tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post660627543751915733..comments2024-03-29T05:21:11.278+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: As Excuses Go....JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-2048292471973604272018-12-15T06:18:26.773+00:002018-12-15T06:18:26.773+00:00"Random drug testing is an intrusion into you...<i>"Random drug testing is an intrusion into your personal life and should only be used in the event of an accident."</i><br /><br />It's a condition of employment. Don't like it? Find another job.<br /><br /><i>"Furthermore, I can't see where Tobin was involved in the case you cite"</i><br /><br />Oh! That link's changed since I inserted it, it didn't lead to that story originally!<br /><br /><i>"It actually sounds legit. Like he was just faced with unwavering management who can't think beyond procedure"</i><br /><br />Possibly. And possibly it was an excuse to rid themselves of a troublemaker? <br /><br /><i>"...they didn't want to admit their procedures were flawed so defended them regardless of the facts."</i><br /><br />Have they changed them since, I wonder? JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-78413375924569765392018-12-04T13:38:23.467+00:002018-12-04T13:38:23.467+00:00I'm with the driver - you can't fake a hai...I'm with the driver - you can't fake a hair follicle test (if done properly). And its well known that bank notes in London (and probably all major cities) are contaminated with cocaine, repeated studies have shown it. Tests have showed that people who have definitely never taken drugs will have cocaine residues on their hands from note contamination. As testing becomes more and more accurate, able to detect to parts per billion, false positives are highly likely. The idea that you would not accept a far more accurate hair test result over a saliva one is down to pure dogmatism. <br /><br />https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/03/22/one-ten-people-have-never-used-cocaine-have-traces-fingertips/<br /><br />This case is another one of a bureaucracy ( a private one in this case) acting in its own interests rather than that of justice - they didn't want to admit their procedures were flawed so defended them regardless of the facts.Sobershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11407417389022146963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-35717355692445346162018-12-03T23:40:32.228+00:002018-12-03T23:40:32.228+00:00He had his ball hair tested?!?!
Oh.
Now I see.
...He had his ball hair tested?!?!<br /><br />Oh.<br /><br />Now I see.<br /><br />Bloody tricyclic antidepressants make reading difficult.<br /><br />Joking aside I'm with the others, well played Mr Ball and Tobin is quite right to castigate the firm for ignoring the hair analysis. jack ketchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921268825653615322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-66238111071525777462018-12-03T20:30:39.677+00:002018-12-03T20:30:39.677+00:00I'm going with licky finger man on this one as...I'm going with licky finger man on this one as hair follicle testing is highly reliable, saliva testing not so much.Flaxen Saxonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03431645401478120921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-6786253245221560072018-12-03T13:35:41.444+00:002018-12-03T13:35:41.444+00:00Heh! It actually sounds legit. Like he was just fa...Heh! It actually sounds legit. Like he was just faced with unwavering management who can't think beyond procedureBuckohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169970711606515445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-25100829406316264512018-12-03T13:20:25.812+00:002018-12-03T13:20:25.812+00:00I'd advise him not to associate himself with S...I'd advise him not to associate himself with Sterling Archer if it's a coke rap though.Will Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01697506131638032159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-90212336986403304272018-12-03T11:55:53.097+00:002018-12-03T11:55:53.097+00:00Bit of a stretch here JuliaM. Sure the company is...Bit of a stretch here JuliaM. Sure the company is entitled to lay down basic procedures but if those procedures are not comprehensive or, worse, predisposed to a particular outcome (or predisposed to rule out a particular outcome) I think the employee is entitled to challenge the procedures - or a decision based on those procedures<br /><br />Furthermore, I can't see where Tobin was involved in the case you cite: Kidd -v- Met Police Commissioner. He wasn't the judge at first instance and he wasn't the appellate judge (who sat alone).Umbongonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-30977700697319895912018-12-03T11:17:55.984+00:002018-12-03T11:17:55.984+00:00Random drug testing is an intrusion into your pers...Random drug testing is an intrusion into your personal life and should only be used in the event of an accident. Soon it will be extended to those that smoke and any smokers sacked. Lord Tnoreply@blogger.com