Coke at Work ?
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Turn7

Original Poster:

25,323 posts

244 months

Friday 27th December 2019
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Having recently seen my boss get Cancer and then sell us off, we have recently been TUPE'd to a bigger competitor.

We were a tiny firm of 5, the new lot are 110 staff and 34million turnover....

The work atmosphere isnt great and they arent making a great deal of effort of helping us gel with their team.

Anyway, one of my colleagues from the old firm was in work today and sent me a shot of this memo....

Really unsure what to make of the letter and also what it means.....

Its more than likely drugs, but no mention of Police ?

Whats your thoughts chaps ?




Butter Face

33,965 posts

183 months

Friday 27th December 2019
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If you’ve got coke in your bloodstream you’ll get fired, I think that’s what they’re saying. You might get away with it if you confess first.

Tell your mate good luck!

Pericoloso

44,044 posts

186 months

Friday 27th December 2019
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If you are "clean" you have nothing to worry about.

Skyedriver

22,238 posts

305 months

Friday 27th December 2019
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The Line Manager...............there's your culprit

Turn7

Original Poster:

25,323 posts

244 months

Friday 27th December 2019
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Its none of us, for sure.....

Algarve

2,102 posts

104 months

Friday 27th December 2019
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Butter Face said:
You might get away with it if you confess first.
I didn't read it as that at all. The whole 'talk to us in confidence', I assumed that was re grassing someone else in for it biggrin



Sheets Tabuer

21,034 posts

238 months

Friday 27th December 2019
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I'd tell them to fk right off and walk if they tried to test me. Who the fk do they think they are ffs

You found a bag in the loo and now want to make me submit to medical testing, erm fk off.

thepeoplespal

1,690 posts

300 months

Friday 27th December 2019
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Just dont eat poppy seeds on your bread, it sets off the tests :-)

MrGTI6

3,267 posts

153 months

Friday 27th December 2019
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Found in the bog? Surely someone was just powdering their nose...

Butter Face

33,965 posts

183 months

Friday 27th December 2019
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Sheets Tabuer said:
I'd tell them to fk right off and walk if they tried to test me. Who the fk do they think they are ffs

You found a bag in the loo and now want to make me submit to medical testing, erm fk off.
So just lose your job for refusing to take the test? Seems legit. The testing would have been in your contract from day 1, it is in mine, if my company wanted to drug test me they could crack (lol) on and find some residual ibuprofen and cold flu remedy.

Steamer

14,105 posts

236 months

Friday 27th December 2019
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Sheets Tabuer said:
I'd tell them to fk right off and walk if they tried to test me. Who the fk do they think they are ffs

You found a bag in the loo and now want to make me submit to medical testing, erm fk off.
Dude.. take a chill pill!.. Oh smokin

RC1807

13,495 posts

191 months

Friday 27th December 2019
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Turn7 said:
Its none of us, for sure.....
You've nothing to worry about then!

borcy

10,175 posts

79 months

Friday 27th December 2019
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Looks like they think there might be a wider problem and are trying to nip it in the bud.

Algarve

2,102 posts

104 months

Friday 27th December 2019
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Sheets Tabuer said:
I'd tell them to fk right off and walk if they tried to test me. Who the fk do they think they are ffs

You found a bag in the loo and now want to make me submit to medical testing, erm fk off.
I think they need to refer to their original contract before telling anyone to fk off...

Butter Face

33,965 posts

183 months

Friday 27th December 2019
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I’m going to check the cisterns at work tomorrow, might be some free money sitting around unattended!

Sheets Tabuer

21,034 posts

238 months

Friday 27th December 2019
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Butter Face said:
So just lose your job for refusing to take the test? Seems legit.
Yes, they pay me for my skills, if they want me to piss on them then that's gonna be extra.

Butter Face

33,965 posts

183 months

Friday 27th December 2019
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Sheets Tabuer said:
Butter Face said:
So just lose your job for refusing to take the test? Seems legit.
Yes, they pay me for my skills, if they want me to piss on them then that's gonna be extra.
I’m sure they’d be just super duper fine with that as an explanation.

GOATever

2,651 posts

90 months

Friday 27th December 2019
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It sounds like a typical bullst trick, pulled by y companies who are looking for a reason to get rid of a few people to me. They come up with a bullst story about finding something somewhere, or just come up with some other horse st excuse, then have an excuse to do an alcohol / substance, blood and or Urine check on the staff. Anyone with the requisite markers in their blood, gets the boot ( gross misconduct) and the staff members concerned, haven’t got a leg to stand on. I know someone who had this number pulled on them by the little weasels at the company he worked for. Unfortunately for them, but fortunately for him, there were no markers in his blood, so the trick didn’t work. He knows that they are a bunch of slimy little turds now though, and isn’t willing to help out, should the brown stuff hit the fan, and some ‘above and beyond’ efforts are required.

haggishunter

1,315 posts

266 months

Friday 27th December 2019
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They want to introduce drug and alcohol test to the new acquisitions, they’ve invented an excuse to do it.

borcy

10,175 posts

79 months

Friday 27th December 2019
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I think it's reasonable common to do this. We do drug random testing. Sometimes it can be a couple of years without a test sometimes 4/5 times a year.