I got fired for being high on my day off
Welp, I guess this happened to me too now. FYI, I live in a legal state, work alternating shifts, so my days off aren't set in stone to Saturday/Sunday. Most of the time I don't do anything special, just chill at home, smoke and sleep before I have to return to work. A couple days ago I basically had a similar thing going on - watching some crappy movies, smoking Northern Lights + White Fire OG blend I finally got my hands on thanks to a friend, overall enjoying the chance to laze around without any projects and KPIs to worry about. Except that day I had to run an errand and go to one of the stores in my neighborhood. No big deal, right? It's not like I smoked anything that makes me act crazy or trip, just something to relax and uplift myself.
Well guess what, I ended up meeting my boss in that store. On my day off. In the part of town she never ever visits because she literally lives in another city and only comes by the office from time to time. And the office isn't even close to my house in the slightest. It's like I've been set up by the universe itself... We talked a bit, I thought it was fine - I acted normal, it's my day off, hell, there are even known smokers in our workplace. But come the next day, I got called into her office and basically very politely but very firmly told that I need to look for another job now. Weed stuff never got mentioned in the rules when I applied so it's not the official reason for them letting me go but she made it very clear it was because of that one day off when we met.
I worked there for like 4 years, reached top 3 for performance multiple times. Never really received any complaints either, but I guess a grown adult can't smoke in their free time in a legal state without even a binding contract that explicitly prohibits this. Some might call me stupid and tell me it was my own fault for going out right after smoking, but I really don't see it... Whatever, thanks for listening to me yap, I will give that blend another go as I scroll through job listings this evening... God knows I need to relax again.