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subspaceseven -> Ahhhhhh...some people are dumb (9/27/2012 6:22:23 AM)
So I own a small company, have about 10 people working for me. So about 6 months ago a employee with less than a year on the job came to me and said her Mother died and she needed to take time off. OK, no problem I gave her a week with pay and she ended up taking 2 more weeks off, one with pay and one without. Fast forward to last Saturday, I went to her wedding...and you guessed it I met her Mother..... Now she could have told me before the wedding about her lie, she could have done a lot of things, she did nothing, and when she came into work yesterday and we talked in the office with a manger present, she tried to tell me she never told me her mother died and that I gave her the time off because she was moving. She longer works for me, it will be interesting to see if she files for unemployment

DarkSteven -> RE: Ahhhhhh...some people are dumb (9/27/2012 6:39:06 AM)
Get her request and your reply, including reasons for time off, in writing. Three weeks off for a move? Something's wrong.

kalikshama -> RE: Ahhhhhh...some people are dumb (9/27/2012 6:40:10 AM)
How old is she? In the workplace I see this mostly in late teens/early twenties, but just for a day or two. Three weeks is a long time... Was she otherwise a good employee or did she demonstrate lack of reliability in other ways?

Sadistforfun -> RE: Ahhhhhh...some people are dumb (9/27/2012 6:43:36 AM)
Not me

GreedyTop -> RE: Ahhhhhh...some people are dumb (9/27/2012 6:46:55 AM)
not you, what?

subspaceseven -> RE: Ahhhhhh...some people are dumb (9/27/2012 6:54:30 AM)
Everything is in writing, including her request for time off, where she wrote death of mother. As for her work performance, I would basically say she was doing her job average, not the best not the worst She is in her thirties I would have given her the benefit of the doubt, had she not become so self righteous, even when we showed her the request she turned in for time off. Insisting I changed it, even though she wrote it out. Oh well life goes on....I just sat there in disbelief with my manager as she insisted it was us, and that she never wrote it blah blah blah.... More just posting because I was so caught off guard by her behavior,

RemoteUser -> RE: Ahhhhhh...some people are dumb (9/27/2012 6:57:05 AM)
I think "not me" is a response to the thread title. Ironic, isn't it. OP: I've done assistant HR work on and off for the past five years and I can say this. Some people make outrageous requests or lies when it comes to time off, and that's dumb; but it can be dumber if it isn't documented. ETA: Good to see you got it in writing.

RemoteUser -> RE: Ahhhhhh...some people are dumb (9/27/2012 7:06:03 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: subspaceseven More just posting because I was so caught off guard by her behavior, Oh I've seen some doozies. "I can't come in cuz like, I might be pregnant, so I guess I should find out." "My dog swallowed my car keys." "It's too cold to work." "My wife took the car and I'm scared of her." "I have to do my Christmas shopping." [said in October] And the list goes on... One woman who was fired for attendance came back the same day, having pulled her kids out of school to show them off to HR and demand to get her job back.

pyschosubmission -> RE: Ahhhhhh...some people are dumb (9/27/2012 7:11:49 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RemoteUser "My wife took the car and I'm scared of her." Were you not tempted to O.K. that one just for it's brilliance? [:D]

LaTigresse -> RE: Ahhhhhh...some people are dumb (9/27/2012 7:13:30 AM)
When Generic Dude worked in HR for a company that had a very strong union, it made me very glad I have never worked for a company that was union.

RemoteUser -> RE: Ahhhhhh...some people are dumb (9/27/2012 7:22:20 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: pyschosubmission quote: ORIGINAL: RemoteUser "My wife took the car and I'm scared of her." Were you not tempted to O.K. that one just for it's brilliance? [:D] Oh, absolutely. I was half tempted to have him bring in a note written from her confirming how scared of her he is.

