Have you ever gone to work when high?

Years ago, when I was in college and worked retail in the evenings I think I went to work stoned a couple times. But it made me paranoid so I only did it a few times. I'm a lawyer now so, no, it wouldn't be a good career move for me nowadays.

I work in a creative field, so there are times when getting a bit baked really helps me in my work, especially if I'm doing some writing or reviewing new creative work from someone on my team.

People on the creative side of:

Advertising

Film making

Theater

Visual arts

Music industry

do it all the time

Just that one time.

Yes, I work in retail management and I work at a store that is frequented by obnoxious Trumptards who think The Enquirer is a real news source. Yes, I wake and bake.

Back when I was 17 and working at Haagen-Dazs, my coworker and I smoked a joint in the back room before opening the store. It wasn’t as fun as I thought it would be. I was paranoid and tired.

The first time I did LSD, I went to my junior English class, where we were discussing Hamlet. I thought my teacher was the ghost, so I walked out of the room.

Wait. What?

Yes, and I was a hedge fund accountant.

One of my college jobs was as an overnight clerk for Borders. There were 3 of us. Two needy straight guys and me. We were allowed the security code to leave the store twice during the night, ostensibly to smoke cigs, but we were really getting stoned.

Good times, especially since we didn't have to deal with bosses or customers.

Receiving inventory, shelving books, and changing out displays was hardly rocket science, so bring baked wasn't an issue.

I also used to sick one of them off in the bathroom, but that's more of a slut story than a stoner story.

I'm a teacher now, so no way would I ever do it now. Plus I just don't enjoy weed anymore. Makes me anxious and paranoid now.

Ah, youth.

^Nerdy not needy.

Umm, no. It’s highly unprofessional.

When I was in my 20s and working in retail, I went to work once when I was coming down from a coke bender. I was probably still a little high.

Shit job, shit experience.

And I stopped using coke years ago.

[quote]I just don't enjoy weed anymore. Makes me anxious and paranoid now.

It always made me feel this way. I hate it.

Me too, R14. I *WISH* I liked it. Unfortunately, the only drug I've ever really loved happened to be opiates and I'm too much of a wuss to even think about doing those.

Went over to a colleague's for lunch. We smoke hash, then have lunch. In the middle of a righteous high and tasty lunch, I notice a huge fish tank thru the open door of his bedroom. What are those colourful creatures? Piranhas. Mild-mannered tech writer keeps a huge fucking tank of piranhas in his bedroom. I FREAK!! He sees the better part of wisdom to get me out of his flat and back to work. I'm sitting at my work desk mumbling "the guy's got fucking piranha in his bedroom" when my boss walks over to ask me something. I look at my boss, scream "HE"S GOT FUCKING PIRAHNA IN HIS BEDROOM!!", walk out of the office and head home.

It wasn't the first time I'd gone to work stoned. But it sure was the last! (And surprisingly enough, I wasn't sacked.)

I've gotten high every morning since Trump was elected. It beats drinking in the morning or killing myself.

Ive gone to work high, but its kind of pointless, because If I have to do anything that really requires concentration the buzz gets suppressed so its a waste of weed.

[Quote] The first time I did LSD, I went to my junior English class, where we were discussing Hamlet. I thought my teacher was the ghost, so I walked out of the room.

LOL

I realized a friend was getting too deep into meth when he said it was a drug he could do each morning and go to work (he's a lawyer).

I'm guessing everyday if you work at Buzzfeed.

No, that's never happened to me.

I went to work drunk, and yes, my co-worker noticed immediately.

No. I've never sold at work either.

r23 = Judy Garland

R16 has the best story so far.

I'm very flattered, as Judy Garland is my all-time favourite performer (no, I'm not a gay man, I'm a lesbian and I happen to find 1940s Judy very cute).

If you count drunk, then ... yes.

I went to my typing class high as a kite when I was about 16. I got confused and thought I was the keyboard player for the Rolling Stones and started playing Midnight Rambler on the typewriter. And yes the teacher did notice.

Yes, coke. No one knew.

Yeah, many times when I worked at a real estate office my bosses were all very cool and would even let me smoke a joint at my desk late in the evening after we knew no customers would pop in or meetings take place. Things began to get out of hand when they started doing coke and drinking Johnny walker on Fridays it turned into everyday and then strippers started stopping by at the office. One night they asked me to go with them and gave me a ton of dollar bills, they were so loaded and it made me see them in a different light. As much as I liked them and being able to smoke I felt like it was turning into a downward spiral. After I quit I found out the company they worked so hard to build was gone.

Now, I’ll smoke half a joint here and there while walking my dog, Mr. Puffington.

I smoke weed every day but never at work. I couldn't function at my job high. Just adderoll for me during the work day. Wheeee!

[quote] Just adderoll for me during the work day.

It's not helping, dear.

When I was a teen, I once went to work after a night of tripping on acid. I thought it would have worn off by then, but no. It was a call center and I don't remember much, but it was awful.

In my 20s I would occasionally come in after partying all night and sometimes take speed to get through my shift. I rarely did coke, but I was coming off coke once and making all kinds of snappy remarks. I'm pretty quiet and introverted when sober so I think some of my colleagues knew something was up. Oh yeah, we used to go for beers on our lunch break sometimes too. Those were the days...

When I was working 12 hour shifts at restaurants, I used to take Benadryl throughout the night just to keep me mellow. Boring, I know.

Yes, a few times on weed. Had a supervisor snap his fingers in my face and say “are you with me?”. Have no idea how I kept that job.

R16 has me rolling, and now I have the undeniable urge to do the very thing he did.

Every day for years. The days flew by, but weed gives me a lot of energy and focus.

But one day, I woke up and didn't need/ want it anymore. Haven't smoked since.

I came to work drunk several times and my boss pulled me aside and wanted to know if everything was ok. I don't think he really cared, as he used to smoke pot at lunch.

Many times. One of the weirder ones was after a cough-syrup binge (gotta get the dosing just right on that one). Went in to work the next day after being at a rave until 3am. For some reason my vision was all messed up - all the computer screen pixels were super bright and it was like looking at the sun. Left early that day.

I took a new kind of edible at 10:00pm and it didn't hit me full force until 2:00am when I thought I was going to die. I woke up at 6:00 am and had to go to work and was totally high until about 2pm. I laid low and thankfully didn't have any meetings but I was WAY fucked up! No more late night edibles for me.

I have Vicodin from some dental procedure that I keep in my backpack. I took one for the hell of it one day but it made me stupid.

God, yes.

I guess it is true that substances totally affect people differently, I have never gotten paranoid from weed nor do I get the munchies. When I smoke, I am more energetic, can focus easier, and I actually eat less.

The best time, though, was when I went to my creative writing class drunk, in fact I was still drinking through out the class, I had a Starbucks Hot Chocolate spiked with Southern Comfort. The professor decided we each had to write a short story in class, and I got the highest grade.

I used to teach in a high school and so many of us took 1mg of Xanax to get us through the last class of the day.

In one job, I used to smoke some weed while pn my lunch break with some of my coworkers. I had to return to my customer service job in a small office with six people, one of whom would also be high. It could be hard to keep myself together.

On another job I would frequently be high on Vicodin during the day, I kinda miss it.