Testing My Will Power

I seriously think that my strength was being tested yesterday. Not for most of the day but just the last 2 hours of my work day.

My lawn care guys were done working and I was trying to get them paid and speak to one about another job that requires a drug screen. When a gal came busting through the door stating that Fargo told her to come here because she needs to take the flagging certification test. I was busy so I didn’t ask many questions but I thought that it was very rude of her because she had not made an appointment. But in this day and age people don’t care how rude they are. So I put the video in for her and I carried on with what I was doing.

I had already done a drug screen on another gal and still had her “cocktail” sitting one my desk. Ewwe! I just moved it off to the side so I would not get the “cocktails” mixed up when I did the guy’s drug screen.

We apparently use a more sensitive drug screen than his PO because he had “just passed one” on the 14th. Well ~ he did not pass…the weed that he smoked between the 14th and the 18th showed up on the panel.

It amazes me how people are shocked when they turn up dirty. Especially for THC because I don’t know if there are any prescription drugs that contain THC. I know that codeine shows up as opiates and asthma meds show up as amphetamines or meth ~ I can’t remember which it is right now. We ask about the meds that they are on first. We also ask “are you able to pass a drug screen?” We tell them the consequences of not passing. We only screen for clients that require it our company does not. If you don’t pass you may not work for our company at all ~ ever!

Now that I got may more detailed about that than I had really planned, I will continue on with the rest of the story…the gal taking the flagging test. About half way through the video she says “I will just take the test.” She takes the test and brings it back to me. I am busy paying people now and I have to correct her test. Had she made an appointment…

I don’t just pay out I always ask how the job is going for them and I always get a story in return but that is okay. How do we know if we don’t ask.

I correct the test and make copies for the gal. She and I are the only ones in the office so now I engage in conversation with her about taking the test. I asked her why Fargo sent her to us. Because she lives closer to us than Fargo. Still making no sense to me. I said “so you work in Fargo?” No. I asked her do you work for us at all? No! She is not even one of our employees!! The company that she works for is actually a client of ours but she is not working for them through us ~ she just works for them. Twilight Zone Moment! Is this really happening? She leaves.

A guy walks through the door and wants to use the phone because he got stranded. Even though he is an employee, I don’t know him so I decided that I am not going to engage in conversation with him. I am still trying to recover from the gal that just left.

She comes back…I am on the phone with a mother that is trying to verify that her adult son worked for us on certain days because the police are pointing their finger at him…”do you have a bathroom I am pooping my pants!” (Your read that right folks! No pun intended but I shit you not!”)

I continue talking to the lady on the phone. Why is she calling and why is her son not calling for his payroll record blah blah blah…He doesn’t always tell me the whole truth. (Welcome to the real world ~ that is very common.) “He said that he had a return ticket to so and so for so and so.” That would be a LIE because we dispatched him one day for four hours and that is it.

The man is waiting for a phone call because he left our number for someone to call him back that may be able to pick him up.

I get a call “I am stuck in your bathroom.” I look because there is a door that sometimes stays locked. So it is possible to be locked in. I told her that the door is open so how is she stuck in the bathroom. “Do you have any shorts out there.” Do we look like a retail clothing store? No we don’t have any shorts.

Then the Aquarius in me kicked in! I went out to my car because I have my workout clothes in a bag. You guessed it! I gave a strange, rude woman MY DAMN SHORTS!

At least she did not leave a mess in the bathroom. Having to clean up crap would have been the icing on the cake. Iced cake to go with my cocktails. Yum!

Now for the biggest test of the day…In the bathroom behind the door I found a full pack of cigarettes. Yes, I did entertain the thought of smoking ~ not just one but a lot of them. I wanted to smoke the whold damn pack.

I did not smoke!!!