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In school news, Potterslily's classmate pulled a college-aged, idealist freak out Thursday. PL and the unnamed classmate had been sitting next to each other in class for a couple of weeks chatting about on-set opportunities as the girl had worked in Hollywood over the summer. Then, the girl brings up one of
THE 3 topics that we all know are sure to burn down the house. Out of sex, religion and politics -- she brought up politics. PL, in an attempt to be funny as well as honest, tried to reference the South Park episode called "Douche and Turd" that satirizes politics by saying that the choice of candidates are as good as choosing between a giant douche and a turd sandwich. The classmate found no humor in this and proceeded to rant about the importance of voting, effectively ending the repartee they had been enjoying. The girl now sits... on the other side of the classroom.
In work news, PL was recently compelled to take a pre-employment drug test. After the first attempt failed, the nurse on duty said that the urine didn't register a temperature and that means that a second try must be attempted IN FRONT of a staff member and that the employer must be notified. PL tried to take in all in stride, but the insensitive attitude of the nurse made her seethe a bit. An hour later, after she had accumulated enough urine to try again, she was accompanied to the bathroom by a female nurse, whereupon she was seized by an unexpected case of stage fright. To ease the tension, she asked the nurse, "So, how long have you been a nurse?" "3 years." "And do you watch people pee often? (silence) This is crazy... a few minutes ago, I was literally doing the peepee dance. (nervous laughter) So, uhm... do you know any jokes? (nurse shakes her head) Right, well... this is harder than it looks really."
PL tried massaging her lower abdomen to no avail when the second nurse pounded on the door and announced that the time limit was nearly up and that if a sample was not produced in the next 60 seconds, the test would be failed. And with the threat of unemployment looming, PL finally produced a sample. Unfortunately, there was an excessive amount of urine and the cup overflowed and soaked PL's hand. She left the office, pee-soaked and embarrassed. But worst of all, the nurses had left their senses of humor... at home.
In other news, 2 out of the 4 people PL told that story to had also misplaced their senses of humor.
In movie news, PL saw Righteous Kill
[link] last night. Here is her review:
"Righteous Kill delivers. The acting was believable and engaging and we get to see John Leguizamo in something mainstream. He kind of fell off the map after Romeo and Juliet, but it's good to see him back. The story was exciting and smart and the ending was satisfying and unexpected. Two thumbs up!" 
And finally, in concert news, PL went to her first rock concert last week. One of her favorite bands, TRAPT, was playing the House of Blues. She reported drinking, headbanging, stripping, screaming, moshpitting and other rowdiness. She enjoyed the experience so much, on her way out after the show, she bought a ticket to a show next month. We expect a full report as she will try to get actually get
in the fray next time and drink along side the hooligans.
Well, that wraps it up for WPTL News. I hope you'll join us next time and until then, I hope you'll keep us updated on the news happening ... with you! Goodnight everybody.
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Do most jobs in America require pre-employment drug test or is it just some of them. It just that the whole thing seems very bizarre to me!
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1. South Park =
2. Are you applying for a nursing job?
3.) HOW is that not funny??
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Yeah, I couldn't believe they'd make me do that either, but at the same time I could. There are people who bring other people's piss in a vile in their pocket and try to pass it off as their own. I still think they could have just searched me and proven that I had nothing on me and then let me try again in privacy.
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I'm not applying for a nursing job. I'm a massage therapist and I just got hired on at a new place that requires you to take a pre-employment drug test. If the temperature had registered the first time, there would have been no staff voyeurism... but for some crazy reason, it didn't.
And I KNOW! HOW is that NOT funny?! I was at least making myself laugh! But okay so the nurses had no sense of humor -- but my male friends that I told didn't think it was funny either! They were like, "Guys pee in front of each other all the time. It's no big deal." Well, it's like, "Put yourself in my shoes! I NEVER pee in front of anyone! I'm usually all alone behind a locked door! What if a nurse wanted to witness you having a bowel movement!? Would THAT be okay?!"
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I feel bad for you that you were made so uncomfortable and I am surprised that they were so stringent about a pre-employment drug test! Usually companies are not so picky except in the case where illicit drug use could lead to injury to clients (such as in Nursing). I must say that as a nursing student, I deal with bodily emissions of all types at all times. For me, it is really no big deal! Some people (patients) are squeamish about it, some are not. In addition, I had to pee test (in front of someone) before being approved to work at the hospital. I also work at a drug & alcohol rehab center and part of my job is to watch people pee in cups. I see people come into treatment all the time who are upset that they have to pee in front of someone. I personally try to put them at ease by joking or finding ways to relax them. It is really unfortunate that this did not happen for you (humorless nurses should find a different profession in my opinion). I suspect that they are used to drug testing people who are drug addicts and will use a plethora of gimmicks to avoid a dirty test. Believe me, I have seen it all! People dip their pee in water to dilute it (this also makes it cold), people pee an extremely small amount and hope that it is untestable, I even had a girl once who had inserted a bag filled with someone else's pee into her bladder in order to pass her test!!! Now if that's not funny, I don't know what is!!!
Good luck with the job hunting at any rate!
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But it's nice to hear that you can help people relax in awkward situations such as this. It's too bad you weren't my nurse
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