High Customers?

[El Jefe]

Update: To whom it may concern. The customer that was the subject of this thread did come back today, and seemed to not be under the influence of a controlled substance. Interesting enough, I had a customer earlier this morning pay for his car and he was high as a kite, and paid his $1600 dollar bill all in 20's which he handed to me wrapped in a rubber band. How cliche is that?

Recently at the Shop that I work at, we have had the pleasure of dealing with many customers stinking of marijuana. Well this afternoon, an Impala pulls up in front of our first bay, windows all tinted out, and it sits there for about 5-10 minutes. Well I go to get an order on a vehicle and the person rolls the window down accompanied by billows and billows of marijuana smoke rolling straight down my nasal passages, so much so I thought I was going to suffocate. Well he asks if we give free transmission checks and I say we do, and he says "ok I will take one of those", he was obviously either not to smart or just a little to under the influence. Well I tell him I need to see if I have someone to test drive it, and I did not at that particular time. So I go back out to him and he rolls the window down, and thats when he shocked me, he actually just started smoking the blunt right in front of me and blowing his smoke pretty much straight into my face. So I told him he could stop by in the morning and we could spin it.

Well in my situation, what would you have done (all in hypotheticals). My brother says "oh you shouldn't let them smoke weed in the parking lot", but how was I too know what they were doing if I couldn't see them? Should I of called the police when I became aware of their use of a controlled substance. Personally I said no, because I really would fear the reprocussions of this in the area we are located. Boy oh boy did I inhale a lot of that smoke, my head is pounding. It was really unbelieveable. Usually you find weed pieces scattered throughout customers cars but never have they been so blunt as to demonstrate the proper way to smoke marijuana.

[Frazod]

I don't care if somebody wants to smoke dope. Like most things, if it doesn't affect me, it's not my business. As I see it, that's something a mature, intelligent adult should start to outgrow as he progresses through his 20s, but that's just my opinion. Beyond that, though, what kind of fucking idiot drives around smoking dope and THEN interacts with a stranger without giving it a second thought? What if you had narced him out? Then he goes to jail just because he was too fucking stupid to wait until he got home to light up?

Seriously, there's a time and a place for everything.

Personally, I'd have told Spicoli to roll his dumb ass elsewhere. Is that really the sort of person you want to do business with? Not because he gets high; but because he's STUPID.

Would I have called the cops? Probably not. But I'd have definitely confronted the guy on his ridiculous behavior just as I did the idiots driving 50 MPH down my street about an hour ago.

[POND_OF_RED]

If were on the subject of ridding the world of anything that alters your mind while driving I think we should outlaw coffee and energy drinks as well.

Originally Posted by SEA_OF_RED

If were on the subject of ridding the world of anything that alters your mind while driving I think we should outlaw coffee and energy drinks as well.

I agree.... and how about women too? No women allowed in the car while it's moving.

[Valiant]

LOL, We had a guy last week stinking up the whole store.. I asked him 'How much weed did you smoke' he said ' a lot'.. I then asked why did he smoke so much before coming up here to shop, he said 'it was his day off'...

[SPchief]

Originally Posted by SEA_OF_RED

If were on the subject of ridding the world of anything that alters your mind while driving I think we should outlaw coffee and energy drinks as well.

The duh respnonse, the FDA says














THEY'RE LEGAL

[HMc]

Originally Posted by SPchief

The duh respnonse, the FDA says


THEY'RE LEGAL

Yeah so is alcohol.

[POND_OF_RED]

Originally Posted by SPchief

The duh respnonse, the FDA says














THEY'RE LEGAL

That's why I said to outlaw them both. They are both more harmful to your body than marijuana is. Also I wonder how many of you who are strongly against driving while stoned talk on your cell phones while you drive. I guaranteee that cell phones cause more wrecks than marijuana does.

[Sully]

Originally Posted by SEA_OF_RED

I guaranteee that cell phones cause more wrecks than marijuana does.

But they are WAY harder to light.

[Extra Point]

Legalize it, tax the s*it out of it, and keep it at home. Prosecute the public possession of an open pack like an open alcohol container. DUI is still DUI.

[FAX]

Originally Posted by Sully

But they are WAY harder to light.

FAX

[Dartgod]

I'm withholding my opinion until I see what SNR would do.

[Adept Havelock]

Originally Posted by Mr Flopnuts

The problem is, taking a piss test just tells if marijuana is in the system, not if they were high at the time of an accident. There's no real way that I know of to peg someone who is high.

In addition, people who are "conditioned" to pot, meaning the ones that have smoked daily for years are no danger on the roads. It's less intoxicating than pain pills to those people.

Less intoxicated ≠ Not intoxicated.

When the cop informed me 1) The guy reeked of it, 2) Was in posession, and 3) failed a blood test for MJ, and 4) blew just under "legally intoxicated" on a breathalyzer, I don't have any problem with them adding DUI and possession to the vehicular homicide charges.

Frankly, I wish they would have nailed the f**khead for murder.

If you've been drinking, smoking, whatever, stay the f*** away from behind the wheel. If you can't you're just showing a level of selfishness I can't fathom (my buzz is more important than the safety of others). Do whatever the hell you want, just not in a way that can affect others.

I can't believe how many people seem to be defending DUI/DWI.

Originally Posted by Sully

But they are WAY harder to light.

Originally Posted by Extra Point

Legalize it, tax the s*it out of it, and keep it at home. Prosecute the public possession of an open pack like an open alcohol container. DUI is still DUI.

I don't have a problem with an open container in public, be it alcohol or your hypothetical pot example. My only problem is with idiots that get behind the wheel with one.

[Mr. Plow]

I'm with ya Adept. I know exactly what you are talking about.

[Nightfyre]

Originally Posted by Extra Point

Legalize it, tax the s*it out of it, and keep it at home. Prosecute the public possession of an open pack like an open alcohol container. DUI is still DUI.

^^^ THIS ^^^

I personally am not a habitual pot-smoker. However, if we did treat all drugs like alcohol, it benefits our great society in a multitude of ways:
1) We are not spending over $100 billion to fight it. In fact, we are generating revenues from the sale of it.
2) The drugs become safer as they are produced by a more reputable source.
3) We clear out the prisons.
4) Organized crime will slow tremendously.