The state of Washington now allows the legal sale of recreational marijuana, and July 8, 2014, marked the first recorded sale of the substance. It also marked the first day someone was fired for smoking legally bought marijuana. A man from Spokane, Washington, was the first person to legally buy marijuana in that state.
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With Doritos® and Mountain Dew® in hand, he patiently waited for the store to open by camping out in front of their doors. Almost as if he was waiting for the premiere of Star Wars, Episode 7. The media soon caught on and blasted his image all over the airwaves and Twitter. He could be seen giving high fives to other customers in line and yelling, “First customer.”
When asked what he would do with the first legal purchase, he proclaimed, “Test it and take a nap.” Soon after, though, he was fired from his job! The man worked as a security guard, and when his employers saw the media coverage, they quickly asked the man for a urine sample, in which he tested positive for marijuana—obviously.
So like all quick-thinking potheads, he posted his résumé to Craigslist, claiming he was the first person to buy legal weed, and now he’s out of a job because of it. However, his employers are singing a different tune. The Human Resources manager for his company claims he was never fired and that she would like to speak to him to resolve the matter. So the bottom line is, either the man was too high to remember what happened or it was all in his head!
He’s back on the job. Per MSNBC: But the company said it was a misunderstanding. ”We were not aware that he had taken the day off. He was scheduled to work, we saw him on TV that he was under the influence, and that caused us to start a process of screening,” Stacey Burke, a spokesperson for TrueBlue Labor Ready, told NBC News. “When we realized that he was not on assignment, we reinstated him. … Pot is legal, and we know that.”