So my idiot friend just blew $200 at the dispensary for a half ounce of pot and a bag of gummies

[HGCC]

No shops selling weed here in Australia. Just curious, to become a "bud tender" do you have to do a course, get a certificate? And how does one decide what strains etc are best for their particular "illness?" Advice from a medical professional, or the "bud tender?". Professional advice is never cheap.
On the surface, legality looks like a no brainer, win win, but underneath all that wooppee, there are a lot of people getting screwed.

I would equate them to the counter person at a liquor store. It's basic retail work. Some may be able to guide you to what's fresh or sounds like it might be what you are looking for...but they really are just there to ring you up and make sales, at least in my experience.

 

[Sqwee]

There's an interesting phenomenon that happens when someone enters a dispensary. It's like a shock and awe effect, but in a desirable way. Much like the gym some people just like to go for the experience. To feel important as a bud tender serves them. To browse around the shop and absorb the many selections that make your eyeballs drip with desire. I've fallen victim to the same shock and awe effect. I've dropped a lot of money at dispensaries when I had no other hookups. These days though most regular tokers have at least 1 reliable hookup on good dope without going to a dispensary and paying out that wazoo yet these same people will still occasionally walk into a dispensary and pay twice as much as they should for the shock and awe effect. It's really mind blowing.

With all that having been said my idiot friend called me to tell me how excited he was that he got a $200 tip. He says he can't wait to go to the dispensary. He has access to $150 ounces of amazing tasting fire bud and mind crippling edibles. I straight up asked him what the hell are you thinking? He tells me, "man they got this mandarin cookies and this rose' I really wanna try." Without seeing it, smelling it, or smoking it this fuck tard has his mouth watering with excitement to pay $55 for an 1/8 of pot. Mind blowing dude. Just mind blowing. I realized how stupid consumers of pot are. Even experienced consumers. They literally buy based on the name of the strain without knowing a thing about it other than what the dispensary is calling it. Pure stupidity. Nothing more. Yet people do it. I like to call this one of the many stupid human tricks one can observe in others that make no sense, but people do it anyways. Long story short this dipshit paid $200 for 3 eighth's of bud and a bag of weak ass gummies. My mistake in the title. As I added up the 1/8's he bought I realized it wasn't even a fucking half ounce. I just shook my head.

Since I'm one of those stupid humans like everyone else and I love to indulge in stupid human tricks I got a little excited as he unloaded his packages of boutique dispensary bud with these exotic names. I'll admit - the packaging was very cool. It was all downhill from there. He asks me what I wanna try first. I chose the most expensive which was rose'. It looked great, but had absolutely no aroma at all. Fired up a bowl and while it didn't taste like complete asshole I most certainly wasn't interested in packing another bowl of it. $440/ounce and that's the smoke report. I felt so bad for him I didn't even have the heart to rip him up over it. Then we tried his $35/eight berry something bullshit. Awful flavor tasting of chemicals. Burned to a black ash. Epic fail. I was so turned off by those 2 I didn't even take a hit when he fired up his chem dog.

Sampling those 2 strains basically reminds me of my dispensary experiences. Most folks aren't heavy smokers but those that are know and prefer quality and will accept nothing less. Casual smokers are far less critical. They simply have less experience. Kinda like when we were in junior high, right? Would you ever buy that bullshit as an adult? Absolutely not. You have higher standards these days because you have experience

I can remember only 1 occasion where my mind was blown by the bud I bought. And it was $350/ounce. What a deal eh? Sorry for the rant, but I had to vent. This shit is something I see over and over again. I almost think people enjoy saying, "yeah man so I was at the dispensary yesterday. Oh yeah man, me too. Which one you go to?" It's like a social thing for idiots. Stupid human tricks man. All you can do is sit back, burn one down, and enjoy the shit show.

There are social media pages dedicated to morons showing off their over priced dispensary weed like badges of honor. I was kind of amused watching them all realize the "boutique" dispensary they all rave about in my state doesn't give a shit about quality. Once rec passed, they started rushing harvests and not curing right, hay smelling weed with mold for $55 an 8th + 21.6% tax.

The crazier part is people keep buying it knowing this dispensary ruined their harvest and the buds are moldy.

