Friday, January 16, 2009

Drug Testing Left Something to be Desired

And that something is 10 mL of urine.

My drug test was at 830 am, somewhere in the SE. I was all proud of myself for getting up at my usual time, so I could actually get a couple of things done before going. Plus, I know that I always pee pretty much as soon as I roll out of bed, unless I'm super dehydrated. I left enough time to pee when I woke up, and still have a big mug of tea. I was warned that the facility sometimes makes you wait, so "don't go bursting".

I did not go bursting. Instead, I went with exactly 50 mL of pee. Balls. You need 60 mL. If I could have just waited until I had 10 more mL's, it would have been easy. But no, there is a 3 minute time limit, so they poured it out, and I was forced to start at zero. And I mean ZERO. I e m p t i e d.

So there I was, stuck in a drafty warehouse in the SE, drinking as much water as possible, and being asked if I had to be now about every 10 minutes. Did I mention the cab was waiting for me? No pressure. Also, not only did I need to guess when I could pee, I had to make sure that I could pee 60 mL. Otherwise I would have to start all over AGAIN. Now, I'm fairly good at being able to tell when I can pee, but a kept having to ask myself, "do you feel like you have to pee 60 mL much?".

It worked out in the end, and then I peed about another 8 times by noon. It might have been 9. Seriously.

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