05-14-2017, 10:01 AM
Sorry to hijack this thread but I have great true story.
When I was finishing up my undergraduate degree I thought it would be a couple of years before I started law school. I applied for a position with the Chattanooga City Fire Department. The hiring process was a series steps. it started with a written test that hundreds of people took. They eliminated a bunch of people then about a week later there was a call back for a physical strength/endurance test. They elimnated more people then about a week later I had to take the MMPI and a lie detector test. The final step was a physical exam by a doctor that included a drug test.
I had been clean for weeks anticipating this drug test. But after I took the MMPI and lie detector I did not get a call back for well over a week. i assumed that I had been eliminated so I smoked it up big time. The very next day I was called to come in for the exam. I schedualed it for a couple of days away and then tried all sorts of crazy stuff to try and pass (drinking vinegar etc)..
The next call I got was an offer to join the CCFD.
The funniest part is that when this happened it was impossible to get one of those jobs without someone already on the force to recommend you. they usually hired about 5 or 6 guys a year. But in 1985 they instituted a drug testing policy and a few guys had lost their jobs. So they hired 14 new firemen that year and I was able to get on because I scored so high on every test. So even though I was a pot smoker I was able to get a job that someone lost possibly for smoking pot.
When I was finishing up my undergraduate degree I thought it would be a couple of years before I started law school. I applied for a position with the Chattanooga City Fire Department. The hiring process was a series steps. it started with a written test that hundreds of people took. They eliminated a bunch of people then about a week later there was a call back for a physical strength/endurance test. They elimnated more people then about a week later I had to take the MMPI and a lie detector test. The final step was a physical exam by a doctor that included a drug test.
I had been clean for weeks anticipating this drug test. But after I took the MMPI and lie detector I did not get a call back for well over a week. i assumed that I had been eliminated so I smoked it up big time. The very next day I was called to come in for the exam. I schedualed it for a couple of days away and then tried all sorts of crazy stuff to try and pass (drinking vinegar etc)..
The next call I got was an offer to join the CCFD.
The funniest part is that when this happened it was impossible to get one of those jobs without someone already on the force to recommend you. they usually hired about 5 or 6 guys a year. But in 1985 they instituted a drug testing policy and a few guys had lost their jobs. So they hired 14 new firemen that year and I was able to get on because I scored so high on every test. So even though I was a pot smoker I was able to get a job that someone lost possibly for smoking pot.
