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I floated around grocery stores quite a bit in the early/mid 2000s, working at several locations and various jobs. Meth was fairly common among the grocery nigh
by prpl 6y ago
I floated around grocery stores quite a bit in the early/mid 2000s, working at several locations and various jobs. Meth was fairly common among the grocery night stockers, especially in the big stores. Often times management has some idea of this, but it was usually don’t ask, don’t tell, especially in the union stores, until the point somebody wanted a person fired.
- User23 6y agoI assume some fairly high percentage of FAANG developers are on some kind of lawfully obtained prescription stimulant.
- throw14082020 6y agoPrescription stimulant? What do you mean?
- Synaesthesia 6y agoLike Ritalin or amphetamine in prescribed form, as ADHD medicine.
- aaomidi 6y agoAdderall.
- etxm 6y agoProbably Adderall or modafinil
- gunshai 6y agoGood thing modafinil isn't a stimulant though
- etxm 6y agoThe interwebs seem to think they are > Modafinil, a novel stimulant which has several remarkable features... [1] > Modafinil is considered a stimulant doping agent [2] > Adderall and modafinil are central nervous system stimulant medications (psychostimulants). [3] - [1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1675850/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1675850/ - [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modafinil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modafinil - [3] https://americanaddictioncenters.org/adderall/vs-modafinil https://americanaddictioncenters.org/adderall/vs-modafinil
- throw10123213 6y agoI've also heard legends about such stimulants but it would be quite surprising if this was a 'fairly high percentage'.
- Der_Einzige 6y agoLet's see - I knew guys who popped lots of xannies at my the bigcorp I used to work at. There's also a well known culture of microdosing among some at google. Also, many developers I know smoke weed. Stimulants I'd expect at a place like amazon. Not sure it's as coming in places with better wlb. They have coffee for that...
- wutbrodo 6y agoI'd be extremely surprised if the percentage was "fairly high", having worked in FAANG for half a decade.
- mycologos 6y agoAny guesses as to whether the causality is more "night stocking is tough -- better pop some meth to up my productivity" or "night stocking seems like a good way to earn cash while I'm high on meth"?
- prpl 6y agoIt was usually the former. It was a very hard job, nearly aerobic, job at least 3 nights a week (1-2 of the nights was working backstock which might not need as much hustle). On top of that, it’s between 11 and 7, some people have more than one job and/or have to switch between day shifts and night shifts.
- mycologos 6y agoInteresting. I didn't know meth was cheap enough for this to be economically viable. It reminds me of hearing about cooks who took up smoking because smoke breaks were the only way to get breaks at all during service. From a short-term standpoint, it's got a logic to it.
- prpl 6y agoAverage pay in 2005 would have been $9-14/hr - top end was journeyman - at least 4 years on the job)
- rufus_foreman 6y agoOnce when I was taking a taxi, the driver told me he did meth so he could work more hours so that he would have money to buy meth.
- tareqak 6y agoI am at a loss here: I don’t understand how your comment relates to the article or to topics related to the article.
- bitcharmer 6y agoMeth is an extremely effective stimulant. Its use is quite common among workers who are required to be active for prolonged amount of time