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Sheriff Won't Hire Smokers
San Mateo Daily Journal ^
| March 1, 2004
| Dana Yates
Posted on 03/05/2004 2:45:30 PM PST by at bay
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To: Mears
Your arrogance astonishes me,you must be young. I saw this thread posted yesterday, but when I saw who the poster was, I decided just to ignore it. I KNEW this at bay was who I thought it was............another nasty Nanny!
I don't know why I wasted my time, except my friends were in here, and that made all the difference.
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posted on
03/06/2004 1:57:46 PM PST
by
SheLion
(Curiosity killed the cat BUT satisfaction brought her back!!!)
To: SheLion
Thanks,She. I should just take my own advice and ignore these people.
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posted on
03/06/2004 2:19:25 PM PST
by
Mears
To: annyokie
The puff-list folks are some of the nicest,and funniest,people on FR.
And we are better tippers!!!!!!
43
posted on
03/06/2004 2:23:29 PM PST
by
Mears
To: Mears; SheLion
You're quite right and I honored that SheLion added me to the list!
44
posted on
03/06/2004 2:27:15 PM PST
by
annyokie
(There are two sides to every argument, but I'm too busy to listen to yours.)
To: annyokie
I overheard my boss telling my manager that he wasn't going to hire any more smokers. I told him to look for the lawsuit, as I lit up a Viceroy. BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!
Good for you.
45
posted on
03/06/2004 5:40:41 PM PST
by
Gabz
(The tobacco industry doesn't pay cigarette taxes - smokers do!)
To: Gabz
Thanks!
46
posted on
03/06/2004 5:43:16 PM PST
by
annyokie
(There are two sides to every argument, but I'm too busy to listen to yours.)
To: annyokie; Mears; SheLion; Just another Joe
You're quite right and I honored that SheLion added me to the list! She Lion maintains what I must consider the MOST definitive ping list for the "Puff List" and she works hard at maintaining it.
whenever I've found something to bring to the attention of the reall folks - She Lion and Just another Joe are always on my list......I'm not real good at maintaining a list - and do my pinging by memory and so my list changes with every "ping" I make!!!
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posted on
03/06/2004 5:47:04 PM PST
by
Gabz
(The tobacco industry doesn't pay cigarette taxes - smokers do!)
To: Gabz
I haven't a clue about how to create a ping list, but I am indeed pleased to be on the puff list and I'll remeber Just Another Joe when I cross something that is of reference.
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posted on
03/06/2004 5:49:33 PM PST
by
annyokie
(There are two sides to every argument, but I'm too busy to listen to yours.)
To: annyokie
I'm always the first one to stand up for the right of a private employer to make his/her own decisions.......however I have a major problem with those that make changes mid-steam, especially when those changes are based upon what is currently politically correct.
I don't know if it was you, or another poster, but I offer the following as a public service announcement.....
When dealing with the anti-anything posters on internet message boards, where the screen name renders them without being immediately tagged by sex, I automatically say "s/h/it" it covers EVERYTHING!!!!
49
posted on
03/06/2004 5:56:42 PM PST
by
Gabz
(The tobacco industry doesn't pay cigarette taxes - smokers do!)
To: at bay
I don't have a problem with a sheriff not wanting to hire drug users, tobacco users included. Hirer medical cost and less productivity are good reasons.Think how many times the tobacco junkies have to go outside to get high and add all that time up.
To: dallasgop
Ooops, thats "higher medical cost"
To: Gabz
Twernt me, but I agree with the sentiment.
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posted on
03/06/2004 6:02:48 PM PST
by
annyokie
(There are two sides to every argument, but I'm too busy to listen to yours.)
To: at bay
If I lived out there I would be inclined to apply for a job with this sheriff's dept.
Having worked in HR for 32 years, I am pretty well versed in what kinds of things can be asked on applications and what can and cannot be asked in interviews.
Any questions asked during interviews which do not pertain to an individual's qualifications for the specific job can be misinterpreted by the interviewee as being discriminatory.
If you want to ask me whether or not I am a smoker during the interview process, you damn well better be prepared to be able to document the fact that I can not perform the required duties of such job merely because I am a smoker.
The second you ask me any question relevant to the legal practice of tobacco use, you have now opened the door for me to file a legitimate claim of discrimination with the EEOC.........
53
posted on
03/06/2004 6:07:18 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(I've dealt with stupid people for over 32 years. Haven't I earned the right to just shoot them?)
To: dallasgop
Prove your comments about tobacco smokers.
Oh, you can't can you????
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posted on
03/06/2004 6:39:13 PM PST
by
Gabz
(The tobacco industry doesn't pay cigarette taxes - smokers do!)
To: at bay
How the heck is he going to know if his deputies are smoking on their own time? Oh right, I forgot...random drug testing.
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posted on
03/06/2004 6:43:05 PM PST
by
Wolfie
To: Hot Tabasco
Thank you for all of that information.
There are 2 types of employment laws in states..."employment at will" and "right to work"......
Doesn't the employer in an "employment at will" state have the right to do this????
Any assistance you can provide in keeping this straight for me would be greatly appreciated...and if you choose, I am not averse to FReepmail.
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posted on
03/06/2004 6:44:18 PM PST
by
Gabz
(The tobacco industry doesn't pay cigarette taxes - smokers do!)
To: Wolfie
Oh right, I forgot...random drug testing. If that is how they are going to test it, the deputies better not be eating any tomatoes or eggplant or any other fruit or vegetable that is a member of the nightshade family.........
About the only way drug testing can find evidence of cigarette smoking is to check for cotinine which is a biproduct of nicotine which is found, much like caffeine, naturally in many things we eat and drink.
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posted on
03/06/2004 6:48:46 PM PST
by
Gabz
(The tobacco industry doesn't pay cigarette taxes - smokers do!)
To: Gabz; onmyfeet
I suppose its worth a try. I imagine it'd work as well as the "I was at a Phish concert" defense.
58
posted on
03/06/2004 6:52:43 PM PST
by
Wolfie
To: Wolfie
I imagine it'd work as well as the "I was at a Phish concert" defense. I have no problem admitting the fact that I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.
59
posted on
03/06/2004 6:58:19 PM PST
by
Gabz
(The tobacco industry doesn't pay cigarette taxes - smokers do!)
To: Gabz
My point is that there are a number of over-the-counter medicines that can cross-react on a drug test (cold medicines showing up as speed, etc.) The general advice from the powers that be has been to avoid such items when possible if you know you're subject to drug testing. I suppose the same would apply to the officers and tomatoes. In other words, the test can be very inaccurate, but that's not the employer's problem. The Phish concert is a reference to the old "second-hand marijuana smoke" defense that won't get someone off the hook either. Drug testing is an American institution thats impossible to impugn.
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posted on
03/06/2004 7:11:33 PM PST
by
Wolfie
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