What constitutes for a good (enough) excuse to miss work?
I remember in school, everyone used to fake being sick so they could miss a test or watch a tv show, but I always thought that once school was over, so was that luxurious privilege. I was under the impression that work was work, therefore not to be missed unless due to deathly illness or family emergancy. OK, so I’ve found out that my initial reasoning is quite incorrect, but what excuse is within the guidlines for being acceptably absentee? I feel melancholy when I have a bad hair day, melancholy is a descriptive word used for depression and depression is an illness… So can I have the day off?
All kidding aside, I’m honestly beginning to wonder what some parents taught their children. At my job, if we miss a day, they generally don’t begrudge us that because we are on salary pay. I have taken a few sick days, but I always come to work first and try to stick it out – unless there’s vomit involved, because no one wants to deal with that! A very close friend of the family passed away, I took one day for the funeral. My Dad had his operation and I received inconclusive information regarding the matter – one day off. My old roommate found her cat on our couch (about a foot away from where I slept) in a complete state of rigamortous and took the day off. These things seem within reason, to me. But what if a coworker took about one day a week off of work? Sickness, death, family visiting, cat sickness… these all seem like quite ligitimate causes, but when is it too much? When does a person throw in the towel and say, “Hey! I want to sit on my ass and watch tv all day too, but I have to work, what about you??!!”
Then again, maybe there’s a positive to all of this! Maybe having someone at the office who takes waaaaaaaay too much time off makes everyone else look waaaaaaaay better! Maybe I should lobby to keep her around so as to secure myself a three day weekend here and there.
Hoo-Rah! To the absentee receptionist, may I forever be covering for you!
