Just how stupid can people be?

[Abby Normal]

Oregon passed a recreational marijuana law yesterday.

Three of our employees decided to celebrate by smoking on their break.   "It's legal now, we can do whatever we want" That is what one of them said when the supervisor confronted them.
  

umm-  law doesn't take effect until July, we still have a substance policy, and the entire facility is non smoking.

They are all unemployed now. 
I hope that toke was worth it. 

[Deleted]

Dumb asses.  Do they crack open a beer on break too? 

[Green Eyed Lady]

Question:  Just how stupid can people be?

Answer:   Amazingly so. 

It's been one of those "amazingly so" days and your post made me laugh out loud.  Thank you for that.

[Timberwolf]

hahahahaha

[Tiny]

Nov 5, 2014 13:01:12 GMT -5 Abby Normal said:

Oregon passed a recreational marijuana law yesterday.

Three of our employees decided to celebrate by smoking on their break.   "It's legal now, we can do whatever we want" That is what one of them said when the supervisor confronted them.
  

umm-  law doesn't take effect until July, we still have a substance policy, and the entire facility is non smoking.

They are all unemployed now. 
I hope that toke was worth it. 

And it became a self fulfilling prophecy!  They can do whatever they want - now that they are unemployed. 

 

[billisonboard]

Looks like they took:

[movingforward]

-rofl-There is an individual in my office I can picture doing this if it ever became legal in my state.

[snapdragon]

It just goes to prove how uninformed some people can be about laws.

Just because it's legal does not mean it is allowed at a workplace. 

We had the same thing in WA -- but our company made sure we told people we were a drug free business and they couldn't be stoned and working in the warehouse and driving palletjacks.

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Here is my issue with legal pot. 

I live in a condo, every once in a while my neighbor will smoke a bowl or whatever and the smoke comes up through the floor and the smell and smoke gag me out. I get beyond sick to my stomach but I really don't have a place to run and hide.  We are looking at the different laws to see about this but it is up in the air right now. I mean tobacco is legal but you can't smoke in public really anymore so all that is left is home or your vehicle and so I am stuck in a catch 22 in my mind because I consider them on the same par.

[HoneyBBQ]

Nov 5, 2014 13:01:12 GMT -5 Abby Normal said:

Oregon passed a recreational marijuana law yesterday.

Three of our employees decided to celebrate by smoking on their break.   "It's legal now, we can do whatever we want" That is what one of them said when the supervisor confronted them.
  

umm-  law doesn't take effect until July, we still have a substance policy, and the entire facility is non smoking.

They are all unemployed now. 
I hope that toke was worth it. 

Are you serious??

[Abby Normal]

Nov 5, 2014 13:26:41 GMT -5 HoneyBBQ said:

Nov 5, 2014 13:01:12 GMT -5 Abby Normal said:

Oregon passed a recreational marijuana law yesterday.

Three of our employees decided to celebrate by smoking on their break.   "It's legal now, we can do whatever we want" That is what one of them said when the supervisor confronted them.
  

umm-  law doesn't take effect until July, we still have a substance policy, and the entire facility is non smoking.

They are all unemployed now. 
I hope that toke was worth it. 

Are you serious??

Yep.  We had the same type of issue in washington when they passed theirs.  But not as idiotic.  We went to drug test and they said " you can't do that anymore, it's legal".  But at least that was a couple months after the law was passed.

[ken a.k.a OMK]

I was expecting this to happen. I retired from a defense contractor and had a secret clearance. We had random drug tests.

[dannylion]

People are stupid.

[chiver78]

Nov 5, 2014 13:13:21 GMT -5 snapdragon said:

Here is my issue with legal pot. 

I live in a condo, every once in a while my neighbor will smoke a bowl or whatever and the smoke comes up through the floor and the smell and smoke gag me out. I get beyond sick to my stomach but I really don't have a place to run and hide.  We are looking at the different laws to see about this but it is up in the air right now. I mean tobacco is legal but you can't smoke in public really anymore so all that is left is home or your vehicle and so I am stuck in a catch 22 in my mind because I consider them on the same par.

different substance, but the precedents have been set. in NYC and CA, lawsuits have been successfully brought against smokers in HOAs with smoking policies in place. if your building has a nonsmoking policy, you might be able to do something similar.

sorry, I can totally commiserate - my idiot neighbor used to deliberately blow his cigarette smoke into my back patio screen door if it was open. good luck!

[billisonboard]

Nov 5, 2014 13:15:47 GMT -5 @anne81 said:

I think if anyone had watched the ads to legalize pot they wouldn't have voted for it.  The spokespeople were not  . . . inspiring.

Hopefully people did not make their decision based on an ad campaign. "I hate the taste of Coke but love their commercial so I am buying some."

[andi9899]

Nov 5, 2014 13:01:12 GMT -5 Abby Normal said:

Oregon passed a recreational marijuana law yesterday.

