We had two separate Non-DOT donors come in and present our collector with a specimen that the temperature was out of range. Both were asked to wait in the waiting room, and both were “mouthing off” claiming they gave a good sample and that the staff was racist. A third donor waiting bought into their rhetoric and became concerned that his sample would also be rejected because of his race; he gave a good sample, and we accepted it without incident.

We had a donor who attempted to give our collector a specimen she wouldn’t accept, then a few minutes later he again gave the collector a specimen she would not accept. As mentioned before collectors have the right to refuse any specimen, the consent all donors who test with us sign states:

The collector has the right to reject your specimen for any reason, but will always reject it for the following reasons:

A donor came in for a drug test. He had face tattoos, saggy pants, and looked like a real-life gangster. I was on my toes, anticipating potential issues. He was very respectful as I asked for his identification information, answering all questions with “yes sir” and “no sir.”

We had a donor come to our clinic this past August and he presented our collector synthetic urine. We see a lot of synthetic urine around here; it can be easily bought on the internet (Google “urine luck”). We see so much of it we can usually spot it as soon as the donor is exiting the bathroom with the cup in their hand. We told this donor we could not accept the specimen, and his second attempt was also synthetic. After speaking to the employer, they directed us to do a third collection directly observed. When we informed the donor the next attempt would be observed he became very agitated.