

Can I work there? Sounds pretty laxed,
Cheers for sharing.

 

[flyineyes]

I can only tolerate edibles at this point in my life. I get way too nervous/paranoid after smoking the stuff that's around nowadays. It seems like its become way too potent, and the CBD has basically been deleted from most strains. So my jam lately has been gummies that are 5:1 CBD:THC. They are 20mg CBD and 4mg THC. They work so well for pain, anxiety, and restlessness. They are seriously a miracle for me.

I found that Indica and Sativa are truly different beasts, if I'm right, Indica is the "Body Stoned" and Sativa is far more "Heady or Psychotropic" and might have you peeking through the blinds far too much. Unfortunately without a dispensary it's up to chance, I'm in South Australia and Dispensaries aren't a thing yet, though Weed is decriminalized.
Thanks for sharing, cheers.

 

[Deleted member 587584]

I got too high before work when I was 17 and one of my coworkers found me lying on my side on the floor attempting to sweep up, end of job.

I'm more sensible now... about my choice of jobs anyway. Shooting speed and knocking down buildings was great fun. More recently (November or December 2023) I threw my back out doing groundworks, ate a fistful of dihydrocodeine and fell asleep in the van. When break time was over no one even bothered to wake me up so I only realised my faux pas an hour later when I fell forwards, headbutted the horn and woke myself up.

 

[Deleted member 554582]

A lot of the time, I wish I was still in the 90's, I had much more fun then. I imagine your choice to live in the sticks is much less stressful than any corporate gig. All the best mate!

man...90-ies here was a bloody massacre.....never wish anybody to live in such times....if u livin' close enough u know what i'm talkin' about

 

[emkee_reinvented]

i failed a couple drug tests because of weed - one was after working at a place that i hated for about a month and the other one was pre-employment


but i always looked at it like "oh well - it wasn't meant to be" and "im not gonna stop smoking weed anyway"

and from then on i figured out better ways to beat the tests

Before all that THC stored in me is gone, we be a decade further.
That stuff got a Half live that makes Diazepam blink.
So i will be positiv for years if i stopped today.

Same for driving. How do they deal with that as Cops are to dumb.
To know one toke will cause a positiv for at least a month.
And the driver can loose their license [or get a fine] by that flawed Saliva check.

Cannabis pro-activist s are working on this little problem.
Assume a medical user, may never drive.

 

[WellTram]

Yes, after morning wake and bake not being able to keep myself awake :D

 

[NullVoidXIII]

Thankfully, no.
But I've seen it happen to people unfortunately.

It kind of depends on who I work for and what my job responsibilities are etc.

Like if it's a job where I've gotta be driving than I won't smoke because of the liability factor.

But if it's a situation like at my old retail job where there were no cameras in the store, and my store manager even smoked, so much that she threw the drug tests away one day on principle, than okay yeah, I'm fine with it. Lol.

Generally I don't mix the two things though.

I don't usually like being high at work because of the time dilation factor.
I already gotta be there for like 6 - 8 hours, I don't want it to feel like I've been there 12 hours.

With the exception of that retail job though.
That was a rare special different situation.
I had a lot of good times there, that was one of the best jobs I've ever had.
I only don't have that job any more because the company itself went out of business and 2,000 of us all lost our jobs at the same time.
I worked there for 7 years.
It didn't pay us for shit, but the atmosphere was awesome, the staff all got along, there was low drama and the boss was pretty chill.

I'd rather make less money and be happier at a job than make more money and be stressed as fuck for that money.