[ewingpainting.net]

Ok I've been painting now for 13 14 years now. Painting has never driven me to dope or the bottle. I believe my guys are decent people as well. I've had thousand of people work for me and the majority of them are good people. check out man I've been on many jobs, I have noticed the roofers getting tanked at lunch time and climb the ladder back up to 60' drop and start roofing again. and the painters have the bad rap.:wallbash:

 

[timhag]

I have had some (unknowingly) drug users work for me. Left one guy on the job to go look at another. Came back an hour later, he had paint everywhere, his wallet was laying in the home owners tennis court, he was wearing a pair of winter gloves that he had no idea where he found them, his speech was slurred and his eyes blood red. Luckily the home owner wasn't home and the paint on the ground was wet enough to hose away. Come to find out that he popped some Valium on his way to work.

Had another guy who said he had to leave early to take his mom to the doctors.Said that he would stay later to make up for the time lost. He came back all wired, had a football in his arms wanting to play tackle football in the home owners front yard. He went on a Cocaine buy instead of the doctors.

I also have a very good friend who happens to be a roofer, he says he has the same problems finding clean workers. Just last week he fired 3 guys for smoking weed up on a roof that they were working on.

It is what it is, in one door and out the other. As long as your in this type of business this will continue so, get used to it.

 

[sage]

Drug and alcohol abuse is in the blue collar and white collar fields.
I think we sometimes get a bad wrap because it's an ole wives tale that painters are drunks or drugies. Sad but true.
I think the guy that did the "new" drywall on my current job was doing both! Some sad looking work!
Sage

 

[daArch]

The old story I heard was that alcohol helps dissolve and flush out the slovents in the bloodstream.

I think the work force in general is gotten a little cleaner. Back when I was a pup, the percentage of drugs and alcohol in many trades was VERY high (pun couldn't be helped). I've worked as a framer, roofer, tree climber, landscaper, architectural assistant, and painter/wallpaper hanger and I would not say that any one of them had more or less drug use than another.

But painters do have a worse reputation.

 

[ewingpainting.net]

I would agree it not one cretin trade that has an issue with d&a abuse, it across the board. I've had little issues with it. and am sure that I am unaware of other issues. I think the biggest deal I had, had nothing to do with drugs or alcohol. We were doing a track of homes. As me and my boss were walking up the street while checking on the job, we had a HO approached us and asked if we were the painters boss, we said "yes what can we do for you" thinking he may want some extra stuff done he replayed "I just wanted you to know that there is a painter masturbating in my house" I ran up as quick as I could and kicked him off the job.

 

[NEPS.US]

I would agree it not one cretin trade that has an issue with d&a abuse, it across the board. I've had little issues with it. and am sure that I am unaware of other issues. I think the biggest deal I had, had nothing to do with drugs or alcohol. We were doing a track of homes. As me and my boss were walking up the street while checking on the job, we had a HO approached us and asked if we were the painters boss, we said "yes what can we do for you" thinking he may want some extra stuff done he replayed "I just wanted you to know that there is a painter masturbating in my house" I ran up as quick as I could and kicked him off the job.

Was his name Tim?

 

[ewingpainting.net]

Was his name Tim?

naw i think it was Williams:blink:

 

[Housepainter]

One of the larger painting contractors co. in the area, usually has somewhere between 75 to 125 painters. Back about 2 years ago they were awarded a bid on the regional airport. I believe they wanted to have about 25 painters on the job. After going through the D&A testing and some issues with criminal background checks. He had about a dozen or so accepted. Most were rejected on D&A issues.

 

[poet-1]

"I just wanted you to know that there is a painter masturbating in my house"

:blink::no::no:

That's the funniest thing I've read

If the painter were a hot girl, the HO would probably have said: "... How much extra are you gonna charge me for that..."

 

[ewingpainting.net]

One of the larger painting contractors co. in the area, usually has somewhere between 75 to 125 painters. Back about 2 years ago they were awarded a bid on the regional airport. I believe they wanted to have about 25 painters on the job. After going through the D&A testing and some issues with criminal background checks. He had about a dozen or so accepted. Most were rejected on D&A issues.

That crazy you weren't one of them were you :blink: I've only caught three guys drinking alcohol and I gave them opportunity to get clean or ship out only one guy took that help.

 

[Housepainter]

That crazy you weren't one of them were you :blink: I've only caught three guys drinking alcohol and I gave them opportunity to get clean or ship out only one guy took that help.

nope, owner just a good friend, in fact two of the ones who were able to work for him have done sub work with me. The strongest beer I drink is root beer:yes:

As far as drugs I have no use for them, hate to take an aspirin.



As far as employee hiring you get what you hire! Back in my younger days I worked for a large company in the food service business. I was part of the training team and I and the person who would be managing the new store would go in and hire from 160 -- 200 people from the town. We had a very pointed way of recruiting those people and did follow-ups in the community. Most of the time we got quality people.

 

[bikerboy]

The rap was well deserved in the past. Now with a proliferation of companies testing for drugs, it is less. Painters being in homes makes it easier for people to make a judgement. It is just closer contact.

 

[Kelly Painting]

I left these guys alone for 5 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[johnthepainter]

if my guys even mention beer or cigarettes i send em home,,,,,,,whatever they do on their own time is fine with me,,,but if it affects their performance,,,their gone.

druggies, and cigarette smokers have no place on my job.

 

[ewingpainting.net]

you get what you hire

I really think the owner and and or boss have control of what type of employee some one has. Yea, we might get one that gets by us here and there. I think if your employees know there is 0 tolerance the word gets around and your reputation looks more professional as well. We have a employee manual and a code of safe practices ever employee gets and sighns a acknowledgment of receiving and understanding the. This seeems to help

 

[johnthepainter]

zero tolerance,,,,,yes,,,i send them off for a urinalysis so fast it will make their little stoner heads spin right off their toxic little rainbow hugging bodies,,,,dumb dopers have no place in painting. these freaks give the illustrious trade of house painting a bad name,,,,

 

[CApainter]

Hire Industrial painters. We all have experience with random drug tests when working at refineries and chemical plants. We learn not to use vice on the job.

 

[stansoph]

I left these guys alone for 5 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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They don't look so tuff now do they?

 

[boman47k]

:blink::no::no:

That's the funniest thing I've read

If the painter were a hot girl, the HO would probably have said: "... How much extra are you gonna charge me for that..."

Haha, I got to ask, did you rush in on him? Or did you hesitate before entering the house he was in?

 

[crow]

I think your all crazy man, I aint never heard no bad rapp bout painters being anything, (but high priced.) theres freaks in every trade, I dont think painters stand out as dopers/drunks. no more than any other trade. or less,