Adult Children by Stephen Beals for May 27, 2024

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    davids.comments  6 months ago

    Her first mistake was saying she wasn’t going anywhere. Her second mistake was answering the call.

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    CoffeeBob Premium Member 6 months ago

    AND, I think I’ll reclassify this as sick leave and not vacation time off.

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    6turtle9  6 months ago

    Or you could use the situation to your advantage and negotiate a longer vacation or something similar.

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    SFpagan  6 months ago

    A call like that would make me throw up if I don’t let the angst out on caller.

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    bookworm0812  6 months ago

    I would just tell him no. It’s my vacation. It was planned and approved. I’m NOT coming in.

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    zmech13 Premium Member 6 months ago

    If I still had a job like that, I’d miss the days of not having a cell phone and having to rely on a land line. Because then you can always claim you weren’t in the house and couldn’t hear it ring.

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    HarryLime Premium Member 5 months ago

    But she had the appropriate response. Now beg for extra vacation time because she was “sick …”

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