*moved*
I recently turned 18 and had to get a job to pay for car insurance, college, gas money, clothes, and basically everything except rent and food, so I applied at a local Raleys and had a GREAT interview, and they called me wanting to go to the next step which was a drug test. I was assueming it would be a urine test (no problem, my step brother has stuff hes used to get state jobs and was willing to give me it for free) but I talked to my dad about being nervous about it in case it was not a urine test, and he suggested I call the corporate office to see how they handle drug testing. Well lo and behold, they do a hair test.
I was very bummed, and decided the best course of action would be to talk to my manager and confess that I wouldn't pass the hair test, and said i believed in being honest (which is mostly true) and didn't want them to waste their money. He told me he appreciated the honesty, and called to talk to his boss and see what he could do. He found out he could hire me if the hair test showed that I haven't smoked in 3 months, so he told me to come back in 3 months of no smoking and Id have a job.
Well, as I said I need this job, it offers full benefits plus decent pay and promotion potential, so I went for it. I knew that I hadn't smoked since jan 1st, and that I could make it to April, so Ive been not smoking. Its been pretty easy but recently i've been under a ton of stress, and have been dieing to smoke and just chill for a little bit. I was wondering, what do you guys do to help pass the times when you cant smoke for whatever reason? I only have a few more weeks to go, but the faster and easier it is the better = ).
I recently turned 18 and had to get a job to pay for car insurance, college, gas money, clothes, and basically everything except rent and food, so I applied at a local Raleys and had a GREAT interview, and they called me wanting to go to the next step which was a drug test. I was assueming it would be a urine test (no problem, my step brother has stuff hes used to get state jobs and was willing to give me it for free) but I talked to my dad about being nervous about it in case it was not a urine test, and he suggested I call the corporate office to see how they handle drug testing. Well lo and behold, they do a hair test.
I was very bummed, and decided the best course of action would be to talk to my manager and confess that I wouldn't pass the hair test, and said i believed in being honest (which is mostly true) and didn't want them to waste their money. He told me he appreciated the honesty, and called to talk to his boss and see what he could do. He found out he could hire me if the hair test showed that I haven't smoked in 3 months, so he told me to come back in 3 months of no smoking and Id have a job.
Well, as I said I need this job, it offers full benefits plus decent pay and promotion potential, so I went for it. I knew that I hadn't smoked since jan 1st, and that I could make it to April, so Ive been not smoking. Its been pretty easy but recently i've been under a ton of stress, and have been dieing to smoke and just chill for a little bit. I was wondering, what do you guys do to help pass the times when you cant smoke for whatever reason? I only have a few more weeks to go, but the faster and easier it is the better = ).