preslove
Lifer
My posting history? WTF are you talking about? I've got enough self-esteem that I don't have to go online to anonymously lie to a bunch of people I'll never meet in real life.
To answer your question: yes, several times. I worked for a long time in the theme park industry in Southern and Northern California. Naturally, we mostly hired teens and young adults, but a surprising number of them advertised their use either on their person, clothing, bumper stickers, email addresses or on their unblocked facebook or myspace pages.
I've had applicants come to interviews smelling of weed, or wearing marijuana leaf tattoos, toting imitation Louis Vuitton handbags where each of the LV logos was a tiny marijuana leaf, and even high as a kite. And those weren't even the scary interviews. Maybe it's a lack of maturity, or maybe they really didn't want a job.
I don't use, but try not to judge what people do in their personal lives. I wish pot was legal because putting someone in jail for it is fucking stupid unless they are hurting someone else. But there is big money to be made by the law enforcement community and prison industry, so I don't see it becoming legal across the board anytime soon.
I might be confusing you with someone else. It just smelled of wingnut fantasy, not real life experience. I can see your job leading to dumb kids applying with that kind of email address. I apologize.
I'd guess that the reason you get so many is that these kids are either believe that you're not hip to the fact that everyone knows what 4:20 means (dumb) or they don't think it's a big deal (dumber). And they're parents don't proofread their applications.