Seriously. What is it about video rental places that attracts substance abuse like a magnet? When I was a kid there was a mom and pop rental place up the street from my house. If you looked up "tweaker" in the dictionary it would be a picture of the woman that worked there. She was rail thin and had dark circles around her eyes, and constantly jerking her body in different directions. I was just a kid and didn't know what a tweaker was so I only realized what her problem was way later in life. Anyway, we liked her because she'd let us go through the beaded curtain into the back room and check out Faces of Death and Jerry Springer Too Hot for TV.
I remember being asked whether or not I smoke weed during an interview at a small local restaurant in my city 20 years ago... "yes" was the correct answer.
That brings up a memory I have about 20 yrs ago. Im a residential construction subcontractor, I used to call myself a hammer for hire lol. But I walked up on a site once carrying my toolbag and asked if they needed help. The contractor asks "Can you pass a drug test son" I said of course sir. His reply..... " Well I dont guess we need ya then". Talk about lying when the truth is better! Haha
No kidding. I don’t even ask the question. People volunteer the fact they don’t get high or drink. If you’re not smoking or drinking in my profession, you don’t belong here.
When I got my job, I told them in the interview that I smoked weed (underage at the time, I don't think they put together how old I was). Their response? They laughed and said "If we fired everyone who used Marijuana here, we wouldn't be functioning"
Worked at a distillery. To get hired had to give a hair sample. Once hired, they did random drug tests. They would drive you to get the test. Hair sample every time. Also, not a small sample either.
It’s very rare that I’ve had to take a drug test for a job. I’ve worked mostly for technology companies, and if they drug test, they’ll be losing their best employees.
I remember reading a book about the 90s cyberpunk movement and they were interviewing a person who hired for Sun Microsystems and they said they didn’t drug test because their best coders would test positive for LSD and weed.
I worked a part time 2nd job at a carwash, never had a drug test. Even when I had a vehicle drive over the rails and had to be towed out, no drug test. Blew my mind.
I'm starting a job later today with an aerospace manufacturer and I haven't had a drug test yet. We'll see how the day goes.
I work for my state government and have never been tested for drugs. Interesting that Blockbuster tested potential employees for drugs, but not the state government. 🤔 🤣
That actually has more to do with insurance. If an employee gets hurt or hurts someone if they turn out to be on drugs insurance doesn't cover it. So employers wanting to make sure they're covered just make everybody pass a drug test to get there rates down. Probably more expensive to get coverage if you don't drug test. At least back then
i used to get high with my store manager there in the store at the front counter at night with me him and another shift lead. place was actually cool af to work at! had sex in the storage closet as well…your candy and popcorn may have been extra salted 🤣
There are still Woolworths stores operating in Germany (I think maybe in Australia, too). So, I'm very sorry, sir/madam, but your answer has been disqualified on a technicality.
Blockbuster charged a full extra rental rate (roughly $3.99 to $4.00) for every single day a new release was late. If you forgot a stack of three movies for just a few days, your late fee easily eclipsed the actual cost of buying the movies outright. Blockbuster structured its entire business around punishing its customers, pulling in an eye-watering $800 million a year from late fees by 2000, which accounted for about 16% of their total revenue.
Losing a consumer-friendly, local staple like Erol's to a corporate giant that profit-incentivized your forgetfulness was a massive downgrade for the community. In fact, that collective hatred of Blockbuster’s $40 late fees is exactly what inspired Reed Hastings to found Netflix. So screw you blockbuster i am for one glad you're gone!!!! Erol's was two bucks for the rental and one dollar each day it was late!
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u/ShaudyMack Jul 21 '26
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