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    So I’ve got a nasty cold which is why I’m not working with the food portion of my food job (doing desk work and phone work instead) and yes, I’m still working my other two jobs. It sucks considering I’m all but hacking up a lung. But guess what? BC housing does not accept “I have a bad cold” as a valid excuse for not paying your bills. Nor do the car insurance people or utility people for that matter. Imagine that.

    Anyway, SC comes in and demands to talk to whoever ranks highest in the building at this time of night. Which at half an hour before close would be me. Since I don’t want to be coughing up a lung at the customer service desk in front of customers and ya know, people’s food, I steal an office temporarily and have her escorted up.

    I do stand up when she enters and explain that due to a bad cold I am refraining from shaking anyone’s hand.

    She complains that since I have a cold I shouldn’t be working here (which is why I’ve removed myself from the food and direct people contact positions). That I should just stay home in bed. I explain I can’t take that much time off for work as I have bills to pay.

    She huffs and tells me her trivial little problem. (She forgot an item at checkout and since she forgot she wants it free! So we should refund her money because she had to come back). I explain that’s not story policy though we will certainly honour the original purchase and she won’t have to pay twice for the same product.

    She claims because I have a cold I must be delirious too because “that’s not how the other store does it!” (Well then shop there ya old hag) She leaves in a huff because I won’t budge with the comment that sick people don’t belong at work.

    Well suck it up sunshine, I’ve done what I can to minimize exposure and I have bills to pay. I no from experience then when I do get sick (rarely) I get hit hard and for some reason illness tends to linger with me. I’ll probably still have this cold next month at least. I don’t know about you guys but I can’t afford a two month vacation and still pay the bills.
    Last edited by AkaiKitsune; 01-08-2019, 08:54 AM.
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  • #2
    should of shook her hand
    AkaiKitsune
    Sarcasm dear, sarcasm. I’m well aware that dealing with civilians in any capacity will skin your faith in humanity alive, then pickle anything that remains so as to watch it shrivel up into an immortal husk thus reminding you of how dead inside you now are.

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    • #3
      Smelling

      I smell a scam, did she have a receipt?

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      • #4
        that’s not story policy
        All good stories should have policies to thwart evil villains like this one
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        • #5
          Quoth Rosco the Iroc View Post
          should of shook her hand
          I'll second that.

          People like this have no clue about the real world. My job doesn't offer paid sick time either; if I don't work, I don't get paid. I've currently got my Traditional Post-Christmas Cold but thankfully this year it's VERY mild.
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          • #6
            Quoth Pixelated View Post
            My job doesn't offer paid sick time either; if I don't work, I don't get paid.
            Mine does but I know full-well that retail does not because I have been there. I've worked with:
            cold
            stomach bug/food poisoning (not sure which)
            brain injury (more than once)*
            slipped disc
            bad carpal tunnel flare-up
            parasthesia flare-up (had to sit while cashiering)

            *Netted me sucktomer complaints in the process.

            There are far too many ignorant people out there who are too blessed with a lack of suffering.
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            • #7
              Quoth Food Lady View Post
              Mine does but I know full-well that retail does not because I have been there. I've worked with:

              <snip>

              There are far too many ignorant people out there who are too blessed with a lack of suffering.
              Yeah same here but with me I have to go in and out of really crappy weather like cold snow rain wind and being sick is no fun. I and a LOT of my fellow drivers just suck it up and work sick. Gulp down the OTC cold meds and hope for the best.

              If I don't work I don't get paid and right now I need the money
              I'm lost without a paddle and headed up SH*T creek.
              -- Life Sucks Then You Die.


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              • #8
                I'm the same way with getting sick every other blue moon and not calling out because of the same reason -- I don't think some people understand the concept of no work = not getting paid. But, hey, if the customers want to pay my bills while I'm out sick, I'll gladly send my car payment to them!
                Eh, one day I'll have something useful here. Until then, have a cookie or two.

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                • #9
                  I'm lucky that I have about a week's worth of sick days per year, but I rarely use them, mainly because I get that sick time pay back in the form of an extra paycheck at the beginning of February if I don't use it, so it's a nice bit of "found" money at the beginning of the year. Plus, I rarely get falling-down sick. I'm more likely to use maybe one per winter when there's a howling snowstorm outside with three feet of snow and there wont be anyone shopping anyways (at least, anyone sane). Whoever is managing the store will usually be fine with it.

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                  • #10
                    We can technically use our vacation days (that we get paid for) as sick days if we of course book 3 weeks in advance. So I’ll be sure to tell my sicknesses that in the future. Also, our store manager has been able to come into work with a broken arm so he can’t seem to understand that some people need to take a sick day. I’ve come in at times where I spend half my shift in the bathroom. Hell, I had a 103 degree fever once and I still came in (and was promptly sent home in a taxi and hour later. I was so sick I had to get someone else to grab my stuff from the upstairs locker room because I wasn’t certain I would make it up the stairs without passing out.) I’ve worked with concussions and I’ve worked with broken ribs. There’s not much that can be done for broken ribs beyond take it easy and don’t do a stupid. Between suffering at home and not getting paid or suffering anyway but getting paid I choose pay check.
                    Don’t worry about what I’m up to. Worry about why you are worried about what I’m up to.

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                    • #11
                      I wish we could cash out unused sick time (or use it as extra vacation/PTO). My previous manager let us use it as-needed (extra vacay, mental health day, etc). He wanted everyone to be 100%.

                      Going by the letter of the law, since we all technically work around raw food we can't work if we have anything contagious or seemingly-contagious. In practice it's entirely different; if I want to use sick time and need to leave early I get grilled about the details (which I believe is prohibited/illegal under HIPAA and state law).
                      Last edited by Dreamstalker; 01-13-2019, 02:05 AM.
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                      • #12
                        Last time I got home without something that I paid for, I emptied the car, the trunk, everything, because what I couldn't find was a small package of meat. It wasn't worth going back to the store, though. My time is worth something, (not a lot). I never did find it. Since the entire car never developed a God-awful stench, it wasn't in the car. Or in the house.

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