petty humiliation
Ever since Flatline, Comatose, Torpor & Drowse signed the devil's pact that produced BrainDead Systems, and ever since BDS jumped into bed with the Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (pardon me, the Department of Homeland Security), we've been subject to a number of onerous and oppressive federal requirements. This morning, after 36 years with this chickenshit outfit, I was required to pee into a plastic cup. I'd rather thought it wouldn't happen—test the art director? Why on earth for?—but it did, and instead of standing up for our ancient liberties, I was a docile German instead, since with the collapse of the frau's law practice I'm the only reliable income source the household has. But the whole thing left a nasty, one might say piss-flavored, taste in the mouth.
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:-(
My former boss had to do that once. He got a phone call (roughly): "Report here, NOW. Do it NOW or you will be FIRED. Do not go anywhere else, come straight here NOW."
Not a good way to treat people of any stripe. :-( I feel for you. Hang in there. Cheers, Scott. |
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Next time ...
"Oops, sorry. I guess my aim was a little off. I hope you're wearing gloves."
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I bet "bashful kidney" excuse wouldn't work either.
Yes, it should be bladder not kidney, but that's the name often used.
Piss poor situation! :) Alex
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Land of the free, home of the brave
Dunno what to say.
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Land of the peed-upon, home of the craven
...is more like it, I'm afraid.
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'Ancient liberties'- Ah, those: did they miss nullifying one
since 9/11?
Can the Airport Piss-line be far behind? (See? they Did miss one. So far.) Some solace though: If Cheney's Clearance is still valid ... goose/gander. But I'd need to see the video. |
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couldnt you whipout a medical mj card? how would that work?
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But, they're looking for other stuff too.
Alex
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Might be no protection.
http://www.lexology....969b-913a4f28a468
Federal court says termination of employee for using medical marijuana is not discriminatory Until the feds change the laws, MJ is still very iffy. Cheers, Scott. |
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WTELF?!?!
WHAT THE EVER LOVING FUCK?
[ColoradoÂs] anti-discrimination law does not extend so far as to shield a disabled employee from the implementation of his employerÂs standard policies against employee misconduct. Isn't that pretty much exactly the point of anti-discrimination laws? --
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Re: couldnt you whipout a medical mj card?
Couple of points:
1. As Alex points out, the test covers a whole raft of forbidden compounds: THC, opiates, cocaine and derivatives, methamphetamines, PCP, MDMA ("Ecstasy"), and bog knows what else*, so even if a medical card was a "Get out of jail free" card for the first one (it certainly isn't), they'd justify it on the basis of the others. 2. I don't have such a card, nor do I suffer from any conditions that might realistically justify one being issued to me. Of course, this is true of a number of people I know who are currently being prescribed magic cookies. 3. Given what we have learned about the levels of surveillance to which we are subject domestically, and the overall trend toward much more of the same in the years to come, it seems not unrealistic to imagine that should I be granted such an instrument, the day is not far off when some unhappy confluence of interlocking databases spits out my name in this connection together with BDS, and thence to DHS, which is a strong believer in its affiliates public and private maintaining a "drug-free workplace." 4. As it happens, the only thing the piss workout is likely to yield would be aspirin and statins. I've long found cannabis to be hard on the windpipe and personally impractical as a social lubricant, so although most of my friends between the ages of fifty and seventy still indulge on occasion, it is my custom not to join them. The knowledge that this virtuous abstinence is now, so to say, enforced rankles quite a bit. *5. As to "who knows what else," it's amusing to consider that I could have done a dose of LSD the night before, and still awaited the test results with a placid disposition, since the effective dosages are measured in millionths of a gram, and these are largely metabolized during the fraction of an hour before the onset of effects. Apparently trace amounts remain in the liver for a few hours, but it would require an actual biopsy to access the affected tissue, and the day that becomes a condition of employment will be the day I head to HR and turn in my building pass. I hope. Anyway, who knows where to find ergot-derived hallucinogenics anymore? micturationally, |
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As to your closing question ...
The best bet from our membership to answer that question is currently providing the answer -- most likely repeatedly, and under quite a bit of duress -- to humorless functionaries of the state.
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decided a long time ago
in Alaska you pee to get paid or work for day labor wages, bit the bullet and quit myself
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