+1 This happened to a recent hire with us. Got his first check and called in sick. We told him not to come back.
On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 9:50 AM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > Don’t give up on helping, just be jaded and wise about it. Don’t give > them the chance to steal from you. If they call in sick the day after > payday, cut them loose. > > *From:* Ty Featherling <tyfeatherl...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Thursday, March 03, 2016 7:28 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT heroin > > My wife and I tried to help out a friend that was slipping do the dark > side with painkillers. It ended up costing me a year of drama in my home > for my family and a finding a bunch of stuff had been stolen from under my > nose. We parted ways and he was in jail within 6 months for a non-drug > related charge. It didn't go well. I vowed not to do that to my family > again. It's true, you can't help them, only enable them. If they are > actively trying to escape it, they will have to do it alone. > > -Ty > > > > -Ty > > On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 8:13 AM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > >> I have attempted to help a bunch of junkies over the years. Very few >> success stories. If they escape, they do it themselves. If you hire one, >> expect they will steal from you and end up back in jail. Don’t believe a >> word they say about anything. >> >> *From:* That One Guy /sarcasm <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 02, 2016 11:08 PM >> *To:* af@afmug.com >> *Subject:* [AFMUG] OT heroin >> >> >> So another fella I used to know ODd today. He is the youngest of three >> brothers, the oldest having croaked out from overdose a few years ago, the >> middle is on the run after cutting an ankle bracelet for heroin charges and >> now the mom whom I used to work with gets to put a second son in the dirt. >> Somewhere between 10 and 20 of the folks I used to run around with are >> feeding worms now, I quit taking actual count some time ago. I personally >> don't care about dead junkies, while they're smacked out, they aren't >> people, just shells of people, a danger to everyone around them I help the >> few who can be salvaged, I'm selfish in that I won't expose my family, but >> for example, last year I dropped off a backpack with food toiletries, >> cigarettes and and blanket to an old friend who was homeless and in some >> need, but that's as much as I can enable these guys. Is this new? Or am I >> just hitting an age where the sins of our past begin to catch up? >> >> As an industry, in our scope, is there any reaching out we can do? We are >> in people's homes regularly, is there a link to resources we can provide? >> Is there any way we can be a part of the solution or are we just to >> isolated of an industry to do anything? >> >> I know it's a pick your battles world, nobody can help everybody, but >> this is madness, the destruction of so many lives and the collateral damage >> from one drug is astounding. Everybody, even homeless junkies are online. >> Granted our base tends not to be the smack addled youth, but would things >> like resource links on our websites, or outreach program info in our >> welcome packs be overstepping our bounds. I'm curious on a personal level >> because I have no other resource than my job. >> >> >> > >
