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In response to "fwiw, I don't begrudge a parent having extra excuses to take time off, simply because of the fact that they have more to cope with in their life" by znufrii

but they picked it. they picked having to cope. see? they bought the sacrifice. -- nm

Posted by five tuesdays left love mandy lane (aka amanda) Mar 27 '09, 08:49

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and what right do I have to begrudge them that choice? -- nm - znufrii Mar 27, 08:50 26
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  - Are there companies that actually give people with kids more sick days than people without? - Callisto Mar 27, 08:56 5
    - No, but it's harder (in my experience) to write peole up and go through disciplinary steps for absencese when people play the kids card. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 27, 08:58 1
      - meh, I'm not a big fan of using disciplinary action for using sick time. - Callisto Mar 27, 09:06
    - I have never heard of that either... -- nm - amoxy Mar 27, 08:58 1
      - I do know people who ended up taking unpaid days when they went over because of family sick time. -- nm - loosilu Mar 27, 08:59
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  - don't they? -- nm - znufrii Mar 27, 08:55 1
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  - but they do have the same number. -- nm - loosilu Mar 27, 08:53 13
    - but in non-PTO situations, people with kids have more *acceptable* reasons to miss work than do I. -- nm - five tuesdays left love mandy lane Mar 27, 08:55 12
      - Someone should fix this misguided management culture. -- nm - Max Mar 27, 09:00
      - The reverse being, in a single PTO system, you could more confidently burn through days than someone with 3 kids, who might have a snow day or illness - TFox Mar 27, 08:57 3
        
        I picked my carefree lifestyle for a reason, man. you think I don't know this? - five tuesdays left love mandy lane Mar 27, 08:59
        
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        My company gives funeral leave as a separate thing. -- nm - loosilu Mar 27, 09:00
      - "She must be hung over." - Cuzzin Todd Mar 27, 08:56 3
        
        precisely. I should invent a boyfriend so I can take off when he's sick. that would solve the issue. - five tuesdays left love mandy lane Mar 27, 08:58 2
        
        Two words: Aged Parent. -- nm - mara Mar 27, 09:10 1
        
        "I have to take care of Benjamin Button." -- nm - Max Mar 27, 09:12
      - I guess, but I just can't get worked up over it since I have the same amount of time allowed. -- nm - loosilu Mar 27, 08:56 2
        
        I can't either. Sure, they have more reasons to call in, theoretically. - Callisto Mar 27, 09:03 1
        
        which is exactly my point. -- nm - znufrii Mar 27, 09:04
  - maybe he needs a drink to understand us. -- nm - five tuesdays left love mandy lane Mar 27, 08:53
- how am I begrudging them? -- nm - five tuesdays left love mandy lane Mar 27, 08:51 1
  - that's what the entire argument was about, right? - znufrii Mar 27, 08:53

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