Police Applicants Failed Drug Screening
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I failed a drug screening at an interview when I was told in the recruitment stage a month before that they drug test at the interview and not to take anything like ibuprofen ect.
Forgot and took a couple of cold and flu tablets in the morning because I'd been ill all week, escorted out of the building and didn't get the job
Forgot and took a couple of cold and flu tablets in the morning because I'd been ill all week, escorted out of the building and didn't get the job
W124Bob said:
Back when I was driving trains we heard of this on quite a few occasions. Bearing in mind the drug screening is about the last hurdle, the recruit has thrown away a good career opportunity.
Network Rail still has a drug/alcohol screening policy as part of the recruitment process and people still turn up to a screening appointment that they had several weeks notice for and fail an alcohol test (albeit, the limit is lower than the UK drink drive limit). This is after a job offer so they will have passed the interview process already. Hugo Stiglitz said:
irc said:
Duh!!
Leaving aside the illegality how thick must you be to supply a positive test during employment screening?
Link?Leaving aside the illegality how thick must you be to supply a positive test during employment screening?
Older non paywalled story of similar eejits.
https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/13458916/sho...
I work in an engineering factory and we have yearly medicals that include giving a sample for drink/drug analysis.
I had mine at the end of January....and I had done the Dry January bit so no alcohol and I don't do drugs. I passed with no issues but the Nurse doing the test explained the drug test and what they were looking for as I was curious.
The list was like something from Breaking Bad, Cannabis, Coke, Meth, Ketomine etc. I can't remember the full list but there were 7 drugs on the list.
The nurse told me they had had people hit a positive test on 5 out of 7 previously. I came back in to work and told people and we all had a good laugh about it, but wondered if it was more myth than reality.
2 weeks later, a bloke who worked on my department and who we suspected had a drink problem, was called in for his test with zero notice. He failed on 6 and was escorted of site and dismissed.
We all thought that was impressive....then last week, another employee, a FLT driver no less, hit the magic 7 out of 7 on the drug test and was pi$$ed after his lunch time pints too!
And finally, to echo a previous comment, both of these people where not kids, one late 40's, one late 50's!
I had mine at the end of January....and I had done the Dry January bit so no alcohol and I don't do drugs. I passed with no issues but the Nurse doing the test explained the drug test and what they were looking for as I was curious.
The list was like something from Breaking Bad, Cannabis, Coke, Meth, Ketomine etc. I can't remember the full list but there were 7 drugs on the list.
The nurse told me they had had people hit a positive test on 5 out of 7 previously. I came back in to work and told people and we all had a good laugh about it, but wondered if it was more myth than reality.
2 weeks later, a bloke who worked on my department and who we suspected had a drink problem, was called in for his test with zero notice. He failed on 6 and was escorted of site and dismissed.
We all thought that was impressive....then last week, another employee, a FLT driver no less, hit the magic 7 out of 7 on the drug test and was pi$$ed after his lunch time pints too!
And finally, to echo a previous comment, both of these people where not kids, one late 40's, one late 50's!
Avenicus said:
Network Rail still has a drug/alcohol screening policy as part of the recruitment process and people still turn up to a screening appointment that they had several weeks notice for and fail an alcohol test (albeit, the limit is lower than the UK drink drive limit). This is after a job offer so they will have passed the interview process already.
"Still has"Everyone employed on the railway has drug screening as part of the employment process.
I remember working on a building site about 13 years ago. I was in between jobs and just went along to help my mate do a bit of dry-lining. One day, one of the lads shouted "drugs testing guy is here"..I've never seen so many Transits / Vivaros wheelspinning out of a car park in my life 
8IKERDAVE said:
I remember working on a building site about 13 years ago. I was in between jobs and just went along to help my mate do a bit of dry-lining. One day, one of the lads shouted "drugs testing guy is here"..I've never seen so many Transits / Vivaros wheelspinning out of a car park in my life
Who does the testing for drugs on a building site?The police 'Fit for work' alcohol level is lower that the 'drink drive' limit.
I know of one cop who quit before being sacked for being over the alcohol 'fit for work' limit (but under the drink drive limit), and this was the day after he'd been out drinking the night before.
What a fool
I know of one cop who quit before being sacked for being over the alcohol 'fit for work' limit (but under the drink drive limit), and this was the day after he'd been out drinking the night before.
What a fool
bimsb6 said:
My brother works for the local bus company , they had a driver have a minor rta , turned out she was 4 times over the drink drive limit!
We had a Train Driver do similar. f
ked up at around 8am and despite the fact the police test wasn't done until around 1pm he was still 3x over the limit. kestral said:
8IKERDAVE said:
I remember working on a building site about 13 years ago. I was in between jobs and just went along to help my mate do a bit of dry-lining. One day, one of the lads shouted "drugs testing guy is here"..I've never seen so many Transits / Vivaros wheelspinning out of a car park in my life
Who does the testing for drugs on a building site?been on a site when they were testing, as I wasnt an employee they didnt ask me, would have been no problem, (unless I was still holding a bit of beer from night before,) the site gates were closed to stop runners,
Edited by bobtail4x4 on Wednesday 15th April 20:46
s p a c e m a n said:
I failed a drug screening at an interview when I was told in the recruitment stage a month before that they drug test at the interview and not to take anything like ibuprofen ect.
Forgot and took a couple of cold and flu tablets in the morning because I'd been ill all week, escorted out of the building and didn't get the job
Forgot and took a couple of cold and flu tablets in the morning because I'd been ill all week, escorted out of the building and didn't get the job
You just made that up. It's not the Olympics, they screen for 2 sometimes 3 well known recreational drugs, not for a dose of night nurse or a couple of paracetomol the previous evenings p a c e m a n said:
They just made me piss in a pot and they stuck a piece of paper in there, the paper changed colour for opioids. Apparently I was a crack addict or something 
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