second chance flushed in 2 days

pavulon · 10-28-2008, 04:14 PM

The new hire completed rehab about 6 months ago. Today, the newbie was found hooked to a syringe in a bathroom. I'd say lucky to be alive if I thought that was the case...instead I'd have to say that now, the odds of an eventual suicide are much greater than 50/50...man, oh man.

M.D. Holloway · 10-28-2008, 04:20 PM

tough monkey to get off your back

pavulon · 10-29-2008, 01:39 AM

clearly true.

I feel bad for green-lighting this hire...like I'm more than a little responsible for the stain it will be on my department and place of work for the past 10 years. The drug this person was using in the past and now doesn't turn up on urine tox. screens and is readily available in large quantities. As such, I can't see that there was anything other than a clear plan to use this drug again and as much as possible. This person went missing for an hour on Monday (day 1) after telling me that they needed to make a few phone calls during lunch...AWOL again on day 2 when found in a bathroom that was locked for over an hour.

I didn't have a chance to know this person at all. This seems so clearly planned that I don't really feel bad for them...more so the people I work with. They deserved better. I'll apologize a lot today.

vash · vash's Garage

what drug to you shoot and wont show up on a blood test? just curious...

poor kid.

DanielDudley · 10-29-2008, 03:08 AM

I had to fire a five year employee a while back. Don't feel bad, but it doesn't make me want to try again.

KFC911 · 10-29-2008, 03:15 AM

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Originally Posted by pavulon

...I didn't have a chance to know this person at all. This seems so clearly planned that I don't really feel bad for them...more so the people I work with. They deserved better. I'll apologize a lot today.

Wow, I can't really relate to someone who is that stupid. Don't beat yourself up over this, apologize (if you feel the need to), and move on. WTF is wrong with some people

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pavulon · 10-29-2008, 11:45 AM

drug: propofol
age: >40
experience in the field: ~10 yrs

slodave · slodave's Garage

Yikes, here's the Wiki on propofol:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propofol

Quote:

Propofol is a short-acting intravenous sedative agent used for the induction of general anesthesia for adults and children, maintenance of general anesthesia, and sedation in medical contexts, such as intensive care unit (ICU) sedation for intubated, mechanically ventilated adults, and in procedures such as colonoscopy. It provides no analgesia.[1] Yet in some studies, when patients receive propofol compared to inhalation agents for anesthesia, postoperative pain is less after propofol.[2] Propofol is approved for use in more than 50 countries. It is also commonly used in veterinary medicine.

tabs · 10-29-2008, 12:39 PM

So that was the stuff they gave me when I had the Colonoscopy...that stuff makes ya numb, without a care in the world. Hit with that 2 by 4 again it doesn't hurt.

cgarr · cgarr's Garage

Maybe he just wanted a Colonoscopy?

You mean it makes you so numb that this doesn't even bother ya!!

Noah930 · Noah930's Garage

The guy was shooting up with Propofol? Aside from being somewhat dangerous, what's the point of shooting up if you can't remember the experience?

edit: Just asked an anesthesiologist. Apparently some people have a euphoria with Propofol. I guess that might be if you use a low enough dose so as not to put yourself fully to sleep (which is how it's usually used in the hospital--during induction of anesthesia and for sedation). Apparently there was an article written up in one of the anesthesia journals about how an anesthesiologist was found to be using it in his coffee. He'd use it in the place of creamer (Propofol is a white liquid).

Heel n Toe · 10-29-2008, 01:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pavulon

I feel bad for green-lighting this hire...like I'm more than a little responsible for the stain it will be on my department and place of work for the past 10 years.

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This seems so clearly planned that I don't really feel bad for them...more so the people I work with. They deserved better. I'll apologize a lot today.

Don't beat yourself up... you gave this guy a shot to improve his life situation and he chose to throw it away.

Coworkers should understand... I'm betting they will see you as compassionate and caring, and the user as the bonehead.

If he had been a meth head and had come in and burned the place down so everyone was out of a job, you'd probably encounter some resentment... but as it stands, you shouldn't have any backbiting, IMO.

svandamme · svandamme's Garage

hook him up with some Ketamine, then bang some cooking pans, run some vacuum cleaners and drill some holes in those cooking pans while he's spaced out

worth a try