olyclimber Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 [video:youtube]RdF8UK4fZoI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billcoe Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 I couldn't see the vid, but does it start out "smoke em if ya got em"? As of today, Oregon laws on pot possession all but became nill (decriminalized). Not a smoker here but know lots of folks who are. Means lots of real good and honest honorable folks whom I know and climb with are no longer criminals. About time. Long overdue. We still have too many other bad laws, time to get a few more off the books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Beckerich Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 No protection for employees = still banned for many But a step toward liberty, it still is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billcoe Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 hmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Nevermind pot, there are more and more employers who test and or refuse to hire tobacco users. Corporate nannies getting to be as bad as government nannies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWC01 Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 I'm in business to make money not provide charity employment and health insurance. Between Smokey McAshtray and Captain Marathon I'll take the latter. Enjoy your stogies and bong rips, the freedom ship is full steam ahead, tally-ho!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Beckerich Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 I'm in business to make money not provide charity employment and health insurance. Between Smokey McAshtray and Captain Marathon I'll take the latter. Enjoy your stogies and bong rips, the freedom ship is full steam ahead, tally-ho!!!! I'm also a businessman, and a tradesman, and have worked for, alongside, and had work for me any number of substance users and/or abusers. Alcoholics show up sluggish and ornery, get better after a snack at 10 or so, then start getting pissy again around 2-3 in the afternoon and fall apart after that. So you can count on maybe 4 solid hours from 'em. Smokers have to stop and smoke every 45 minutes, totally disrupting the rhythm and momentum of the day, stink up the jobsite and make the whole crew look (smell) unprofessional. Tweekers are the first ones on the jobsite in the morning, bust ass all morning long, fade at lunch, are always late back from lunch (usually REALLY late), then bust ass again until quitting time..... except for all their ass-busting, they don't actually ever manage to accomplish anything and when they do, it's usually all fucked up and has to be fixed. And they steal everyone's shit. Potheads, like smokers (and they're usually smokers too), also have to stop to toke throughout the day, are slow and stupid, but generally fairly methodical and don't fuck shit up too much. Then you've got your non-drug-using worker... me. I'm the only one I've ever met. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Beckerich Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 I dont tolerate any drug use on my jobsite. I know pot smokers are gonna show up baked, toke at lunch, and will be hitting it at some point mid-afternoon if it's not an early day.... there's not a whole lot I can do about that. What a person does on their time off is none of my business, so long as it's not affecting performance on the job (meth, alcoholism, et al)... so if I drug test my guys and they fail for cannabis.... It's not necessarily an instant termination. How the hell do I know if it's from this morning or last night? I just tested a guy a couple weeks ago, 'cause I thought he was tweeking... he wasn't. Totally clean, except for cannabis.. I apologized to him for the accusation and he continued to work for me. No more energy drinks for that guy, though. Stoned is the pothead's "normal," so I have mixed feelings about it. I'm not gonna tolerate use on the jobsite, and if I think someone is "impaired," they're gone.. but if being SOBER is going to "impair" you more than being stoned, and you're squared away stoned... quality talent is more important to me than no-tolerance. Don't ask, don't tell, in that case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete_H Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Tradespeople may be different but I suspect the vast majority of pot users, like social drinkers, do it outside of the workplace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I thought this was gonna be about that news story "hundreds of sex toys hanging from power lines in PDX" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted July 17, 2015 Author Share Posted July 17, 2015 thats what happens when you legalize the pot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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