This horror story comes courtesy of our compatriots over at Intern Memo.
One thing I learned the hard way is not to do drugs the week before an internship. Do not smoke pot a month before an internship. Do not be a joker and challenge a stranger to a poppy-seed-bagel-eating-contest the day of an internship because even if you win, you’ll still come out on the losing end by testing positive for a little drug called opium. If you come in to the drug test having transgressed in any of the aforementioned ways, do not go to GNC and pick up some drug test vitamin. Simply bite the bullet, stick the urine cup into the toilet and turn in a cup of toilet water that may or may not contain some urine from the last dude who took the test. This either inextricably ties you to those who came before you, or buys you a week to two weeks to clean your system. Both alternatives are far better than failing the drug test.
My first scare as an intern was getting an email from the company nurse telling me I had to retake my drug test. In retrospect, this might have bolstered my cool guy image around the office, but at the time I wasn’t laughing while I sent text messages to a friend in California asking him to go on AskJeeves.com and see how long Vicodin stays in your system (4-7 days at most, by the way).
That’s it? That’s the story?