Three of our employees decided to celebrate by smoking on their break.   "It's legal now, we can do whatever we want" That is what one of them said when the supervisor confronted them.
  

umm-  law doesn't take effect until July, we still have a substance policy, and the entire facility is non smoking.

They are all unemployed now. 
I hope that toke was worth it. 

That's so kick ass! People are so stupid! And there's one born every minute.

[snapdragon]

Nov 5, 2014 13:35:03 GMT -5 chiver78 said:

Nov 5, 2014 13:13:21 GMT -5 snapdragon said:

Here is my issue with legal pot. 

I live in a condo, every once in a while my neighbor will smoke a bowl or whatever and the smoke comes up through the floor and the smell and smoke gag me out. I get beyond sick to my stomach but I really don't have a place to run and hide.  We are looking at the different laws to see about this but it is up in the air right now. I mean tobacco is legal but you can't smoke in public really anymore so all that is left is home or your vehicle and so I am stuck in a catch 22 in my mind because I consider them on the same par.

different substance, but the precedents have been set. in NYC and CA, lawsuits have been successfully brought against smokers in HOAs with smoking policies in place. if your building has a nonsmoking policy, you might be able to do something similar.

sorry, I can totally commiserate - my idiot neighbor used to deliberately blow his cigarette smoke into my back patio screen door if it was open. good luck!

No, we don't have a non-smoking policy in the CC&R's. I can double check my bylaws, but ours were done in the mid 80's when smoking was still very permissible. I know it says that people are supposed to pick up via bag and discard any butts into the trash the same as animal waste.

[Deleted]

Nov 5, 2014 13:33:40 GMT -5 dannylion said:

People are stupid.

And in my experience stoners take it to a another level. 

[chiver78]

Nov 5, 2014 13:40:30 GMT -5 snapdragon said:

Nov 5, 2014 13:35:03 GMT -5 chiver78 said:

different substance, but the precedents have been set. in NYC and CA, lawsuits have been successfully brought against smokers in HOAs with smoking policies in place. if your building has a nonsmoking policy, you might be able to do something similar.

sorry, I can totally commiserate - my idiot neighbor used to deliberately blow his cigarette smoke into my back patio screen door if it was open. good luck!

No, we don't have a non-smoking policy in the CC&R's. I can double check my bylaws, but ours were done in the mid 80's when smoking was still very permissible. I know it says that people are supposed to pick up via bag and discard any butts into the trash the same as animal waste.

ugh. maybe it's time your HOA updated the rules? the place I just sold, the board reviewed the rules every other year and updated as needed.

[Deleted]

to answer the question - just when you think they can't get any more stupid, they do!

[snapdragon]

Chiver - That is something I'm going to bring up after the annual meeting. Otherwise it will get hijacked I believe and used for something else entirely. We have friction right now and I don't want to create more for myself and the HOA president since I'm the HOA secretary.

Luckily, the friction should be easing due to our envelope study actually happening this month so the steps are started for repairs. People get very impatient when they don't have immediate gratification and the board can't give a clear timeline due to the availability of scheduling.

[Firebird]

I enjoy having these people in the world because they make me feel smart

[milee]

Nov 5, 2014 13:37:43 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

Nov 5, 2014 13:15:47 GMT -5 @anne81 said:

I think if anyone had watched the ads to legalize pot they wouldn't have voted for it.  The spokespeople were not  . . . inspiring.

Hopefully people did not make their decision based on an ad campaign. "I hate the taste of Coke but love their commercial so I am buying some."

A bigger risk is that an ad that's perceived badly can sour people on the item being advertised. Here in Florida, medical marijuana seemed almost a shoo-in until one of the state's biggest perceived jerks started advertising to support it. We have this obnoxious ambulance chasing attorney down here who advertises relentlessly on TV, radio, print, everywhere. Standard awful stuff, "Stub your toe? Call me and I'll get you a million dollars!" Anyway, Ambulance Chaser is a huge supporter of medical marijuana (for actually a very good reason, he has a disabled brother that has ongoing pain management issues from a severe accident) and started making commercials for the medical marijuana referendum.  Unfortunately for him, people hate Ambulance Chaser so much, his "support" actually helped tank the vote here.

[Chocolate Lover]

Nov 5, 2014 14:10:47 GMT -5 Firebird said:

I enjoy having these people in the world because they make me feel smart

I feel Steven Hawking smart up against this bunch

[HoneyBBQ]

Yeah, I live in WA but don't remember anyone lighting up on their breaks.

Though I work in medicine so we have pretty strict rules and requirements. And I don't like pot anyways.

[engineerdoe]

Nov 5, 2014 14:33:59 GMT -5 HoneyBBQ said:

Yeah, I live in WA but don't remember anyone lighting up on their breaks.

Though I work in medicine so we have pretty strict rules and requirements. And I don't like pot anyways.

The day pot was allowed to be purchased, no longer a felony (still a misdemeanor) Seattle's City Attorney made sure he was photographed purchasing is allotted amount and then brought it back to his office and left it unsecured while he attended meetings.

