' Wrote:Potheads are mostly harmless to others and mostly harmful to themselves. People that hire them / do not fire them (potheads), are in reality more dangerous, don't you agree? Since the smokers are known to be irresponsible (more like way too lazy).
My dad fired them on a weekly basis, but in the industry if you've got a second cousin working there, you can find a way to be hired. With the way our employment system worked at the time, it could take a while to be allowed to fire someone.
I don't know much about the inner workings of the leather tanning biz, but there are certain industries that simply attract stoners...but the thing about stoners is, you can't paint them all with one brush. Granted, the pothead stereotype exists because there are enough stereotypical stoners in the world to justify it, but to be blunt, if your dad is firing stoners on a weekly basis for coming to work high & effin' things up, I can't help but be curious about the hiring practices combined with the worth of the positions being filled. What is it about the job that seemingly attracts a regular stream of idiots?
When I was in my 20's I had a few stoner jobs. one in nationwide concert ticket sales & the others in tech support...but in those jobs, there was no risk of causing harm to anyone; so getting high with co-workers before shift & during lunch breaks was pretty widespread in both industries. We were paid well, we enjoyed the lax atmosphere & because we were high alot of the time, inter-office friction between co-workers was never really a big issue...plus, most of us made sure to do our jobs well so that we wouldn't get canned & screw up a good thing. I admit, I was at the right place at the right times for those jobs & I make no bones about it...prior to those gigs, I screwed up ALOT of my earlier jobs in my late teens. Not because I was a stoner, but because I was immature & just starting out on my own & had alot to learn about how to live independently.
I digress, but my point is, I reckon there's something about the age range of the stoners your dad complains about, and/or the quality of the job itself that makes them not care enough to want to do good enough work to keep it.
Happy stoners in stoner jobs make for happy workers that learn moderation when necessary
' Wrote:What is it about the job that seemingly attracts a regular stream of idiots?
Well, free diesel for those that live a reasonable distance from the factory (one guy even brought some sort of tank on a trailer and tried to steal fuel for his friends). Then you've got a big factory with many shelves to hide behind, several harsh chemicals in use (masking smells), and lots of noise, making it difficult for supervisors to keep an eye on the workers. Seems like it would be pretty easy to smoke a joint and then disappear for a bit.
The factory was a fair distance from any major city, so I guess the level education in the area would be a fair bit lower.
Luckily my dad got out of there around 6 years ago before it closed down and now works as a chemical rep for more money, better travel time and less idiots to deal with.
' Wrote:Happy stoners in stoner jobs make for happy workers that learn moderation when necessary
Yup.
Though I've been chef for a while in a restaurant,
people showing up stoned at work really annoyed me.
It's the same like drinking before working ,
a sane mind doesn't do that.
Not only it's disturbing it's also frigggin dangerous running around with knifes and hot pans while you are so stoned that walking is difficult.
I am a chronic weed smoker , I smoke almost every day.
But in moderation , just 1 spliff before I go to sleep.
I don't see the use in spending the whole day intoxicated.
Yeah. Restaurants are notorious for attracting stoners like magnets but in all the ones I spent time working in, they were too busy to get high during shift. Not that there wasn't time to slip out the back for occasional smoke breaks...what I mean is, getting high on shift was a waste of weed. Waiting tables & bartending were the most stressful & demanding jobs I've ever endured & since the bulk of my income came from tips, I literally couldn't afford to do a half-assed job. Besides, nothing wipes out a mellow buzz to zero quicker adrenaline & that's the grease that runs the machine. Especially on the weekends.
But...(& I promise ya...large market food workers will nod their heads at this) Wait & Barstaff tend to be close knit & tend to blow off steam together in the wee hours after work.
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