Things you didn't know

The Batlord · 02-08-2013, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I didn't know that peeing in a cup would be such a production.

Well, you have to have a cameraman, and a sound guy, and a director, and god knows who else. I don't know what you expected.

Plankton · 02-08-2013, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I didn't know that peeing in a cup would be such a production.

If I were a drug dealer, I'd set up shop right on the southern Georgia border somewhere. Probably right off HWY 75.

**Janszoon** · 02-08-2013, 06:01 PM

But seriously, I posted that from the waiting room of the place I had to go to for a drug test for the job I was just offered. The amount of time I had to wait, the number of people I had to talk to and everything else that lead up to the act of pissing in a cup was a hell of a lot more involved than I ever could have imagined.

PoorOldPo · 02-08-2013, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I didn't know that peeing in a cup would be such a production.

Never done that but I have pissed in the sink, and in bottles.

Oh! And on Batlord while he was sleeping.

Freebase Dali · 02-08-2013, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

But seriously, I posted that from the waiting room of the place I had to go to for a drug test for the job I was just offered. The amount of time I had to wait, the number of people I had to talk to and everything else that lead up to the act of pissing in a cup was a hell of a lot more involved than I ever could have imagined.

Weird. Must be different here in Louisiana.
I just walk in to the place, sign my name and social on a form, go in the back where the pee guy is waiting, empty my pockets into the little lock box, wash my hands, then go in the bathroom, pee in the cup, go back out and hand it to the guy who then seals it up and asks me to initial the bottle and sign the form after making sure my info is correct.

THEN I DILLY DALLY FOR 20 MINUTES ON THE WAY BACK TO WORK... BECAUSE.

**Janszoon** · 02-08-2013, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

Weird. Must be different here in Louisiana.
I just walk in to the place, sign my name and social on a form, go in the back where the pee guy is waiting, empty my pockets into the little lock box, wash my hands, then go in the bathroom, pee in the cup, go back out and hand it to the guy who then seals it up and asks me to initial the bottle and sign the form after making sure my info is correct.

I don't know that it has anything to do with what state you're in, it's not like it's a state government-related thing I'm talking about.

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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

THEN I DILLY DALLY FOR 20 MINUTES ON THE WAY BACK TO WORK... BECAUSE.

Freebase Dali · 02-08-2013, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I don't know that it has anything to do with what state you're in, it's not like it's a state government-related thing I'm talking about.

I meant to draw a comparison using a typical standard in a given state, as per common requirements of most employers, which is usually what guides how individual testing companies tend to do business.

In Louisiana it's pretty quick and easy. When I lived in Florida, drug testing was a b*tch, and more closely related to your description. And I don't think it had to do with the type of job I was doing, because the place was a major tester for a large variety of businesses.

**Janszoon** · 02-08-2013, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

I meant to draw a comparison using a typical standard in a given state, as per common requirements of most employers, which is usually what guides how individual testing companies tend to do business.

In Louisiana it's pretty quick and easy. When I lived in Florida, drug testing was a b*tch, and more closely related to your description. And I don't think it had to do with the type of job I was doing, because the place was a major tester for a large variety of businesses.

What I'm saying though is that your experience sounds nearly identical to mine, except in my case they somehow managed to make it take forever. It was like: show up, sign in, sit down and wait, get called up to the desk, give them my paperwork, sit down and wait, get called up to the desk, give them my ID, sit down and wait, get called up to the desk, stand around and wait, go in the back with the nurse guy, put my valuables in the lockbox, go in the bathroom, pee in the cup, give it to the guy, stand around and wait to wash my hands, wash my hands, go get my valuables, sign some paperwork, stand around and wait to be dismissed.

Also, I had to walk about a mile and half each way in freezing rain and high winds with a still-healing broken toe. So that certainly added to the fun.

ThePhanastasio · 02-08-2013, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

But seriously, I posted that from the waiting room of the place I had to go to for a drug test for the job I was just offered. The amount of time I had to wait, the number of people I had to talk to and everything else that lead up to the act of pissing in a cup was a hell of a lot more involved than I ever could have imagined.

They are ridiculous. I don't even live in a particularly large area, but it was absolutely packed when I went to take my test back in September. They made me answer all of these questions off of my ID once they took it from me to prove I wasn't peeing for someone else, I guess. Once they decided it was, in fact me, peeing for me, they made me empty out my pockets.

I went into a tiny room with a toilet. Nothing else. No garbage can. Nothing. They stood right outside the door, and I was instructed to fill EXACTLY to the line on the cup, and not to flush when I was finished. They then poured it into three separate vials, sealed them, and frantically scurried away with my pee.

Oh, and you have to wash your hands in a sink OUTSIDE of the bathroom when you're done. That made me not feel good about having to grab that door handle when I was walking out to wash my hands.

Freebase Dali · 02-09-2013, 03:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

What I'm saying though is that your experience sounds nearly identical to mine, except in my case they somehow managed to make it take forever. It was like: show up, sign in, sit down and wait, get called up to the desk, give them my paperwork, sit down and wait, get called up to the desk, give them my ID, sit down and wait, get called up to the desk, stand around and wait, go in the back with the nurse guy, put my valuables in the lockbox, go in the bathroom, pee in the cup, give it to the guy, stand around and wait to wash my hands, wash my hands, go get my valuables, sign some paperwork, stand around and wait to be dismissed.

Also, I had to walk about a mile and half each way in freezing rain and high winds with a still-healing broken toe. So that certainly added to the fun.

Is this your first urinalysis?
If so, I can certainly understand your point. But I think the wait time is obviously going to be dependent on how big the test company is, how many clients, etc.
The paperwork and procedure itself is quick and easy in terms of actions. Sounds like you have a really busy place that makes it a lot more difficult than it is at its core.

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