boost the number of job applicants by as much as 400%
Anybody else think they meant 420% ?
Amazon’s answer to delivery driver shortage: Pot smokers
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#112Some of the comments are assuming that all those who smoke pot are irresponsible or unable to do a job if they do smoke pot (this includes people who may only smoke at weekends/parties btw)
A larger portion of them are from experience of hiring and being around people who smoke it. I would not employ someone who does because of those people. I have horror stories a mile long. I know this is unpopular on internet news sites but I assure you that your social reputation isn’t that great if you smoke the stuff generally and that’s not going to change because of the propensity of people to be unreliable or d…
There are lots of people you don't know that smoke pot regularly and you can't tell. I promise you.
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#113I’m keeping my camera ready for when Snoop Dogg brings me my package.
When did HN start having such low quality comments?
People who live in glass houses and all.
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#114Earlier quoted context omitted.
“Maybe” alcohol has health consequences? Like 95,000 deaths per year?
Absolutely, i more made reference to how when somebody mention health impact of weed somebody else say "whatabout alcohol unhealthiness" as though it is relevant.
I had a grandfather die of alcoholism. I'd much rather smoke pot than drink alcohol and long term it's almost certainly safer from what we can tell.
It's also hard to be productive drinking but pot can have the opposite effect.
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#115Earlier quoted context omitted.
Pot smokers are worlds apart from 'drug addicts', which i presume you're equating with opiates or other highly physically addictive substances
yeap, so MURICA can legalize it first, secures the market, lobby "allies" into legalizing too, so it can become a global giant can't you see already the propaganda, the pro-'canabis' all around the world? a drug is a drug, my dear friend i seen many "pot" smoker in high school, they couldn't even concentrate properly during tests, they all failed miserable at society look, some even are being grabbed by amazon becaus…
What an archaic and backwards viewpoint. Any state in the US where pot is legal, you can find plenty of responsible weed users, the same way you can find people who drink alcohol responsibly anywhere.
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#116Earlier quoted context omitted.
Driving high is like driving as a grandma. You're hyper vigilant, looking everywhere, your reactions are delayed a little such as that of an 60 year old person, and you're definitely listening to speed "limit" as the maximum, and not as the average.
When high, you are impaired and shouldn't be driving. Period.
I don't disagree but being high is not a singular, impaired state.
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#117Some of the comments are assuming that all those who smoke pot are irresponsible or unable to do a job if they do smoke pot (this includes people who may only smoke at weekends/parties btw)
We don't regulate alcohol use, and it's quite a lot more destructive for some. I don't get the specific puritanism for pot. Edit: Regulate as in drug testing for past use in an employment context, like what the story is talking about.
But we do regulate alcohol use... Severely...
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#118Of course Amazon is watching out for their business interest, but they are doing the morally right thing here. I do not smoke anything as a personal preference and do not enjoy when second-hand smoke and smell affects me but I support legalization for the simple reason that criminalization of marijuana and stigmatization of pot smokers is much much worse.
Something I learned from a pot smoker: they sometimes mix it with other drugs for higher effects.
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#119Earlier quoted context omitted.
A larger portion of them are from experience of hiring and being around people who smoke it. I would not employ someone who does because of those people. I have horror stories a mile long. I know this is unpopular on internet news sites but I assure you that your social reputation isn’t that great if you smoke the stuff generally and that’s not going to change because of the propensity of people to be unreliable or d…
There are lots of people you don't know that smoke pot regularly and you can't tell. I promise you.
Yes there are but they probably aren't very high, they're most likely toking as in slightly buzzed if we were comparing it alcohol. I guess you'd notice drunk people and you'd notice very high pot smokers. But would you mind a coworker having a glass of wine for lunch?
There are long term pot smokers whose intake is very large but whose tolerance has risen such that when they consume they're quite functional. They are usually easy to spot though...
Re: Amazon’s answer to delivery driver shortage: Pot smokers
#120Some of the comments are assuming that all those who smoke pot are irresponsible or unable to do a job if they do smoke pot (this includes people who may only smoke at weekends/parties btw)
Some of the smartest people I have worked with smoked pot daily and before work. one is a head of engineering at netflix, another a head of IT at a big firm... some of the highest performers I have ever worked with, and pot was a daily for them.
And many top politicians, business executives, authors, producers, and musicians were alcoholics. Your claim of having met high performing pot smokers is meaningless.