Rich was telling Ryan, Stan, and Nicole a story about a time when his mom freaked out and thought he was doing drugs. When he was younger, he would carry a few altoids with him when he went to bars and clubs. But instead of carrying them in that awkward metal tin, he would put a few in a small baggie and carry them in his pocket.
One day his mom found a a bag of them in his glove compartment and flipped. She brought them to the drugstore and told the pharmecy techs that she thought her son was doing drugs and she wanted them to test and see what drugs these were. Let’s just say she was relieved and probably slightly embarassed when they came back and told her they were Altoids.
A similar thing happened to Nicole’s boyfriend Matt. He worked in an Italian restaurant years ago and they used to use this mixture of oregano, rosemary, and other spices for this one particular pasta dish. Somehow, a bag of this spice mixture made it’s way out onto the floor of the dining room and one of the customers saw it. They brought it to the manager and said that one of the employees may be doing drugs. Nicole’s boyfriend ended up getting accused and he had to point out to them it was the pasta spices.
Has this kind of mix up ever happened to you?


I had a wad of gum the cops thought was bindle of coke.