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Pet owners deserve family leave, too
NYPost ^ | May 2, 2016 | Lindsay Putnam

Posted on 05/11/2016 3:03:31 PM PDT by SMGFan

Bringing my adopted cat, Jameson, home with me in 2014 was one of the happiest days of my life.

Having to go back to work two days later was one of the worst.

While the rest of the country is hung up on the necessity of maternity leave — or even the newly coined “meternity” — one group continues to be overlooked when it comes to paid time off from work: new pet owners.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Society
KEYWORDS: communism; hitler; socialism; weirdos
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To: faithhopecharity
pets ARE often much better companions than some modern-day families anyways

You're entitled to your opinion of preferring animals over humans, but that doesn't mean a business owner should pay you to bond with Fifi.

You still want to do it getting paid?

Take some accrued vacation time if the employer offers that benefit.

Forcing employers to pay for Fluffy's indoctrination into your home is simply not a conservative idea.

21 posted on 05/11/2016 3:24:20 PM PDT by JOAT
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To: SMGFan

My plants are dying. Do I get family leave?


22 posted on 05/11/2016 3:26:26 PM PDT by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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To: SMGFan

Thought this was satire. It’s seemingly not. Sigh.


23 posted on 05/11/2016 3:29:26 PM PDT by Pinkbell (Liberal tolerance only extends to people they agree with.)
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To: SMGFan

This makes some sense as many young couples seem to be having pets instead of children these days.


24 posted on 05/11/2016 3:36:22 PM PDT by TheDon (BO must be replaced immediately for the good of the nation and the world!)
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To: JOAT
We just adopted a 3 year old Golden Retriever and we noticed that it would pee sometime lifting is leg, while other time it pees while squatting. I guess it has an identity dysfunctions. My question is should we apply for special privilege. status and access to both male and female quarter's during its stay at the dog spa while we stay at home and watch. LASSIE
25 posted on 05/11/2016 3:37:53 PM PDT by shadeaud (Be strong when you are weak and stand up for our Constitution.)
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To: SMGFan

Hey, why not. They should allow leave by how many legs. Cats have twice as many as humans.

To be honest, no one should get any extra days. Period. It’s not fair to the other employees who have to take up the slack. More times than not, the new mother will take her maternity leave and then quit.


26 posted on 05/11/2016 3:39:11 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: SMGFan

When I die, my money goes to cats. Unlike kids; no arguing over anything. Sweet.


27 posted on 05/11/2016 3:39:58 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
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To: SMGFan

I have a feeling that Lindsay is:

Childless
Has no man in her life
Is liberal.


28 posted on 05/11/2016 3:44:18 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: SMGFan

If any nutjob employee came to me asking for pet-maternity leave, I'd give it to them -- permanently.

29 posted on 05/11/2016 3:57:31 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: hillarys cankles

America has become silly.


30 posted on 05/11/2016 4:04:26 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: SMGFan

Be an independent entrepreneur and you can do anything you want.

Eat, even, if you are good enough at something.

Starve if you’re not.


31 posted on 05/11/2016 4:05:03 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Feminists are nothing more than politically-correct sexists.)
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To: SMGFan

She is truly nuts IMHO.

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32 posted on 05/11/2016 4:06:07 PM PDT by Mears
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To: SMGFan

If I was a stocks guy, I’d be investing in cat food companies and nursing homes.


33 posted on 05/11/2016 4:21:53 PM PDT by Dirt for sale
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To: SMGFan

I bond with fish. Me and my new boat need the summer off - paid, of course.


34 posted on 05/11/2016 4:39:25 PM PDT by sergeantdave ( If not you, who? If not now, when?)
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To: SMGFan

I got a pack of seeds for a vegetable garden. Does that count too? What about a good book - family literary leave?


35 posted on 05/11/2016 4:40:36 PM PDT by Pollster1 (Somebody who agrees with me 80% of the time is a friend and ally, not a 20% traitor. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: SMGFan

Good Grief!

I have a little dog who went paralyzed a little over a year ago. 6 months later he had a bleeding tumor (and I mean BLOOD) So I got him operated on. Then his bladder went and he peed blood and is on antibiotics all the time.

It’s like having a baby with fur on it’s butt that barks at ya! I could use some ‘family leave’ lol!


36 posted on 05/11/2016 4:45:15 PM PDT by AuntB (Trump is our Ben Franklin - Brilliant, Boisterous, Brave and ALL AMERICAN!)
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To: SMGFan; Slings and Arrows

Ping for one of your lists.


37 posted on 05/11/2016 5:08:23 PM PDT by Springman (Rest In Peace YaYa123, Bahbah, and Just Lori.)
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To: SMGFan

Gag......


38 posted on 05/11/2016 5:30:01 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Paladin2

Just don’t extend the 2nd amendment to cats. For the love of God, don’t do it!


39 posted on 05/11/2016 5:47:15 PM PDT by goodwithagun (March 3, 2016: The date FReepers justified the "goodness" of Planned Parenthood.)
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To: goodwithagun

I hear ya and am down with your plan...


40 posted on 05/11/2016 5:55:41 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Live Free or Die.)
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