ETA:
I misspoke above.  It is still a misdemeanor to smoke pot in public in the state of Washington but you can still do so in your own house as long as it is out of the general public view and smell.

[souldoubt]

People that stupid are future Darwin Award candidates and not representative of most smokers.  I don't smoke any more but ~13 years ago when I first started I was amazed to find out how many other people did that I worked with.  Like a lot of people they were closet smokers though and didn't advertise it.    

[greeniis10]

Nov 5, 2014 13:13:21 GMT -5 snapdragon said:

It just goes to prove how uninformed some people can be about laws.

Just because it's legal does not mean it is allowed at a workplace. 

We had the same thing in WA -- but our company made sure we told people we were a drug free business and they couldn't be stoned and working in the warehouse and driving palletjacks.

----

Here is my issue with legal pot. 

I live in a condo, every once in a while my neighbor will smoke a bowl or whatever and the smoke comes up through the floor and the smell and smoke gag me out. I get beyond sick to my stomach but I really don't have a place to run and hide.  We are looking at the different laws to see about this but it is up in the air right now. I mean tobacco is legal but you can't smoke in public really anymore so all that is left is home or your vehicle and so I am stuck in a catch 22 in my mind because I consider them on the same par.

That is my concern with pot, too.  Here it's illegal to smoke it a certain number of yards from your house and maybe even on your porch (I'm not certain; I don't smoke so I haven't followed the results of the laws very closely) so that leaves the house and your car.  The reasoning for not smoking pot in public (as I understand it) is to NOT encourage children to smoke, but what about the children IN your home and your car?  Common sense, of course, means you wouldn't smoke with them around, but since going outside is basically eliminated, you know a lot of people won't care.  I worry about the effect of that second-hand smoke for infants and toddlers, particularly.

[Formerly SK]

I'd be curious to find out how many people never smoked pot pre-legalization, but now regularly smoke.  I live in WA where it's been legal for awhile.  So far no one IRL has said to me that they've started smoking since the law changed.  So either no one has, or it's still taboo despite legalization.  I know a lot of people who smoke pot, and the legal status hasn't changed anything for them AFAIK.  They still get their pot off the black market (because the legal stores are 3x the price).  They still smoke at home in private, and they still keep their smoking status to themselves.

People who are stupid with pot were stupid with pot before legalization.  People who would smoke around their kids, or smoke and drive, would be the type to do it whether it was legal or illegal.  Pre-legalization, pot was not hard to get.  Back when I was a teenager and smoked, I had a dozen sources for it.  So yeah, legalization isn't changing anything.

I voted for legalization because I consider pot akin to alcohol.  Most are responsible users.  Some are not.  I think our criminal system would be better if it focused on the irresponsible people rather than all users. 

OP - hilarious story!!!!

[weltschmerz]

Nov 5, 2014 13:13:21 GMT -5 snapdragon said:

It just goes to prove how uninformed some people can be about laws.

Just because it's legal does not mean it is allowed at a workplace. 

We had the same thing in WA -- but our company made sure we told people we were a drug free business and they couldn't be stoned and working in the warehouse and driving palletjacks.

----

Here is my issue with legal pot. 

I live in a condo, every once in a while my neighbor will smoke a bowl or whatever and the smoke comes up through the floor and the smell and smoke gag me out. I get beyond sick to my stomach but I really don't have a place to run and hide.  We are looking at the different laws to see about this but it is up in the air right now. I mean tobacco is legal but you can't smoke in public really anymore so all that is left is home or your vehicle and so I am stuck in a catch 22 in my mind because I consider them on the same par.

You should ask your neighbour to switch to hash...it smells great!

[Deleted]

Nov 5, 2014 17:17:01 GMT -5 Formerly SK said:

I'd be curious to find out how many people never smoked pot pre-legalization, but now regularly smoke.  I live in WA where it's been legal for awhile.  So far no one IRL has said to me that they've started smoking since the law changed.  So either no one has, or it's still taboo despite legalization.  I know a lot of people who smoke pot, and the legal status hasn't changed anything for them AFAIK.  They still get their pot off the black market (because the legal stores are 3x the price).  They still smoke at home in private, and they still keep their smoking status to themselves.

People who are stupid with pot were stupid with pot before legalization.  People who would smoke around their kids, or smoke and drive, would be the type to do it whether it was legal or illegal.  Pre-legalization, pot was not hard to get.  Back when I was a teenager and smoked, I had a dozen sources for it.  So yeah, legalization isn't changing anything.

I voted for legalization because I consider pot akin to alcohol.  Most are responsible users.  Some are not.  I think our criminal system would be better if it focused on the irresponsible people rather than all users. 

OP - hilarious story!!!!

I know several people that say they don't smoke weed but they would if it were legal here (it's not) AND they didn't have to worry about losing their jobs. Maybe that's just what they say, and they actually do smoke now.... I don't know.

As far as the OP, WOW! Dummies.