# Occupational ADD.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupational-add/303823
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [May 14, 2005, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupational-add/303823 "2005-05-14T14:25:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2005, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupational-add/303823/21 "2005-05-15T12:40:31Z")
> [@Stranger On A Train](#):
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> [peace activist]Hey, man…you’re ruining my trip, dude. Don’t, like, bum me out here. Here, have a drag on the bong; 's some goood Colombian Gold, man. We just need to, like, overthrow…you know, like, the whole…the Man…the System…just like those, uh, like those guys who took that Hearst chick and turned her into a rebel and made them give away all that food and stuff, or them metao…meteor…them weather guys. Yeah, like…what was I saying? Hey, gimme back the pipe; I need another hit.[/peace activist]
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> Stranger
Oh, yeah - did I mention that they instituted hair-testing in my workplace? It’s amazing how many people don’t show to work on those days…
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### Author:  [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupational-add/303823/22 "2005-05-15T17:02:07Z")
> [@Daithi Lacha](#):
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> Oh, yeah - did I mention that they instituted hair-testing in my workplace? It’s amazing how many people don’t show to work on those days…
Just wait until they start _charging you_ for the drug testing. If it hasn’t already happened yet I’m betting it will sometime in the next decade. ☹
“Don’t fight it son. Confess quickly! If you hold out too long you could jeopardize your credit rating.”
Stranger
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### Author:  [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2005, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupational-add/303823/23 "2005-05-15T18:29:44Z")
Wow. I gotta’ say, I work in a corporate back office, and we DON’T DO THAT. Maybe it’s because all the people I work with come from the service/repair side of the business, but when we get on the phone, we outline our problems, and we figure out how to solve them. Then we hang up.
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### Author:  [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2005, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupational-add/303823/24 "2005-05-15T22:41:53Z")
> [@Stranger On A Train](#):
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> Just wait until they start _charging you_ for the drug testing. If it hasn’t already happened yet I’m betting it will sometime in the next decade. ☹
It’s already happened. The temp agency I’m currently with charged me $15 for the “privledge” of pissing in a cup so I could get a $9/hr job. :rolleyes: I tend to have a violent response to stupidity, that I’m only barely able to contain, and I _can’t_ keep my mouth shut when someone says something profoundly stupid. (I’m sure all of this is coming as a surprise to folks. 😉 ) I wish I knew of a way I could make a decent living without having to deal with all that corporatespeak crap. I find it all so insulting and degrading that I’m barely able to tolerate it. I don’t have the money to start my own business, and I can’t schmooz the jerkwads in power enough to gain authority where I can slap the bitches down who so richly deserve it. :mad:
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