# Dealing with a Coke Head, WWYD? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 8, 2019, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-a-coke-head-wwyd/829150 "2019-02-08T04:53:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2019, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-a-coke-head-wwyd/829150/21 "2019-02-09T00:39:08Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > From a pay phone. Across town. That’s assuming you can find one. Use a burner phone if you can’t. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2019, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-a-coke-head-wwyd/829150/22 "2019-02-09T01:32:20Z")
**Moderator Note** > [@kayaker](#): > > Coca Cola; You Can’t Beat the Real Thing
. I’m assuming you are in the Atlanta area, where being employed by Coca Cola gives you some real leverage. If this guy is a regional distributor (or higher) I suggest you back down. The Pepsi people won’t come aboard to help, neither will those cowards at Faygo. > [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > Not “cowards”, “clowns”. > > And ya, new team or no team. > [@kayaker](#): > > You are correct, sir! > > [Insane Clown Posse’s Faygo future in Lansing unclear](https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2016/06/20/icp-cancelled-show/86138552/) We normally don’t mind some joking around in MPSIMS threads, but given the more serious nature of the OP, this really isn’t appropriate. It’s also turning into a hijack. Let’s all focus on the actual topic of the thread, please. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2019, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-a-coke-head-wwyd/829150/23 "2019-02-09T03:41:34Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > That’s assuming you can find one. Use a burner phone if you can’t. Even better. ---
**Author:** ![UCBearcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/77aa72/32.png) [@UCBearcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UCBearcats)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2019, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-a-coke-head-wwyd/829150/24 "2019-02-09T05:03:51Z")
That is a messed up story by the OP. If that happened to my kid, someone at that house would never walk again at a minimum. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2019, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-a-coke-head-wwyd/829150/25 "2019-02-09T05:33:17Z")
Quit the team, change your name, move. Cocaine=irrational. It also sounds like the whole family is whack. Unfortunately, the professional standing of the parents means they have unholy influence in the community and the business world. The implication that “everybody is lying” can permeate beyond imagination. Transfer and move. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![interestingtwist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c5a1d2/32.png) [@interestingtwist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interestingtwist)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2019, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-a-coke-head-wwyd/829150/26 "2019-02-09T21:50:21Z")
Thank you everyone for this helpful advice. As of today we are no longer associated with the team and agree with many of you that the situation there is beyond hope. I can only pray for the other families involved going forward. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2019, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-a-coke-head-wwyd/829150/27 "2019-02-09T22:08:38Z")
> [@Turble](#): > > Coke dealers I have known: > > A guy I worked with in Las Vegas tried to get me to invest $1000 to help him get started dealing coke. I declined. Six weeks later he was found dead in his apartment, strangled with an electrical extension cord. > > A guy in Miami who had used my sister as an unwitting mule (he’d give her money and his Lincoln to go shopping at a certain store without mentioning the coke in the trunk which was being picked up while she was in the store) was eventually found, along with his body guard, chopped into pieces, floating in a plastic trash bag in the ocean. > > On the brighter side, I knew a couple who took $10,000 on a buying trip to Columbia in 1970, reinvested their profit, and in three trips over a few years had over $1,000,000 and retired very young to a beautiful ranch in a canyon overlooking the Pacific. > > None of these people were coke users; they were only in it for the money. From this post, I gather that there is a 1 in 3 chance that becoming a drug dealer ends up leading to a wealthy life of leisure. Food for thought indeed, particularly since it would seem that you don’t need a degree. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2019, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-a-coke-head-wwyd/829150/28 "2019-02-10T00:22:50Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > Quit the team, change your name, move. > > Cocaine=irrational. It also sounds like the whole family is whack. > > Unfortunately, the professional standing of the parents means they have unholy influence in the community and the business world. The implication that “everybody is lying” can permeate beyond imagination. > > Transfer and move. > ~VOW That sounds a wee bit extreme for the OP’s issue. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-a-coke-head-wwyd/829150/29 "2019-02-11T01:14:36Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > That sounds a wee bit extreme for the OP’s issue. If my kid watched one of his friends getting stomped on, I’d consider moving. It might not be where we landed, but I’d at least give it consideration. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-a-coke-head-wwyd/829150.md?page=1)