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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhat would a job interview for a teller position at a head shop be like?
There is a head shop a few stores down from a restaurant we frequent and it occurred to me the other day that the job interview for getting a job there must be rather strange. About the only job at which admitting to doing drugs is MORE likely to get you the job. What kind of questions would they ask you? I suppose when it comes down to it they are looking for much the same as many other places, someone down to earth and agreeable who makes the customers want to buy. But they would want someone knowledgeable about their drug paraphernalia too.
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)Locut0s
(6,154 posts)Odd considering I live in a pot crazy city and have nothing against it. The real reason I haven't is I've never socialised enough to be in a position to try it.
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)JohnRogan
(51 posts)there are plenty of folks waiting in line for that job I am sure, do you have to take a drug test I wonder?
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uppityperson
(115,677 posts)Who were you when you were here before?
JohnRogan
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uppityperson
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gopiscrap
(23,733 posts)JohnRogan
(51 posts)gopiscrap
(23,733 posts)and also have some laughs!
jmowreader
(50,546 posts)And it would be the only place in America where coming up hot would be mandatory.
Just think, if pot was legal everywhere the head shops would sell little vials of THC-carboxylic acid to people too broke to buy weed but for some reason needed to show up hot on a piss test.
zbdent
(35,392 posts)what happened to all the candy that was in the (just-filled) jar on the desk ...
jmowreader
(50,546 posts)You'd need to know how to use everything in the store because you'd be the subject matter expert on every way there is to get fucked up.
IrishEyes
(3,275 posts)I don't drink alcohol very much but I can bartend really well. I think that they would want someone who is knowledgeable about the products but you could be knowledgeable without using them all the time. They would also want someone who is reliable, friendly and good with customers.
jmowreader
(50,546 posts)Taitertots
(7,745 posts)I can only imagine people come in asking for all kinds of things.
Dugouts
Percolators
Vaporizers
Spoons
Steamrollers...
JoeyT
(6,785 posts)If you so much as say "bong" the interview would probably end immediately. I got thrown out of one for that and I was a customer. ("That's a pretty bong." "WATERPIPE! Bongs are illegal. We don't sell bongs." "It looks like a bong to me!" "Get out."
Admitting to doing drugs would probably end the interview immediately too. They wouldn't want the risk of an employee that might buy or sell drugs while working there, since all manner of hell would rain down on them if it happened.
According to my friend that worked at one for a while, she got randomly drug tested about once every two weeks. The cops crawl up their asses on a constant basis, so they want nothing with even the slightest whiff of illegality near them.