Also, while I was working at a resort, I overheard an asst manager talking to a new employee and had to do a double take because I couldn't believe what I heard. "We know that there is a culture of weed in the ski industry, so I won't tell you not to smoke weed, but I will tell you that you WILL be drug tested if you're involved in an incident. Just don't get involved in an incident."
I know several career ski instructors, and they stay far away from any sort of illegal drug. There's a big difference between risking your "free ski pass!" winter job and risking your career.
I'm not sure what I think of that assistant manager's words. It's probably realistic =/
Interesting. Marijuana is also legal in Washington (state), however I haven’t seen any noticeable increase in employees being stoned to that point at Stevens Pass, or other businesses. Maybe I’m just not paying attention........
I also haven't noticed an increase in Colorado employees being stoned - probably because many were also clearly stoned in the years preceding legalization.
I know several Colorado resorts emphasize that marijuana is not legal from a federal perspective and that there is a zero tolerance policy for drugs in the workplace. It is no secret.
It's funny how many people are upset that, as they misunderstand it, people can just show up to work stoned, and the company can't do anything about it. One moment's thought would reveal that this is complete nonsense - Companies can fire you for showing up to work drunk. Or in fact for just about anything, as long as it's not explicitly protected.
Isn't there a government agency that issues an operating permit for all ski lifts including a Magic Carpet and wouldn't there be inspections that would identify the deficiencies, including the absence of a Lock Out System?
This reminds me of the woman who went up the Silverton lift without skis or a snowboard. We all thought the top of the lift looked horrifying, but it passed inspection.
where do i allocate my internet outrage points for this update related to benefits and money? maybe 15% on the wc rule, 85% on the guy; (Note: outrage on the accident itself already expended back in first post and dwarfs this update ).
get your affairs in order people
I can't find the outrage. Very few people below, say, 50 - probably a higher number - can really wrap their heads around mortality. I was lucky in that Eric's company provided a significant amount of life insurance "for free," and makes it easy to add more. (We decided not to, because we don't have kids). He had no will. His death was a wakeup call for a lot of families, and at least there's that. But when he was having a heart attack, he found ways to convince himself it was something else. When a few weeks later I had an anaphylactic reaction, I chose to avoid the ER and just went home and took a Benadryl.
I probably shouldn't have used the word "immortal" but I think all of us agree to things because we think nothing bad will ever happen to us.
I know I put off buying a life insurance policy for several years because I was young and healthy. What could go wrong? Then one day, I had a close call and made an appointment with an insurance guy.
Exactly. And I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that a lift operator with a couple of kids is already on a pretty tight monthly budget. (I don't know if his wife works outside the home, obviously.)
The threshold in Colorado for an impairment violation while driving is 5 ng/ml of THC in the bloodstream.
According to the toxicology report in the link, Adam Lee had a level of 41 mg/ml of THC in his blood.
That's 8 times the legal limit.
I'm no expert on the subject, but.........
I'm no expert on the subject, but as the only tests in existence show THC even if it was consumed a month ago, I don't think proves anything.
