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genuinegirly · 01-29-2008, 05:45 PM

urine tests are expensive.

they're also insulting.

I haven't worked for an employer who required a urine test. Once I was asked to do one as part of an application process. I did. I was offered the job. They were offended when I didn't accept it because they had paid for my pristine urine test. I refused to take it because they offered me less money than they had laid out in the interview.

Asking people on welfare to travel to a facility for their urine sample to be collected is unreasonable. I drove 20 minutes to the nearest urine testing facility the one time I had to go. Requiring that they mail in urine samples is just asking them to find a friend to pee for them in the instance that they're doing illegal substances.

Requiring urine samples for those on welfare might just give us some new and handy statistics on the prevalence of illegal drug use among the nation's poorest.

It would be a senseless requirement.

01-29-2008, 05:45 PM	#45 (permalink)
genuinegirly Eat your vegetables Super Moderator Location: Arabidopsis-ville	urine tests are expensive. they're also insulting. I haven't worked for an employer who required a urine test. Once I was asked to do one as part of an application process. I did. I was offered the job. They were offended when I didn't accept it because they had paid for my pristine urine test. I refused to take it because they offered me less money than they had laid out in the interview. Asking people on welfare to travel to a facility for their urine sample to be collected is unreasonable. I drove 20 minutes to the nearest urine testing facility the one time I had to go. Requiring that they mail in urine samples is just asking them to find a friend to pee for them in the instance that they're doing illegal substances. Requiring urine samples for those on welfare might just give us some new and handy statistics on the prevalence of illegal drug use among the nation's poorest. It would be a senseless requirement. __________________ "Sometimes I have to remember that things are brought to me for a reason, either for my own lessons or for the benefit of others." Cynthetiq "violence is no more or less real than non-violence." roachboy Last edited by genuinegirly; 01-29-2008 at 05:49 PM..