Note to Millenials: Just because weed is legal in your state, doesn't mean I have to hire you!

Bommer Assassain wrote:

Why just millennials? The Vietnam generation popularized weed. Why do they get a free pass?

The Vietnam generation gets a free pass because many of them were drafted against their will to fight in a war they either didn't understand or didn't believe in. Smoking weed was illegal so it became a way to protest against the "Man". To smoke weed was to join a counter-culture movement against oppression. It was a way to be seen as "doing your own thing" in a world of mindless conformity. It was taking a risk, it was cool, it was hip, it was now... man.

You millennials can not claim to be suffering oppression and now that weed is legal you don't even get the excitement of breaking the law. There's no cool left in it, is there? Pot smokers are now nothing but slower, smellier, less violent versions of your average drunk. That's all they are. Nothing more, nothing less.

Enjoy your legal weed, but don't show up to work smelling like you just came from a Led Zeppelin concert.

who said otherwise? wrote:

Fought at Hamburger Hill wrote:

My company reserves the right to drug test employees and fire them if they test positive for cannabis

Did anyone claim otherwise? Seems like you're arguing against a point that no one made.

Yeah, I don't think anyone is saying that when weed is legal you can sit around and smoke on the job or whatever. Just like you can't pop open a beer at work, etc..

DiscoGary wrote:

Bommer Assassain wrote:

Why just millennials? The Vietnam generation popularized weed. Why do they get a free pass?

Enjoy your legal weed, but don't show up to work smelling like you just came from a Led Zeppelin concert.

Alcohol is legal. Not like there is a epidemic of "milennials" showing up smelling like they just came from a Ted Nugent concert.

Are we talking heavy machinery here? Do you pay for malpractice insurance?

Otherwise, why would you really care what they do on their own time?

How much are you paying?

DiscoGary wrote:

The Vietnam generation gets a free pass because many of them were drafted against their will to fight in a war they either didn't understand or didn't believe in. .

^ This.

As many Millennials sit in their Art History class, I hope they understand that when I was their age I was charging up hills with a bayonet on my M-16.

Dial it up wrote:

Something tells me he might be able to offer a better job than head baker at Dunkin donuts, but you keep on getting stoned everynight. It makes you super cool.

God you’re condescending. I didn’t say I was cool; you’re putting words in my mouth based on your misconception of what a pot user is like. The point is that marijuana use doesn’t necessarily destroy intelligence and productivity. I don’t know why some people are so resistant to this idea. Do you assume people who drink a beer or two every night are failures too? Alcohol is much more of an intelligence retardant than pot, but I’m sure the OP doesn’t care how much his employees drink.

Fought at Hamburger Hill wrote:

DiscoGary wrote:

The Vietnam generation gets a free pass because many of them were drafted against their will to fight in a war they either didn't understand or didn't believe in. .

^ This.

As many Millennials sit in their Art History class, I hope they understand that when I was their age I was charging up hills with a bayonet on my M-16.

So you are allowed to smoke weed and others aren't? Got it.

What do you mean "if you are in a protected class?" Everyone is in those classes.

Also, you in fact cannot be fired for the reasons you stated. Even at-will employees have protection. Unless your "off-duty" activities negatively affect the company, and they can prove it, your employer cannot fire you. The specifics will vary state by state, but most states have protection against this.

namviet wrote:

Thank you for your service.

Hamburger Hill is a family restaurant in Florida.

Fought at Hamburger Hill wrote:

DiscoGary wrote:

The Vietnam generation gets a free pass because many of them were drafted against their will to fight in a war they either didn't understand or didn't believe in. .

^ This.

As many Millennials sit in their Art History class, I hope they understand that when I was their age I was charging up hills with a bayonet on my M-16.

What if said millenial fought in Iraq or Afghanistan? Do they then get a free pass?

Giant Johnson wrote:

Dial it up wrote:

Something tells me he might be able to offer a better job than head baker at Dunkin donuts, but you keep on getting stoned everynight. It makes you super cool.

God you’re condescending. I didn’t say I was cool; you’re putting words in my mouth based on your misconception of what a pot user is like. The point is that marijuana use doesn’t necessarily destroy intelligence and productivity. I don’t know why some people are so resistant to this idea. Do you assume people who drink a beer or two every night are failures too? Alcohol is much more of an intelligence retardant than pot, but I’m sure the OP doesn’t care how much his employees drink.

You serious ??? Every stoner I know is lazy and not to sharp.

Do you know anybody who has smoked weed for at least 5 year's? ?

Would you trade places with them? ?

OP what kind of jobs are these? How much is the pay?

Seriously want to know.

You have the right to drug test and fire people for positive tests, sure.

But shouldn't you hire and fire based on potential and productivity?

Aren't you concerned that you would be excluding some well qualified employees in favor of lessor employees?

Dial it up wrote:

Something tells me he might be able to offer a better job than head baker at Dunkin donuts, but you keep on getting stoned everynight. It makes you super cool.

[BDiscoGary wrote:

Pot smokers are now nothing but slower, smellier, less violent versions of your average drunk. That's all they are. Nothing more, nothing less.

Haha, how very unsurprising that both of your life experiences are so limited that you think all cannabis users are lazy, forgetful, munch-crippled sloths.

Educate yourselves.

PTO wrote:

Giant Johnson wrote:

God you’re condescending. I didn’t say I was cool; you’re putting words in my mouth based on your misconception of what a pot user is like. The point is that marijuana use doesn’t necessarily destroy intelligence and productivity. I don’t know why some people are so resistant to this idea. Do you assume people who drink a beer or two every night are failures too? Alcohol is much more of an intelligence retardant than pot, but I’m sure the OP doesn’t care how much his employees drink.

You serious ??? Every stoner I know is lazy and not to sharp.

Do you know anybody who has smoked weed for at least 5 year's? ?

Would you trade places with them? ?

Exactly. Again, smoke all you want I don't really care, I'm just not going to hire you or trust you with anything other than my take out order.

Anyone who thinks weed is worse then alcohol and tobacco is an idiot. I would hire a pothead over an alcoholic all day. Government says alcohol is legal, and tobacco but oh no not weed. What a joke. You milennial potheads are ok with me. Alcohol destroys families and kills people. Weed does not. I suggest the idiot condemning pot smoke one up and put down the beer. You'll be better off.

Gotta love the anti cannabis agenda.

Baby boomers poison their bodies with cigars, and copious amounts of alcohol, but take issue with people who want to mellow out to a joint at the end of their night.

I'm a fit 31 year old who vapes cannabis a few times a week. I have Celiac's disease, and Cannabis use has helped the complications immensely. Why should I be denied the medicine that eases the pain of my migraines, and nausea. Is it because you're ignorant, and don't like change? Then **** you.

ofsaa silver wrote:

Anyone who thinks weed is worse then alcohol and tobacco is an idiot. I would hire a pothead over an alcoholic all day. Government says alcohol is legal, and tobacco but oh no not weed. What a joke. You milennial potheads are ok with me. Alcohol destroys families and kills people. Weed does not. I suggest the idiot condemning pot smoke one up and put down the beer. You'll be better off.

I think pot is taking its toll on you as you are unable to tell the difference between then and than. Who is the idiot again?

Fought at Hamburger Hill wrote:

I hope they understand that when I was their age I was charging up hills with a bayonet on my M-16.

are you proud of your misfortune, or just bitter? And how does either justify your obvious sense of entitlement?