Working as a Bud Tender in the corporate cannabis industry was a lot different than I thought it would be. I wanted to break into the industry as a Cannabis Sales Representative and decided that the best way for me to follow that path would be to work at a Medical Dispensary. I thought that it would be a great learning opportunity and a strong base for me to start with.
After working at the dispensary for a month I realized just how stupid occupations like this could be. It was no different than what you'd find at your typical retail center. Cash registers, useless managers, bogus work schedules that weren't even organized, and even lazier coworkers. Working for the medical cannabis industry was by far one of the dumbest ideas I've had in a long while. I thought the gig at a hospital was bad, but at least with that job, I didn't have to work on the weekends.
Imagine your weekend starting in the middle of the week; Wednesday and Thursday to be precise. If it pissed me off, I'm sure it could piss you off too. Not to mention being blamed for messing up at work by a whole bunch of potheads who buy from the store regularly thanks to their beloved 30% employee discounts on all store merchandise.
How is it that potheads are allowed to come to work in any condition but a nonsmoker isn't allowed to buy non-marijuana product merchandise?
That's like a Bartender being told they aren't allowed to buy a corkscrew opener because it's alcohol.
Not to mention the amount of racism in this line of work was typical and expected. Just more stuff I have to deal with. Negatives on top of negatives are what my experience was. But I'm proud to say that I put myself in that position and learned from it the best I could. I'm on to bigger and better things now; or as some would say, "Bigger fish to fry"...
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