-          Hello there! I wonder if you could help me – I got a situation here. I have been told they going to do a random drug testing starting next month. You see, my company got bought out and now they are changing everything, including drug testing policy. We used to have like a day notice and I would always get it together and buy some stuff, but now I do not know what to do – because how can you prepare for a random test?

-          It is true, you do need some time to prepare for something like that. There are few products available that will work almost instantly, but you need to stay clean before your test in order for the product to work.

-          Yeah, I know – that’s the problem…

-          Let me ask you something – your company had given you a day notice before, how were those drug test description worded in the paperwork before?

-          You know what – I think they had it as “random” tests before, too! Wow, I never noticed that before!

-          They may call it random but that not necessarily mean that they will pull you out of the workplace right on the spot. In some cases it is true, especially for post-accident drug tests, but in many cases “random” just mean that there is no “schedule” when it is done, and they just want to reserve the right to do it if the necessity ever comes up.

-          I think I am starting to understand now… I guess I can only wait and see how it is going to be – probably the same, because all my managers are staying, so… Thanks a lot for your help!