There are definitely drug-test outfits with policies to avoid you smuggling in a baggie of somebody else's clean urine. I undetstand this is because there are workers-comp. insurance policies that incentivize such policies.
"I wanted to tell him a lot of things, but none of them had anything to do with greasing gears or tripping pipe or digging trenches. I wanted to work on a drilling rig because I hated the part of myself that even felt pride at such things."
You mentioned the teens in the video store before but I don't think you told us the whole scene. How incredibly moving. Thank you.
It stuck with me and I didn’t even realize why at the time.
There are definitely drug-test outfits with policies to avoid you smuggling in a baggie of somebody else's clean urine. I undetstand this is because there are workers-comp. insurance policies that incentivize such policies.
So I guess the person who replied to this blocked me (I think?) but literally everyone out there was on meth except for a handful of people.
People cheat on urine drug tests all the time. It’s only legitimate if it is witnessed.
Awesome story
Thanks Dana
it's "911." "9–11" is a different thing
Well shit. Updating now.
you missed "the 9–11 operator"
I fucking love this story 💙
Thanks Anna. I’m trying to be true to the not very happy voice in my head at the time. This may make it a dull read for others.
Great piece, especially this:
"I wanted to tell him a lot of things, but none of them had anything to do with greasing gears or tripping pipe or digging trenches. I wanted to work on a drilling rig because I hated the part of myself that even felt pride at such things."
Self disgust is a heckuva drug.
....definitely want to hear more about the roughnecking, but that might be just a personal problem.
They might be less frequent, but I’ll crank out the whole summer at some point.