 

[DrOgkush]

Bud tenders are only as good as the establishment that employs them. Most are junk. They don't know their products because they aren't allowed to sample them for free. They basically just rattle off the bullshit they think you want to hear to get your ass out the door. Rarely will you get someone that knows their inventory well. Corporate weed with corporate operations and corporate, you're just a number, type of employees. In the past when I had to visit dispensaries it always bent my ear sideways when some fuck tard bud tender describes their inventory to another customer. This is good for pain, this is good for hunger, etc. and so forth. Total bullshit. Can you just fucking tell me which strains taste good and fuck ya up? I hate hearing their foo foo bullshit strain descriptions. Let's just cut through the bs and point me in the direction of stock that's worth a shit. Save me the drivel. But often they can't effectively do this because there are 25 mediocre strains in stock the owner certainly isn't about to let the employees sample. So if they haven't bought and smoked it themselves they really have no dam clue about the quality of 90% of their inventory. It is what it is.

Where the hell are you going? That doesn't even sound like a collective. Iv been to my share of pot shops being in southern cali. But never had the experience your shooting out. my local spots are price gouged and that's it.
Yes certain terps help hunger
Yes certain terps help sleep
Yes certain terps help with day

This is the reason we have dispensary's. The exact reason. So you think it's funny or dumb for a bud tender to simply do their job? And if your city allows clubs just to sell weed and that's all. Nothing informative at all when you walk in. Sorry to hear that

What I'm understanding is. You want the most ghetto pot shop. With street weed at street prices plus the hookup. An whatever come with it.
Some people dont like that environment

 

[xtsho]

I don't buy from the dispensaries but here in Portland they carry some damn good weed. Better than what many on here are growing. Most of the commercial growers grow healthy plants from start to finish. Not the crispy fried, overfed, early harvested stuff that gets posted on sites like this daily. I'd rather smoke dispensary weed than most of what I see people posting online grew.

Many of the commercial grows have people with backgrounds in actual plant science and know how to grow without using a dozen bottles of additives.

I think it's ridiculous to call someone an idiot for buying from a dispensary. I'd go to a dispensary before I'd buy weed from some dude growing in his closet.

 

[jonnynobody]

Where the hell are you going? That doesn't even sound like a collective. Iv been to my share of pot shops being in southern cali. But never had the experience your shooting out. my local spots are price gouged and that's it.
Yes certain terps help hunger
Yes certain terps help sleep
Yes certain terps help with day

This is the reason we have dispensary's. The exact reason. So you think it's funny or dumb for a bud tender to simply do their job? And if your city allows clubs just to sell weed and that's all. Nothing informative at all when you walk in. Sorry to hear that

What I'm understanding is. You want the most ghetto pot shop. With street weed at street prices plus the hookup. An whatever come with it.
Some people dont like that environment

If you actually read the thread instead of word vomiting allover the place you would know I complimented the level of quality offered by california dispensaries. I do not live in california. Regardless of which state I live in I'll grow my own. Much more economical and sensible. And for fuck's sake you type like a retarded 3rd grader. You should get some help with that home skillet.

 

[DrOgkush]

If you actually read the thread instead of word vomiting allover the place you would know I complimented the level of quality offered by california dispensaries. I do not live in california. Regardless of which state I live in I'll grow my own. Much more economical and sensible. And for fuck's sake you type like a retarded 3rd grader. You should get some help with that home skillet.

Don't be a child. I'm just telling you. You shouldn have dispensaries like that. You just make your self sound dumb with idiotic insults that litterly show no benefit in any way at all. Essp when Im not insulting you. I apologize my experience is much different than yours or your so call friend.

And don't insult 3rd graders. I'm pretty sure 3rd graders have mastered typing on a phone better than myself

 

[jonnynobody]

You just make your self sound dumb with idiotic insults that litterly show no benefit in any way at all.

I wouldn't want you to sound dumb or idiotic, so I'm gonna throw you a bone here. It's spelled "literally" you putz. You have spellcheck on your phone. Maybe use it? I mean you could literally use it any time you want

 

[DrOgkush]

Doesn't bother me

 

[ComfortCreator]

Cali has some of the best weed period, it starts with a huge advantage. Of course the shops there are better...it's the bud after all.

