Do you realize that weekday workers call in sick on Monday or Friday 40 percent of the time? These people are abusing the system, trying to extend their weekends!
DOH!!!
You nailed it, friend!
About 20 years ago, there was a young lady in my department who started out with excessive absences and went up from there.
In a matter of months, she had used all her sick days, all her personal days, and all of every other kind of days-off she could arrange.
Since all her no-show days were on Monday or Friday, it didn't take long to realize she simply wanted to work a four-day, 32 hour week.
And get paid for five.
I was not her supervisor. The man who was finally took his frustrations to the company manager, who called her into his office to discuss the situation.
She immediately played the race card, not really knowing who she was dealing with.
It never took much to set Phil (the manager) off, but having a subordinate tell him to his face that she could punish him for not playing her game was more than enough.
Phil had a stentorian reputation. OK, he was a screamer. That day, he did not disappoint.
Within ten minutes, the young lady in question was not only no longer motivated to pursue her threatened, bogus affirmative action charges, she gave notice and left later that month.
Which meant no filing for unemployment.
She went back to the sister company from which we hired her. They didn't want her back either, for the same reasons.
Many of you reading this probably have similar stories; I'm glad to be able to share one with a relatively happy ending.
um... is this a joke? there are 5 workdays, each day is 20 percent of the work week. if sickdays are equally distributed, 20% will be mondays, 20% will be fridays, 40% will be monday or friday... what's the issue?
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I think your humor was a little too subtle for some here. Nice touch, though.