It’s times like this, even though the pay isn’t very good, that I am an independent contractor working from home .... FAR FAR AWAY from office politics, PC douchebaggery and co-workers who tattle to HR.
The last corporate job I had the HR director announced she had stage 4 breast cancer... We all met at a local Restaurant and had a party that night... nobody NOBODY gave a dime for flowers or attended her funeral.