But JN sure as heck is right. You may have a nice collective and have a higher education than many in terpenes...but MOST budtenders could he pulled from McD's and perform the same function.

There are many reasons to prefer certain strains but in the end the stores dont communicate any of that properly. Their job is to sell not to consult. They listen to what someone thinks they want and sells it to them.

Some budtenders at least have the courage to steer some customers away from some of the mediocre offerings. I'll give them that one thing.

 

[HGCC]

I am rather jealous of people that have good quality dispensaries, I haven't found many that are consistently good in CO. Given that yall are on a weed enthusiast message board I would guess people have a reasonably similar sense of quality. It's decent weed, don't get me wrong, but never great. While I contend I did get far better weed on the black market (and growing) than dispensaries offer, it probably is better than what got offered as "dank headies" or whatever 95% of the time and you had to know a dude.

 

[Trfsrfr]

Some idiot just blew my friend at the dispensary for $200, a half ounce of pot, and a bag of gummies.

 

[bk78]

Some idiot just blew my friend at the dispensary for $200, a half ounce of pot, and a bag of gummies.

They blew your friend? And gave him cash,weed and gummies?


I see nothing wrong with this.

 

[DrOgkush]

I just feel like iv never been to a dispensary that had some dumbass behind the counter tryin to push product rather than what I'm looking for. And to be honest. I thought Californias dispensary scene was so laxed that we would have the most bs clubs to offer. But iv never been to any others outside of state other than Vegas. So I can't speak for other shops. Just mind-blowing

 

[V256.420]

I can remember only 1 occasion where my mind was blown

I can quote about 100 posts where your mind was blown. I'm wondering how much more mind you have left

 

[the native]

Guys at least its legal were you are

 

[ComfortCreator]

I just feel like iv never been to a dispensary that had some dumbass behind the counter tryin to push product rather than what I'm looking for. And to be honest. I thought Californias dispensary scene was so laxed that we would have the most bs clubs to offer. But iv never been to any others outside of state other than Vegas. So I can't speak for other shops. Just mind-blowing

In many states you cannot see, smell or even look at the product. It is a name on a menu!

Cali and Vegas are 2 of the better places. There is so much quality and competition I dont think the bs places last long. Oregon and Washington are like that too.

 

[BlandMeow]

For medical, which anyone can get a card.

Dispensaries in Mass = $50-$60 eighths.
Dispensaries in Maine = $50-$60 quarters.

I think it depends where you're at and how mature the market is.

 

[curious2garden]

Funny story. Kind of sort of, but not really.

The lady we bought the riverhouse from was telling Sister the most economical form of medicinal thc was the oil. So she bought some. Then got the candy molds and high end chocolate to go with it. I had one of them and they worked real good, half a candy was right for me. But anyway, Sister went to Denver and one night the BIL was drinking and cooking peas. He got a pack of sausage and added to the peas. Then he thought he saw another pack of sausage and added it too. He said the peas tasted funny. After he ate supper he got really, really, really high. He figured out he had added the bag of edibles to the peas. He threw the peas out and spent a long night.

You wouldn't happen to be @too larry would you? I've wondered where he went and hope he's ok.

 

[HGCC]

In many states you cannot see, smell or even look at the product. It is a name on a menu!

Cali and Vegas are 2 of the better places. There is so much quality and competition I dont think the bs places last long. Oregon and Washington are like that too.

I think quite a bit of it has to do with setup and licensing costs. Here it's sort of a go big or go home situation, lots of chains. You need quite a bit of cash to get in the door and as such it's mostly dominated by people watching the bottom line, not trying to put out a decent product. There are a few independent shops, and you would think someone would try and differentiate themselves by offering consistently great weed, but they just don't or can't. Some market themselves as such, but beyond being more expensive, it doesn't stand out.

Edit: missed my main point, haven't been to a dispo in a long time and I think we moved over to using those pre-sealed measured things. Before that I could usually find something decent by just asking to see like 10 or 15 jars and picking based on what looked best at the tume rather than names.

 

[xtsho]