DarkSteven -> RE: Ahhhhhh...some people are dumb (9/27/2012 7:22:46 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Sadistforfun Not me I know you are, but what am I? :)

chemeli -> RE: Ahhhhhh...some people are dumb (9/27/2012 10:05:02 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Sadistforfun Not me You know the saying, when you have an opportunity to shut up, just use it? Yeah. Better use it next time, what do you think? P.S. I'm feeling cranky, everything bothers me right now, you being an idiot was the cheery on top of the cake. I'm not sorry.

OsideGirl -> RE: Ahhhhhh...some people are dumb (9/27/2012 10:42:08 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RemoteUser quote: ORIGINAL: subspaceseven More just posting because I was so caught off guard by her behavior, Oh I've seen some doozies. "I can't come in cuz like, I might be pregnant, so I guess I should find out." "My dog swallowed my car keys." "It's too cold to work." "My wife took the car and I'm scared of her." "I have to do my Christmas shopping." [said in October] And the list goes on... One woman who was fired for attendance came back the same day, having pulled her kids out of school to show them off to HR and demand to get her job back. On the flip side, I had a boss who said to me: 1) When I told her that I had been diagnosed with cancer and I was going to need some time off. She said< "How much time? Because I need you here." 2) When my grandfather died, I asked to get out of work an hour early on a Friday, so I could be at the wake when it started. She said: I don't understand why you need to leave early. He'll still be dead if you get there an hour late."

JanahX -> RE: Ahhhhhh...some people are dumb (9/27/2012 11:04:48 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RemoteUser quote: ORIGINAL: subspaceseven More just posting because I was so caught off guard by her behavior, Oh I've seen some doozies. "I can't come in cuz like, I might be pregnant, so I guess I should find out." "My dog swallowed my car keys." "It's too cold to work." "My wife took the car and I'm scared of her." "I have to do my Christmas shopping." [said in October] And the list goes on... One woman who was fired for attendance came back the same day, having pulled her kids out of school to show them off to HR and demand to get her job back. I always used the one: I cant come in today, because I went out last night drinking and drugging. I have some weird guy I drug home in my bed and I cant get him to wake up. I'll see you tomorrow.

ARIES83 -> RE: Ahhhhhh...some people are dumb (9/27/2012 11:07:22 AM)
Not the best employee haha. Janah, next time you want a guy to come home with you, you should just ask him instead of drugging him.[X(] -Aries

LaTigresse -> RE: Ahhhhhh...some people are dumb (9/27/2012 11:11:00 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: OsideGirl On the flip side, I had a boss who said to me: 1) When I told her that I had been diagnosed with cancer and I was going to need some time off. She said< "How much time? Because I need you here." 2) When my grandfather died, I asked to get out of work an hour early on a Friday, so I could be at the wake when it started. She said: I don't understand why you need to leave early. He'll still be dead if you get there an hour late." That reminds me of a woman I worked for years ago. She was cold........ice cold.

mnottertail -> RE: Ahhhhhh...some people are dumb (9/27/2012 11:13:30 AM)
quote: JanahX I always used the one: I cant come in today, because I went out last night drinking and drugging. I have some weird guy I drug home in my bed and I cant get him to wake up. I'll see you tomorrow. Yanno, I had heard about rohypnol during that craze and said hey drop it in a drink and you can have your way with the woman.........cool, gave it a shot, but I passed out from it (it was pretty heavy) and don't think I got any.........

JanahX -> RE: Ahhhhhh...some people are dumb (9/27/2012 11:15:15 AM)
I dont do that shit anymore - and I work for myself so I now call myself when I want to go fuck off. The convo goes something like this: JanahX - "Hello, JanahX - this is JanahX, I dont wanna work today" JanahX - "Fuck off" JanahX - "Awesomesauce - see you tomorrow"

JanahX -> RE: Ahhhhhh...some people are dumb (9/27/2012 11:17:24 AM)
You guys are fucked up - I DRUG HIM HOME. AND I did HIS drugs. GET IT RIGHT !!!!

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